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The Mets (84–67) defeated the Nationals (68–84) by the score of 8 to 4 in DC tonight.
For a recap and boxscore, go to Yahoo! Sports.
…okay, everyone now, deep breath, and exhale…
…Mike Pelfrey looked great in the first inning, got sloppy in the second, allowed two runs on two slap singles and a broken bat dinker, but then settled down, began working in his slider, worked well, then got in to trouble during the sixth…in came Jorge Sosa, with a runner on third and first, one out and me with an upset stomach…seriously, the mere thought of the bullpen was making me sick…but, sosa proved me wrong…he struck out a batter looking on three pitches, and on the fourth pitch he threw he got an inning-ending double play…
…in the end, he did his job, and allowed three runs and nine hits, while walking three and striking out four, through five innings…
…in the top of the seventh, Shawn Green, who entered the game in a double switch with sosa, hit a single, advanced to second on a sacrifice, then scored on a bad throw past first base, off a dribbler from Luis Castillo, who scored on a double by David Wright, who scored on a single by Moises Alou…go…go…score…pile it on…the more the merrier…so great to see…
…speaking of alou, he is slow…with this sore quad, he is John-Olerud slow…
…speaking of worrying about the bullpen, Aaron Heilman looked good again, as well…
…early in the game, Jose Reyes hit a double off the wall, umm, check that, he hit a double in to the wall, literally, i mean, it actually got stuck in the padding, and so he was forced to stop at second…of course, he scored on a perfect hit and run, as he took off for third, while David Wright hit an an opposite-field single…b…e…aggressive…
…oh, and hat’s off to Gary Cohen, who, without skipping a beat, immediately knew that when a ball gets stuck in the padding it is a ground-rule double…nice, buddy…
…by the way, i must give credit to Paul Lo Duca, and i would think Rick Peterson, as well, as pelfrey was pitching with a plan, and it was execute with near perfection…
…in the fifth, Moises Alou advanced to third on a sac-bunt by Jeff Conine, so he could score with ease on a sac-fly from Paul Lo Duca…nice teamwork, team…
…speaking of lo duca, he left the game with a right wrist injury…
…who was that mystery man pitching in the ninth…what is he some sort of closer or something…interesting…he was good…i hope to see him more often…
…nice win, guys…now, if you don’t mind, i’m going to go exhale, and get some much needed sleep, which i may actually be successful at tonight…
about friggin time, that’s all i have to say…
Maybe the parachute opens in this dream tonight Matt.
Get that ugly 11 off the magic number card.
It feels so damn good not to see that stupid 11 up there anymore!
and now it’s 9 — single digits at last! I never thought I’d cheer for Yadier Molina!! ;)
MAKE IT 9!
10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9….
Heh, reminds me of an Ali G episode…
Step back off the ledge… and Let’s Go Cards!
freAKin utley just tripled, the cards are a disgrace
Yeah, can the Cards please figure out how they scored 11 the other night and do it again?
Pat “THE BAT” with a PATented clutch K which he regularly does against all teams not named the Mets.
Come Wainwright get Rowand!
Alright, they get out of it!
Yeah, I think I’ll sleep soundly tonight.
Finally.
Meanwhile my Red Sox fan friend is currently looking for the ledge I was standing atop yesterday.
Step back from the ledge…
BREAKING NEWS! THE METS WIN A GAME!
phew .. that felt nice
:D
Missed the game, saw the results. Let’s go Mets!
Because of work tonight I did not get to watch a single inning of this game. It’s only natural that they decide to win tonight.
you’re banned from watching until we clinch costanza!
haha i love these magic # pics
Jesus, this Cards-Phils game is probably going to go into extras again.
hopefully both of their pens are worn out for the rest of the year
Very nice win…i hope Green isn’t planning to take Yom Kippur off….
I think they talked about this on the radio. I was only half listening, but I think he will be taking it off. I seem to remember hearing that he doesn’t hit Willis well anyway.
I guess he’s gotta do what he’s gotta do.
