PHOENIX -- On a night when the Mets lost two outfielders due to injury, Lucas Duda and Zack Wheeler did all they could to ensure it wouldn't matter.Wheeler delivered a quality start and Duda rapped out four hits Monday for the Mets, who escaped with a 7-3 win over the D-backs despite losing Curtis Granderson and Juan Lagares to injuries.Settling into a groove after giving up stray runs in the first and third innings, Wheeler more or less silenced Arizona's offense from there. His only real trouble came in the seventh, when the D-backs put two men on base with one out to chase him. 
That brought on reliever Carlos Torres, who coaxed a groundout and a flyout to quell the threat. Shortly thereafter, the Mets expanded their three-run lead to five on Daniel Murphy's sacrifice fly and David Wright's RBI single, cruising to victory from there.All of New York's early damage came off Josh Collmenter, who was on a limited pitch count in his first start of the season. And much of it came thanks to Duda, who singled and scored in the second inning before singling home runs in the third and fifth. Duda later singled again in the seventh to complete his four-hit night.Unlike over the weekend in Anaheim, where the Mets leaned on the bottom of their order for offense, Monday's effort -- which tied their season high of seven runs -- came from all angles. Murphy, Wright, Granderson, Duda and Ruben Tejada all drove in runs for the Mets, while five different players crossed home plate.But not everything was ideal in the visiting dugout. Five innings after crashing into the right-field wall in an attempt to catch Miguel Montero's RBI double, Granderson left the game. X-rays taken on his left rib cage, left forearm and left knee all came back negative. Minutes after that, Lagares came up lame at first base with a pulled right hamstring.That forced the Mets to shift Duda to left field for the first time since last June.Anthony DiComo / MLB.com
That brought on reliever Carlos Torres, who coaxed a groundout and a flyout to quell the threat. Shortly thereafter, the Mets expanded their three-run lead to five on Daniel Murphy's sacrifice fly and David Wright's RBI single, cruising to victory from there.All of New York's early damage came off Josh Collmenter, who was on a limited pitch count in his first start of the season. And much of it came thanks to Duda, who singled and scored in the second inning before singling home runs in the third and fifth. Duda later singled again in the seventh to complete his four-hit night.Unlike over the weekend in Anaheim, where the Mets leaned on the bottom of their order for offense, Monday's effort -- which tied their season high of seven runs -- came from all angles. Murphy, Wright, Granderson, Duda and Ruben Tejada all drove in runs for the Mets, while five different players crossed home plate.But not everything was ideal in the visiting dugout. Five innings after crashing into the right-field wall in an attempt to catch Miguel Montero's RBI double, Granderson left the game. X-rays taken on his left rib cage, left forearm and left knee all came back negative. Minutes after that, Lagares came up lame at first base with a pulled right hamstring.That forced the Mets to shift Duda to left field for the first time since last June.Anthony DiComo / MLB.com
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