Cliff Floyd News

Left-fielder Cliff Floyd wasn't in the New York Mets' starting lineup for Game 2 of the NL championship series Friday night after reinjuring his left Achilles tendon in the opener against the St. Louis Cardinals. Floyd, who hobbled off after two innings of New York's 2-0 win Thursday, had an ultrasound test Friday. ``There was no further damage found,'' Mets manager Willie Randolph said. ``Just a matter of how comfortable ...

Cliff Floyd felt his left Achilles' tendon pop twice. With that, he left Thursday night's NL championship series opener after two innings. ``It's really sad,'' he said. New York's left fielder caught fly balls in each of the first two innings, moving gingerly each time. Then, in the bottom of the second of the Mets' 2-0 win over St. Louis, he hit a foul ball down the left-field line and ...

Cliff Floyd was listed in the starting lineup for the New York Mets in Game 1 of the NL championship series Wednesday night against St. Louis despite a strained left Achilles' tendon. ``They asked me if I could hit, and I feel pretty good hitting right now,'' Floyd said. The Mets kept Floyd on their active roster Wednesday morning but did make one change from the first round, dropping left-handed ...

Cliff Floyd remained on the New York Mets' roster for the NL championship series despite a strained left Achilles tendon. The Mets did make one change Wednesday from the first round, dropping left-handed reliever Royce Ring and adding infielder Anderson Hernandez. That left them with 11 pitchers on the active roster for the start of the NLCS on Wednesday night against St. Louis. Ring did not pitch in the three-game ...

Cliff Floyd's injured left foot will be the focus when the New York Mets work out Tuesday ahead of the NL championship series opener against St. Louis, and general manager Omar Minaya acknowledged it would be a risk to keep the outfielder on the roster. Floyd reinjured his foot during Saturday's first-round clincher at Los Angeles when he ran hard to score from first on a double. While the Mets ...

Mets outfielder Cliff Floyd, slowed by an injured Achilles' tendon, came out of Saturday night's NL division playoff game after scoring from first on Shawn Green's double in the third inning. Endy Chavez replaced Floyd in left field in the bottom of the inning. Floyd singled with two outs in the third and scored when Green's drive hit the top of the left field fence over a leaping Marlon Anderson, giving the Mets a 4-0 lead over the ...