No exhaling Matt……1 down 11 more to go. Let’s go gett’em boys!
definitely no exhaling yet but at least we can all sleep tonight….and krusty i think we’re all hoping for that and considering the phils pen (against everyone but us) its probably likely that it will break down
1st and 2nd for sillies, larussas a moron hehas ryan frnaklin in there
What does he care if they lose? He is gone at the end of the season
PHEW!!
Jimmy with an 0-5.
hahaha those sillies r choking liek they always do jimmy rollins mvp? NOPE
It’s the friggin NATS….let’s not get too psyched…..but, we have to be happy the bleeding has slowed.
interesting, for some reason there were a few more comments after last nights game than tonight. I wonder why that is…
Great win boys, now keep it up
I was gonna ask what the over/under is for comments
krusty had it at 517, i think
no that was not me, i actually said DUN DU NUH to the person who said over if they lose under if they win
right, sorry, it was slachs
btw, what the hell does that mean?
Lets go Cardinals. Can Ankiel give some HGH to Eckstein so he can just hit a walk off
scott spezio just robbed rollins of an extra base hit with runners on 2nd and 3rd to end the inning. i might forgive him and wainwright for their performances tonight
Nah I still hate them
has anyone noticed how much better lee mazzilli is on the pre and post game? i actually want to hear what he has to say.
agreed. mazzilli has really improved.
Alright base hit Eckstein please!!
WHAT THE HELL!!1
AGH!
Base hit, leftfielder dives misses it, runner on second doesn’t score.
1st and 3rd one out!
COME ON CARDS!!
Freakin’ shallow fly ball caught, runner can’t score! UGH. Two outs.
looks like another long night
What the hell.
Phils get out of it.
Werth made an incredibly lucky catch earlier in the game after he had slipped to save runs, then he makes a dive that he doesn’t catch looks like it gets by him but gets trapped under his body to save another run. Just incredible luck.
God you suck Ankiel.
the cardinals r disgusting
no Matt…with an injured quad he’s JOE ORSULAK slow!!!
as long as he is not Mo slow
i think in ‘02 the hit dawg would have finished third in a foot race with Ralph Kiner and jay horowitz
Thanks SO you F’n bum!
come on hgh boy…u helped us win a big game in nlcs help us again
I hate gamecast on espn
so…slow…
mlb.com is so much faster and the view is alot better too.
think the cards actually do want to lose this game
Screw the cardinals they suck!
man, the Cards sure look pathetic the last 2 nights. Why couldn’t they have played like this in the playoffs last year?
mlb.com gameday shows jeff geary getting ankeil out on 3 thigh-high fastballs down the middle. i can’t believe i’m counting on this hack team for anything
Seriously, they should have won this game a few times tonight. Pathetic. Now they start the bottom of the tenth by hitting Utley.
I’m just going to go play some videogames now and stop watching this disaster.
Cards will get swept here and probably step up and win their one remaining game against us.
I cannot watch the Phillie/Cards game. can someone explain how the Cards have a runner at 2nd with 1 out and the get a single and he doesn’t score? then can you explain with runners at 1st and 3rd with 1 out, a fly ball to right doesn’t score the run?
These friggin’ Phillies are so friggin’ lucky!
Werth dived for the ball didn’t catch it, the runner on second hesitated, it looked like it might have gone by Werth but it got trapped under his body. Incredible luck.
When will the Phillie luck run out? It must, they have 10,000 losses already!
Oh and on the other play, it was a really shallow fly that that right fielder caught on the run close to the infield.
thanks Nightlife!
F’ing garbage Cardinals had 1st and 3rd with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th and did not score.
Werth dove for the ball, and missed it, instead of it going to the wall which would happen to the mets or any other normal baseball game, the ball hits the ground and pops in the air, stays within a few feet, run couldnt score. These lucky Phils.
That was impossible, right? I hope we can defy the will of the baseball gods, but they are obviously on the side of the Phillies.
they are fickle gods.
Wow, the Cards actually got out of it.
