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The Mets will try to pull off that feat Thursday night against the Houston Astros but facing a rejuvenated Bud Norris might not help their chances. In the latest development concerning Rodriguez, the players’ union filed a grievance Wednesday to challenge the Mets’ placement of their closer on the disqualified list two days earlier. That move came after the team discovered Rodriguez had injured a ligament in the thumb of his pitching hand while punching his girlfriend’s father after a game Aug. 11. Rodriguez is expected to miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery Monday. The team is trying to convert his three-year, $37 million deal to non-guaranteed, meaning it could avoid paying most of that contract. Rodriguez’s salary has also been withheld while he’s on the disqualified list.

In Rodriguez’s place, Manny Acosta earned his first save this season - and fourth of his career - in Wednesday’s 3-2 victory in 14 innings. Jose Reyes scored the winning run and matched a season high with four hits. Hisanori Takahashi picked up the team’s only other save since Rodriguez’s arrest during a 3-1 series-opening win. If the Mets can earn another victory Thursday, it would give them their first road series win since a three-game sweep of Cleveland on June 15-17. Even with two wins in three games over Houston, New York is 10-20 away from home since that series with the Indians. The Mets have also failed to score more than three runs in six straight games and have hit a major league-worst .214 while going 12-20 since the All-Star break.