
Wilmer Flores arrived at Citi Field and saw he had been dropped to the bottom of the batting order, even below pitcher Jacob deGrom. The pair made Terry Collins' grand idea look like genius. The Mets manager slotted New York's top home-run hitter ninth in the batting order for the first time in nearly a half-century and batted his pitcher eighth for the third time this season. Flores responded with a grand slam off Matt Garza, sparking a 10-run fourth inning in a 14-1 romp over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday night that stopped a five-game losing streak.
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