It is time for Scott “Shave that sh*t” Spiezio to help us out
Don’t forget “get that trashy tattoo removed.”
http://www.red-hot-mama.com/images/uploads/speizio_tattoo.jpg
dude does that chics head look really small in his tat?
I think its just cause of her boobs.
jumping catch at the wall.
M Cairo is going yard….I feel it!
I meant infield hit!
Branyan is due but it will not happen for him today I feel it
I was hoping saying the reverse would work. Dammit
russell branyon?? i thought he fell off the earth
Alright, again, base hit. COME ON!
How did cairo end up on second? Gamecast sucks very badly
stolen base
Branyan f@##$$ SUCKS! Swing the#$$$ BAT!!!
CARRDS WIN!!!
MOLINA RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MAGIC NUMBER 9 BABY!!!
Yadier Fing Molina!
yadier molina!
F*ing Yadier Molina!
my sentiments exactly
holy crap
WOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
2.5 baby
Thank you Yadier. Some much needed breathing room.
Cardinals WON!!!!
Yadi Effin Molina gets the game winning sinle (says schmooze)
Yeaa man!
And the cards help us out!!! 9!
CHANGE THAT MAGIC NUMBER BABY… TAKE THAT PHILS FAN! MOLINA JUST SCREWED YOU OVER TOO!!!! I FREAKING LOVE IT… AWESOME BABY… THIS DIVISION WILL BE OURS…. FINALLY A FREAKING BREAK!!
what the hell is wrong with you? are you kidding? you say the most ridiculous stuff one day and then this insane stuff the next. wowowowowowowowowowow
Boy, I hope that lets the boys relax a bit so they can go and kick ass in Florida.
It truly will be a good nights sleep
Put a 9 up there Matthew!!!
10 was a great # it didn’t stay on the board long!
thank you yadier….you’re the best you silly son of a gun!
I guess the Germans DID bomb Pearl Harbor!!!!!
Yadier Molina wins the game for the Cardinals! Unbelievable irony. Maybe it’s a sign…
Phillies lose!
DOES ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME IN GOING OVER TO THE PHILS BLOG SITE AND BEING A TOTAL A-HOLE?? I LOVE IT.. THE PHILS ARE NOTHING BUT A TEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ehh, not yet. A lot can still happen. Ask me again in 4 days.
yeah lets not jinx this…u know karma can be a b&tch…trust me i hear it from the yankee fans that i continuously taunted in the beginning of the season
I GUESS I can love you just for ONE night Yadier.
I’m still planning on burning your house down though.
:p
I got a pretty good laugh out of that. Are you the one who wrote about egging Rick Petersons house last night? That made my night brighter last night
Time to sweep FLA and wrap this baby up at home in front of the home fans!
Come on Matt. Wake the F*#$ up and change the magic number to 9!
I love how we all posted at pretty much the same time and like half of us wrote Yadi E’ffin Molina in our comments. I’m glad that cought on!
Now lets not pop the champagne just yet but lets enjoy it. Everytime we say its over we have a slide. Lets put our metal cleats on their necks
how about time for the met fan to keep a level head and just see where this goes, instead of being a bunch of gloating jerks. it can get dark in a hurry, so yall should really calm down.
Thats pretty much what I said
I agree… We still have 10 more games. Let’s show some class…(I’ll just go and annoy all of my Red Sox buddies instead) Big, Big night tonight and Matt better change that number soon!
WE WANT 9! WE WANT 9! WE WANT 9! CHANGE THAT NUMBER!!! WAKE THE HELL UP!
Woo-Hoo! I feel gross for rooting for Yadier Molina.
As Mike Francesa would said, “this Met win and Phillies loss is enormously enormous!”
Mike Francesa is enormously enormous!
Now that’s funny.
I SCARED MY GFRIEND OUT OF THE LIVING ROOM AND ALMOST SPILLED MY DINNER…! SHE ABSOLUTELY HATES ME AND BASEBALL RIGHT NOW… YADIER EFFIN MOLINA RUINS ANOTHERS TEAMS HOPES…I LOVE IT…. KARMA BABY..KARMA !
