WASHINGTON -- Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard cleared up some questions about the status of his elbow, acknowledging Wednesday he has a bone spur but calling it pretty insignificant.(I can) pitch through it with no pain. Ill be ready to go in five days, he said before New Yorks game against the Washington Nationals.Syndergaard said hes being treated with medication.As long as Im staying on my anti-inflammatories, and my mechanics are on point, Im able to go out there every five days and compete, he said.Syndergaard (8-3) struggled Monday night in Washington, squandering a 4-0 lead in a loss that ended his six-game winning streak. He lasted only three innings while giving up five runs and three walks, both season highs.Asked after the game about reports indicating he has a bone spur, the right-hander said he was fine and insisted his elbow wasnt the cause of his shaky performance. He reiterated Wednesday that the poor results were due to his mechanics.Honestly, I just think it was because I felt really, really good out there, he said. My mechanics were kind spiraling out of control. I felt too good. I was trying to throw it harder and harder and it doesnt work like that. ... I was sacrificing location.In his previous outing last week, Syndergaard beat Kansas City but was pulled after six innings because his elbow flared up, manager Terry Collins said. Syndergaard had an MRI between starts that showed no structural damage, the team said.Fellow Mets starter Steven Matz also is dealing with a bone spur in his pitching elbow. The left-hander had his scheduled start pushed back from Wednesday to Thursday this week.Perhaps tiring of the topic, Syndergaard on Wednesday tweeted, Hey Matz, you want to talk about bone spurs some more?......Matz?.....(hash)letsgetawin, accompanied by a GIF of a man jumping out a window. Adnan Januzaj Jersey . -- Aldon Smith believes he is on the path to being sober for good. Leander Dendoncker Belgium Jersey . Marincin has played in two NHL games so far this season with two penalty minutes. The 21-year-old has three goals, four assists and a plus-5 rating in 24 games with the American Hockey Leagues Oklahoma City Barons this season. http://www.belgiumsoccerpro.com/Dedryck-Boyata-Belgium-Jersey/ . Boucher previously coached the Tampa Bay Lightning and had a 97-78-20 record over two-plus seasons. He was dismissed by the team last March after the Lightning struggled in the lockout-shortened season with a 13-18-1 record. Mousa Dembele Jersey . It was the kind of score that might make everyone else wonder which course he was playing. Except that Graeme McDowell saw the whole thing. Crouched behind the 10th green at Sheshan International, McDowell looked over at the powerful American and said, "Ive probably seen 18 of the best drives Ive seen all year in the last two days. Romelu Lukaku Jersey . A lawyer for MLB, Matthew Menchel, confirmed Wednesday the league dropped its case against Biogenesis of America, its owner Anthony Bosch and several other individuals. The lawsuit had accused Biogenesis and Bosch of conspiring with players to violate their contracts by providing them with banned performance-enhancing substances.Eddie Howe believes Mathieu Flamini should have been given a straight red card for his tackle on Dan Gosling during Bournemouths 2-0 defeat by Arsenal. The Arsenal midfielders two-footed challenge on the Bournemouth man earned him a yellow card from referee Kevin Friend, but Howe insists the decision to send him off was not a difficult one. The incident came in the eighth minute with the score at 0-0, before Arsenal went on to win 2-0 thanks to goals from Mesut Ozil and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Graeme Souness and Thierry Henry were both in agreement that Flamini should have been sent off Howe told Sky Sports: I thought it was a red, I had a very good view, it looked two footed and potentially off the floor. Ive only seen it live but my initial view is definite red card. Bournemouth 0-2 Arsenal Arsenal moved bacck to within five points of leaders Leicester For me it wasnt a difficult decision, I felt that the two-footed tackle has been outlawed, and it was a red card.ddddddddddddThe result leaves Bournemouth in 15th place, five points above the drop zone. Despite improving in the second half, they could not find a way past Petr Cech. Flamini says his two-footed tackle was not malicious We found it difficult to get pressure on the ball and influence their possession in the first half, said Howe.We worked on a few things at half-time, we managed to get more pressure on the ball, we managed to dominate the ball, in fact, in the second half.It was just the cutting edge on that final ball and final finish, and obviously [Cech] is world class and he made a couple of great saves. Also See: Match report As it happened Bournemouth video Bournemouth fixtures ' ' '