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          New York Mets

          Rauch has elbow 'tenderness'

          • Adam Rubin, ESPN Staff WriterJun 4, 2012, 05:34 PM ET
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          Jon Rauch

          Jon Rauch

          #60 RP
          New York Mets

          2012 STATS

          • GM26

          • W3

          • L5

          • BB4

          • K13

          • ERA4.76

          Jon Rauch, who served up the game-deciding two-run homer to Allen Craig in the eighth inning of Monday's 5-4 loss, has been dealing with elbow "tenderness," manager Terry Collins said. Rauch was unavailable postgame because he was being examined by team doctors, a team spokesman said.

          "Right now we're going to have him checked," Collins said. "He's got a little tenderness. ... He's been doing fine with it. He said it pops up once in a while. And today, he said, after he got warm and got on the mound, all of a sudden his arm was bothering him. We're going to have it looked at."

          Rauch, 33, signed a one-year, $3.5 million deal during the offseason to serve as closer Frank Francisco's primary setup man.