By MIKE FITZPATRICK
AP Baseball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) – Matt Harvey won his third straight start to begin his comeback season and the banged-up New York Mets, despite losing two important players to injuries, held off the Miami Marlins 7-6 Sunday for their eighth consecutive victory.
Ruben Tejada had a three-run double and catcher Travis d’Arnaud singled twice in a seven-run fourth inning. But it was a costly win for the Mets, who lost d’Arnaud to a broken right hand and reliever Jerry Blevins to a fractured forearm.
Blevins took a line drive off his pitching arm, and d’Arnaud was hit by a pitch.
After the Marlins trimmed a six-run deficit to 7-6, Jeurys Familia retired Christian Yelich and Giancarlo Stanton on grounders with a runner at second for his sixth save.
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