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Easy on that fist-bump, Jason Bay. The Mets outfielder - like David Wright - is dealing with a finger injury.
PHILADELPHIA The 2012 Mets: proving to the world that jammed fingers are, in fact, contagious.
On the day that David Wright returned to the lineup afte r missing three games with a fractured pinkie that he jammed against a base and homered in the Mets Saturday win over Philadelphia Jason Bay suffered a similar injury, although one that seemed far less serious.
Bay was also hurt sliding into a base, although the right ring finger he jammed was shown by X-rays to be unbroken. Still, it was enough to make the left fielder a late scratch from Sundays lineup.
Its the jammed finger epidemic thats going around, Bay said. We taped it up (Saturday). Then it was fine. This morning it was bruised and swollen, and I cant really get it around the bat. Hopefully one day to get the swelling out, it will be fine.
Bay was confident he would not need a disabled list stint, and downplayed his injury in comparison to Wrights.
David and I, obviously there are different degrees, he said. Id hate to say its anything more than a jammed finger, just a bad knuckle.
Bays absence came two days after he contribut ed a key hit, homering off Cliff Lee in Fridays win. Neither he nor Terry Collins knew on Sunday if Bay would be able to play Monday night in Atlanta.
BOOK THE DATE
R.A. Dickey and Daily News sportswriter Wayne Coffey, who collaborated on Dickeys memoir Wherever I Wind Up, will be holding a private question and answer session at Citi Field on April 25.
Tickets for the event cost $ 100, and include a seat in the all-inclusive Champions Club, with complimentary premium food and non-alcoholic beverages, an autographed copy of Dickeys book and admission to the Q&A session. Tickets can be purchased at Mets.com/RAQA.
IKE BUSTS OUT
Ike Davis first-inning home run off Cole Hamels was actually his first in 11 months; Davis missed most of last season with an ankle injury, and began this year in a brutal slump.
Some games I felt good at the plate, said Davis, who also singled in the fourth to end his day at .125. Probably the last three or four, I didnt really feel good. But today I felt comfortable. Hamels had really good stuff, and I was lucky to hit one he left over the plate, and the other one found a hole.
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