NEW YORK -- Four young pitchers helped the New York Mets reach the World Series last season.Only one has not spent time on the disabled list this season.Noah Syndergaard can be considered the survivor of the young rotation and he will be on the mound Monday night when the Mets open a three-game series with the Atlanta Braves at Citi Field.Syndergaard is 13-8 with a 2.43 ERA to go along with a 1.12 WHIP and 205 strikeouts. Those are similar numbers to what the Mets thought Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom and Steven Matz might individually provide before injuries derailed the trio.Instead, Harvey was limited to 92 2/3 innings and 17 starts before having thoracic outlet surgery in July.DeGrom was supposed to bookend the top of the rotation with Syndergaard until GM Sandy Alderson announced Saturday he was not pitching the rest of the season because of an ulnar nerve in his elbow, which requires surgery.Matz might return from a strained left shoulder that has kept him sidelined since Aug. 14. Even though he had a 30-pitch bullpen session Saturday, its unknown when he will be back.Those three have combined for 373 innings, but none since deGrom pitched five innings on Sept. 1 against Miami. Last year, the quartet combined for 651 1/3 innings during the regular season and postseason.Even without three-fourths of their rotation, the Mets are a game ahead of San Francisco for the first wild-card spot. They have won 20 of 27 after Gabriel Ynoa struck out eight in 4 2/3 innings, Michael Conforto had a two-run single and T.J. Rivera homered in a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday.Its a tremendous feeling because Im so proud of the way theyve handled themselves in there because they could have (folded), Collins said. They dont because theyre pros, but at any time when things were really tough, they could have insisted, Oh, Jesus, its not going to happen this year and theyve never done that.I think they realize, theyve played this hard, this long, might as well finish it out. Itd be a tremendous achievement to have that (wild card) game here, but itd be a tremendous achievement to get in.Syndergaard has helped matters by going 3-1 with a 1.06 ERA in his last five starts since a 2-0 win at San Francisco on Aug. 21. He has 34 strikeouts in that span, including 10 on Tuesday at Washington when he pitched seven innings but did not get a decision in a 10-inning win decided by Riveras home run.Atlanta will be second straight last-place team to visit New York after winning a series from a playoff contender. The Twins visited New York after getting two games in Detroit and the Braves are making their trip after taking two of three from Washington.The Braves scored 13 runs in their last two wins after dropping the series opener. In Sundays 6-2 victory, Matt Wisler pitched 5 2/3 innings before the game was called because of rain with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning.We told him, going back isnt a bad thing all the time, Atlanta manager Brian Snitker said. A lot of guys that have been successful here have had to do it over the years. Its good when they go down, work on things and put it use. We just want him to trust himself, conviction in his pitches. If he can believe in himself the way we believe in him, hes going to be something.The Braves are hoping Snitker might make similar comments about Aaron Blair at some point. Blair takes a 0-6 record and an 8.28 ERA into Monday.He has been on the disabled list since Sept. 3 with a right knee strain and has not pitched since allowing five runs and eight hits in four innings during a 13-4 loss at San Francisco on Aug. 28.Blair made 11 of his 12 starts before the All-Star break. Three of those starts have been against the Mets and the right-hander is 0-2 with an 8.04 ERA in those outings.Besides seeing if Blair can pitch effectively, the Braves will see if Freddie Freeman can keep rolling.Freeman had two hits to extend his hitting streak to 22 games, tying Minnesotas Brian Dozier for the longest active streak in the majors. He is batting .342 (29-for-85) with four homers and 19 RBI since the streak began Aug. 24 and Atlanta is 12-10 in those games, with the last two after his wife gave birth to their first child.Freeman also has reached base in a career-best 38 straight games. It is the longest by an Atlanta player since Chipper Jones had a 41-game streak in 2008.Freeman often hits the Mets well and this year has a .365 average (23-for-63) in 16 games against New York. During Atlantas three-game sweep in New York on June 17-19, he was 7-for-13.The Mets have won seven of nine meetings this season. They won five of the first six, but the Braves completed a three-game sweep on June 17-19 in New York. Shane Doan Jersey . Roman Josi had a goal and an assist to lead the Predators to a 4-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Monday night. Bobby Hull Jersey . -- The boos poured down on Tom Brady and the New England Patriots at the end of a horrible first half. http://www.coyotesauthority.com/authentic-jeremy-roenick-coyotes-jersey/ . "I was fortunate to play many years at this level with a great organization and unbelievable teammates," said Hejduk in a statement. Christian Fischer Jersey . But the quarterback hopes to stay involved in football after officially calling it quits Tuesday. "Id love to look at those opportunities as they arise," Pierce said in an interview from his Winnipeg eatery. Christian Dvorak Jersey . Detroit and Boston are deadlocked, 1-1, and Tigers manager Jim Leyland could be forgiven if he was caught rationalizing instead of dissecting how his club could blow a 5-1 lead late in Game 2.Danny Willett was left thrilled with his performance after leaving it late to snatch a narrow victory at the Dubai Desert Classic. Willett holed a 15-foot birdie at the last to card a three-under 69 and finish 19 under par, one shot ahead of Andy Sullivan and playing partner Rafa Cabrera-Bello.Last years Race to Dubai runner-up had seen a three-shot lead disappear over his closing holes, but was pleased with how he stayed strong to hold off the chasing pack. Youd love to win by five or six every time you win, but when you win like that in that fashion, it does feel that little bit extra special, Willett told the post-tournament press conference.Its obviously a relatively daunting last hole. Im delighted with, like I say, with how I dug in and obviously found it [the 18th cup]. Willett fired six birdies and three bogeys during his final round Everything Ive done has been really good this week and mentally I think Ive been as good as I have for a long, long time. Ive stayed patient and let things happen.Victory is Willetts fourth on the European Tour and lifts him inside the worlds top 15, with the Englishman now targeting more success in what could be a packed year ahead. Willett takes Dubai title Report from the final round in Dubai Its nice to know that the stuff Im doing is working with my schedule choice, oobviously choosing not to accept a PGA Tour card and trying to stay over here in Europe, Willett added.dddddddddddd.Its good to get off to a quick start because its going to give me some key time off with Nickis [his wife] birth, and obviously were going to be well up there in the World Rankings for Rio and for The Ryder Cup.Its still early days to talk about the Race to Dubai, but weve certainly put ourselves nicely up there to fight for the top again. Sullivan narrowly missed out on Dubai victory For Sullivan, it was the second straight runner-up finish in Dubai, having finished behind McIlroy at the DP World Tour Championship in November.Fair play to Danny, that was a tough putt, Sullivan said after narrowly missing out. I didnt feel like I put him under enough pressure through the midpoint of the round I had a lot of chances and didnt quite take them. The putts towards the end kept me in it and when you hole that putt on the last, you feel youve given yourself a sneaky chance.But Danny is a quality player and you expect him to step up, and he did. It [the final round] was fantastic though, with the adrenaline and the emotions going through it, it was good fun.The European Tour heads back to South Africa next for the Tshwane Open. 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