Noah Syndergaard, Yoenis Cespedes sent for medical exams after win

— -- NEW YORK -- The Mets suffered a double whammy of injuries to high-profile players Wednesday as Noah Syndergaard and Yoenis Cespedes each were pulled in the sixth inning of an eventual 4-3 win against the Kansas City Royals.

Syndergaard departed with right elbow discomfort. Cespedes departed with left wrist discomfort. The duo traveled together to the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan later Wednesday to be examined by team doctor David Altchek.

The Mets didn't offer any additional updates Wednesday night. Syndergaard did post the following on Instagram: 

Syndergaard also had been examined for elbow discomfort after a May 1 start, but he proceeded in the rotation uninterrupted. The right-hander's fastball averaged 97.6 mph on Wednesday. That was 1.4 mph off his previous start a week earlier, when he tossed 115 pitches.

He allowed three runs on a season-high eight hits in six innings against the Royals as his ERA crept upward to 2.08. He uncorked two wild pitches in a 91-pitch effort, picking up the win. 

"Noah Syndergaard is seeing the doctor," manager Terry Collins said. "His elbow flared up on him. That's why I took him out of the game."

Cespedes had a similar wrist issue last season after joining the Mets, but it had not previously disturbed him this season, according to Collins.

"I don't know what the issue is," Collins said. "I'm certainly concerned about it. Any time when you're a hitter -- and you're a big hitter -- and your hands and your wrists have problems, it's a concern."

Cespedes grimaced on at least one of the four pitches he fouled off in a plate appearance against Royals left-hander Danny Duffy in the fifth inning Wednesday. Cespedes ultimately walked. He then was checked at first base by trainer Ray Ramirez and Collins.

Alejandro De Aza replaced Cespedes in center field when the Mets returned to the field in the top of the sixth. Cespedes had been 2-for-2 with a double and a walk before his departure. He is hitting .383 (18-for-47) over his last 13 games, which followed an 11-game stretch during which he went 3-for-35.

A team spokesman quoted Cespedes as saying before he departed for his medical exam: "My wrist started bothering me, and I didn't want to keep playing through that. So I just let Ray know. It didn't happen on a swing. I don't really know when it happened. But I just felt it starting to bother me, so I didn't want to push it."