It was also crazy that Wainwright pitched a gem and also had a huge RBI in the game. Crazy irony.
TONIGHT WAS AWESOME…METS WIN, PHILS LOSE, BOSTON LOSES, YANKS WIN… (IM NOT A YANKS FAN BUT I HATE BOSOX NATION MORE THAN YANKEE NATION..) I FEEL LIKE I JUST GOT A GORILLA OFF MY CHEST
how on earth does a mets fan hate the red sox more than the yankees? it defies logic. did you get beat up by a bunch of dudes in boston?
Dude, everyone i know hates Boston more then the Yankees? Are u kidding me? It doesnt defy logic if you follow the history of Boston vs. New York sports bro. I hated the Red Sox back in 75 when Carlton Fisk did his stupid dance against the Reds.. The Yanks are the Yankees… I do hate them.. but i’m tellin ya.. I hate the Sox, the Patriots, the freaking Bruins, and the Celtics especially since the Bird era… Don’t be so hard on me bro.. I’m die hard blue and orange…. Red Sox Nation Sucks bro…
All this bro talk makes us sound like that guys from the taser video which oddly enough is the Florida Gators (Blue and Orange)
LOL.. THAT’S FUNNY… I AM GETTING A STRANGE ELECTRICAL FEELING GOING DOWN MY SPINE…
weird man. i root for the red sox everyday, i have no reason not to like them. the only boston vs new york that matters to me as a mets/giants fan is 86, and we’re the ones that hurt them. boston seems like a great baseball town. for white dudes, at least.
Boston is a tremendous baseball town. I just happen to be in Boston for the 2004 World Series Game 1. I walked into the Cheesecake Factory in downtown B-town and ran into a high school friend that i hadn’t seen in 20 yrs. Dude gave me 2 tix face value for Game 1 as his sister worked for MLB. I’m not kidding. I literally got the last 2 seats in the the entire ballpark for game 1. I got to see first hand the arrogance, the undeniable hatred for anything that’s New York from Boston fans. I don’t give a damn that they beat the Yanks and not the Mets… The S#$ that came out of Red Sox Fan’s piehole about New York was enough to piss off any New York baseball fan. Bottom line…I’m a Jets fan… I hate the Patriots….I’m a Nets fan… I hate the Knicks and the Celtics. Boston sucks and don’t think for one reason that they don’t hate the Mets for 86. Don’t give Boston too much credit. They hate us as much if not more then we hate them. Maybe because i don’t live in New York right now i don’t get to experience the Yankees Mets rivalry like you do… I get off on being an avid Boston/Philly hater in every sport and nothing will ever change that
What? Shouldnt you only be concerned with what the mets do?
Actually i love watching the Dodgers, Cardinals, Phillies, and Braves lose too. It goes with the territory.
And the bottom line is that im not rooting for the Yankees to win cause they aren’t going to get past the Angels like always… I live out here in California and let me tell you something… The Angels OWN THE YANKEES!!!! 110%
ok lets go kick some ass in florida. i really can’t stand those guys. maybe it’s because I’m a girl but I think that team is filled with sleazy nasty perverts(lead by dontrelle) that spend every night in stripclubs in south beach. they are so nasty to me.
AMEN, the last time i went to Miami was for Jets Fins game back in 03 or 04… And i got into a fight and absolutely destroyed a Fins fan in the parking lot after the Fins crushed the Jets for the first time in like 3 or 4 yrs… I did literally pick up dude over my head and tossed him about 7 ft…after he tried to sucker punch a friend of mine…. I proceeded to hit the strip bars for the rest of the weekend… but overall i hate the Dolphins and anything that is Miami as well… Lets kick ass this wkend…
LOL If they really do as you speculate they do then my opinion of them has taken a quantum leap in the positive direction. Maybe the Mets can send free alcoholic beverages and strippers to all the Marlins a few hours before the game begins. Who let the dogs out? :)
Tampa Bay actually has the best strip bar scene in Florida. Even better than Miami. But that’s just my opinion. No wonder the DRays suck year after year. :)
Am I dreaming or did the Mets actually win a game while the Phillies lost? Happy days are here again. For one day at least order in the universe has been restored to its rightful place.
