NEW YORK -- Jay Bruce stepped into the batters box for the first time wearing the New York Mets blue and orange, and the sellout crowd at Citi Field stood and greeted him with cries of Bruuuce! sounding as if at a Springsteen concert.I heard hes kind of a big deal around here, the All-Star outfielder said.A day after he was acquired from the Cincinnati Reds, Bruce went 0 for 4 with a flyout, groundout and two called strikeouts in the New York Mets 7-1 Subway Series win over the Yankees on Tuesday night.I felt a little out of place for the first couple of innings, honestly, he said. The way we won tonight obviously makes that 0 for 4 a little better.Bruce, who reported to the Mets on Tuesday along with returning pitcher Jon Niese, was drafted by the Reds in 2005 and made his big league debut with Cincinnati in 2008. But Cincinnati is among the worst National League teams and decided to deal him for infielder Dilson Herrera and left-hander Max Wotell.Bruce took uniform No. 19 -- Joey Vottos number in Cincinnati -- played right field and batted third.I know he was nervous, Mets manager Terry Collins said. Even though hes an experienced major league player and a star in the big leagues, going to a new town and all the hoopla and you want to make an instant impact. But hell settle in. Hes going to make a big difference in our club.Collins had tried to relieve any pressure felt.Youre not the savior. Youre a big, big piece, Collins recalled telling him.Bruce is batting .262 with 25 homers and 80s, the most in the NL at the time of the trade.Theres an instant kind of recharge to the battery, getting in there to a pennant race and playing baseball that matters, he said.Bruce has spent just one game in center field since 2008, so Collins put him in right and pulled Curtis Granderson -- whose locker is in the same corner of the clubhouse as Bruces -- from his starting lineup. Alejandro de Aza was in center and hit a go-ahead two-run homer. Michael Conforto was in left and had a pair of doubles.With Yoenis Cespedes slowed by a quadriceps injury, Collins said the Cuban slugger will be a designated hitter from Wednesday through Sunday, when the Mets play in AL ballparks at the Yankees and Detroit.Last year, Cespedes acquisition at the trade deadline sparked the Mets to their first NL pennant since 2000. Collins practically salivated at the thought of Cespedes and Bruce together in the batting order of New York, which entered with an NL-low .238 batting average.Tomorrow night when we get Ces back in there, Ill tell you what, thats going to be a unique looking lineup with those big bats in the middle, the manager said.Bruce received a welcome call from injured Mets captain David Wright. Bruce remembered striking out on the final pitch last September when the Mets clinched the NL East title with a win at Cincinnati and then celebrated.One of the dirtiest pitches Ive ever been thrown was by Jeurys Familia, he said of the Mets closer.New York had long considered trying to acquire Bruce.I feel like Ive been getting traded to the Mets for over a year now, he said.The 29-year-old, a three-time All-Star, has a contract that includes a team option for 2017. Hes not sure if he wants to live in Manhattan or the suburbs.I think New York can be as big and fast as you want it to be. I plan on finding my niche and just being myself, he said. Im not going to have a car here, so Im going to have to use a lot of different modes of transportation.Niese also has a housing decision to make. After the Mets traded the 29-year left-hander to Pittsburgh in December for Neil Walker, the second baseman signed a one-year sublease for the pitchers apartment on Manhattans Upper East Side.Knowing the type of guy Neil is, I highly doubt that hes trashed it, Niese said.Niese, 8-6 with a 4.90 ERA, pitched the final two innings in his return and allowed Didi Gregorius ninth-inning homer. He joked that he was a boomerang: Throw me out and I come right back again.He was asked about a comment he made last fall that appeared to criticize the Mets defense. He was quoted by Pittsburgh-area reporters as saying: Im sure what Ill appreciate more than anything is the way they play defense. 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SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Colin Kaepernicks roller coaster career hit a low point the last time he played in Arizona against the Cardinals.The starter in Super Bowl XLVII described the game from early 2015 as his worst start as a pro. He threw two pick-sixes on his first two possessions, leading to a disastrous loss, 47-7, before losing his starting job to Blaine Gabbert weeks later.The embattled quarterback Sunday will make his first start in University of Phoenix Stadium since, trying to end the 49ers seven-game losing streak under first-year coach Chip Kelly.Its a good opportunity to go back, redeem myself and try to help get this team back on track, Kaepernick said Tuesday.You always remember those games, but you move on from it. You cant linger on it. You cant dwell on it. You take what you can learn from it and move on.Kaepernick will bring with him good feelings coming off his most productive start of 2016 against the Saints, when he threw for a season-high 398 yards -- the second-most of his career -- on 24-of-39 completions with two touchdowns and one interception. San Francisco lost, 41-23, despite the offensive outburst due to four turnovers and going 0-for-2 in the red zone.We need to put up more points along with those yards, said Kaepernick. We still left a lot of opportunities out there on the field for bigger plays, more yards, more points. So, those are things we have to be able to capitalize on.Sunday will be Kaepernicks fourth start of the season after replacing Gabbert six games in. Kaepernick has a renewed mindset in 2016, while adjusting to evverything thats come with his protest of social injustice by kneeling during the national anthem.dddddddddddd Hes become one of the NFLs most polarizing figures.I think hes been through it all, 49ers safety Eric Reid said, who kneels alongside Kaepernick during the anthem. He came in this league as a back up, rose to the top, to the highest of highs in this league. And then he had a low point (against the Cardinals) and now hes battling back from that. I think thats helped him. There hasnt been too much he hasnt seen -- too many emotions he hasnt felt. And I think itll play well for him in the long run.Offensive coordinator Curtis Modkins added, I think Colin is a strong young man and I dont think hes going to let anything that happened in the past shackle him for what he does in the future.Game notes The 49ers banged-up defense fell to last in the NFL in both yardage and scoring. It took another hit Tuesday with DT Arik Armstead getting placed on injured reserve with a left shoulder injury. DT Chris Jones, formerly of the Texans and Patriots, was signed Tuesday to take Armsteads place . The 49ers did not activate CB Will Redmond off injured reserve in time for Tuesdays deadline. He will remain there for the rest of 2016 after getting drafted in the third round from Mississippi State . Kaepernick said he did not vote in the presidential election after calling both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump proven liars and racist in September. ' ' '