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Mets dodge another injury scare after Francisco Alvarez hit in head

Although the New York Mets were swept by the San Diego Padres, they seemingly avoided something much worse. In the bottom of the fifth inning of Wednesday's eventual 5-0 defeat, catcher Francisco Alvarez took a foul ball directly to the side of his catcher's mask.

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