A very late rally with two outs in the ninth fizzled and the Mets came up short in the rubber match of a three-game series with the Padres on Wednesday, losing 7-3 and dropping two of three in the first leg of their seven-game west coast road trip.
Starting pitchers for both the San Diego Padres and New York Mets accomplished a dubious, yet historic feat in the first two games of their three-game set in California this week.
San Diego Padres outfielder Cameron Maybin is being suspended 25 games Major League Baseball for violating the league's policy on performance enhancing drugs, but this doesn't involve steroids or HGH.