I AM BREATHING DEEPLY AND STILL ALIVE!!!
I hit my head on the ceiling when cairo scored.. couldnt believe it..
THANK YOU LORD OF BASEBALL!!!
Time for sleepy… 2.5 much better than 1.5… daddy likey!!!!
good night all…finally can go to bed before midnight…
LETS GO METS!!!
OK, ladies and gents…2.5 games lead, 11 games to go. Far from out of the woods, but feels a lot better than last night.
Yadier Molina, who knew?
Sosa’s 6th inning could be the turning point
Glavine & Pedro the next two – I have a “hunch” that the Mets will go on a nice run from here
Well i really like the Mets chances to be in the clinch at home scenario next week. 5-0 at Florida is the reason with glav and Pedro pitching just adds to it plus Delgado’s good hitting numbers park
let’s save the taunting on beerleaguer until we see a 0 in mr. met’s hands again. this season has been such a roller coaster, i’d rather save all of our bullets until it’s over, kind of how the phils play the mets. 3 losses with 11 to go, this isn’t the dream scenario, but as of now, it’s where we want our guys to be. sleep, relax, and enjoy. tomorrow we’ve got tommy with petey on the horizon.
ps – we’re the classier fan base, no need to rub it in their faces. phils fan are used to this – 2 steps forward, 15 steps back
screw GAMECAST, i just paid 8 bucks for an MLBtv subscription for the last 2 weeks of the season … well worth it to watch the phills choke :)
Nice to come home and see we won a game! Woo! 3 errors, eh. Didn’t watch the game, so couldn’t judge. Love that everyone was hitting the ball, Pelfrey had a nice outing, Sosa did his job. Let’s go beat up on the Fish tomorrow; seriously, D-Train? The guys been a trainwreck all year.
And Molina! I felt bad I had to root for him and call him Yaddie, but got the job done. Let’s go Mets!
The Phils can’t stop thinking about us- look at this random D’Wright comment in the recap of the Phils-Cards game on ESPN:
In “A Closer Look”:
Mistake-prone: For as well as Wright played, he also had three errors in the victory. New York has 13 errors in its last four games.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=270919124
…oh, and hat’s off to Gary Cohen, who, without skipping a beat, immediately knew that when a ball gets stuck in the padding it is a ground-rule double…nice, buddy…
Well, on WFAN, Tom & Howie were discussing this rule and they both agreed that the rule should be that the player has to attempt to retrieve the ball. If it doesn’t come loose, then it’s a double (could be triple – ump’s discretion, but it’s always a double), but if it comes loose then it’s in play.
Of course, I had radio only, so I didn’t see what sort of effort Pena made to get the ball.
When I say that the rule “should be” I meant that’s what they thought the rule was. That’s how they understood it from other stadiums, particularly Wrigley.
The way they described it on the Nats radio call (what you get on XM), Pena looked for it, but couldn’t find it. He did pull some padding off the wall, just not in the right spot.
SO if the rule is he has to make an effort to retrieve it, then he did. He certainly could have gotten it if he had looked in the right place!
LETS GO METS!!! This morning feels so much better than yesterday’s. Lets take this momentum and kick the crap out of Dontrelle and the Marlins. No cab rides to South Beach, just hang out by the gorgeous pool and think about finishing your business!
[...] Conn Carroll wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptMike Pelfrey looked great in the first inning, got sloppy in the second, allowed two runs on two slap singles and a broken bat dinker, but then settled down, began working in his slider, worked well, then got in to trouble during the … [...]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH… I’M USED TO YANKEE FAN… MY DAD WAS A YANKS FAN AND SO WAS MY GRANDPA.. AT LEAST I HAVE SOME RESPECT FOR THEM… BUT NOT REDSOX NATION WITH THEIR STUPID ACCENTS, AND THEIR RETODDED WAY OF THINKING… F##$$ THE SOX BRO!!!