Daily Archives: April 19, 2008
The Game:
The first-place Mets (9-6) continue their three-game series against the Phillies (8-9) this afternoon at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, starting at 3:55 pm EST.
The Lineup:
The lineup will be posted on
when available.
The Pitchers:
LHP Oliver Perez (1-0, 3.38 ERA) toes the rubber for the Mets. In his last, Perez earned a no-decision versus the Brewers, allowing six runs on eight hits, while walking three and striking out four. Prior to his last start, Perez had not allowed an earned run in 11.2 IP. Perez is 1-3 with a 4.28 ERA in nine career starts versus the Phillies.
LHP Jamie Moyer (1-0, 5.52 ERA) starts for the Phillies. Moyer earned a no-decision in his last start versus the Cubs, allowing four runs on nine hits while striking out two and walking one. In 12 career starts versus the Mets, Moyer is 6-3 with a 2.64 ERA. Moyer has allowed 25 HR in 118.2 career innings pitched at Citizens Bank Park.
The Notes:
David Wright is 9-for-21 (.429) with 2 HR and 3 RBI in his career versus Moyer.
Carlos Delgado is batting .441 with 8 HR and 17 RBI in 68 career at-bats versus Moyer.
The Mets are 7-1 versus left-handed starters this season.
Ryan Howard is 1-for-13 (.077) with a homerun and seven strikeouts versus Perez in his career.
For more insight on the Phillies, check out Blogger Beat.
How To Catch It:
Tonight’s game can be seen locally on Fox and heard locally on WFAN.
The Bleachers:
For a live chat, head over to The Hot Foot Bleachers.
…i’ll be at the game with fellow bloggers, Matthew Cerrone, Brandon Eddy and hopefully a few thousand other Mets fans…it will be my first Mets/Phillies game and i’m looking forward to it…hopefully we’ll be safe…wish us luck…
…enjoy, and as always, Let’s Go Mets…
Tagged Mike Nichols |
New Orleans (AAA): 5-2 loss to Iowa
LHP Adam Bostick took the tough luck loss, allowing three runs on five hits and two walks in 7.1 innings pitched. RHP Tim McNab gave up a run in the eighth, while RHP Ivan Maldonado let up a run on two hits and a walk in the ninth.
No prospect did anything of note with the bat Friday, with 35-year old 3B Shawn Wooten providing the highlight, going 2-for-4 with a homer. C Gustavo Molina was also 2-for-4 on the night.
Binghamton (AA): 9-3 loss to Portland
RHP Jake Ruckle was tagged for six runs on eight hits and two walks in just four innings. RHP Sal Aguilar surrendered two runs on four hits and three walks in three innings.
OF Fernando Martinez was 1-for-3 with a sacrifice, a double, a run and an RBI, and Danny Murphy, back at 3B, was 1-for-2 with a sacrifice, double, HBP and an RBI. DH Mike Carp went 1-for-4, and 1B Nick Evans had his second straight hitless night, going 0-for-4.
St. Lucie (A+): 8-5 loss to Vero Beach
LHP Eric Niesen had a strange stat line for the night, allowing two runs on five hits in four innings, walking three and fanning seven. Wantagh native Nick Abel took the loss by letting up three runs on three hits and a walk in just one frame.
Facing a certain former St. Lucie Met named S. Kazmir, the Mets scored one run against the most famous Met to never pitch a game for the team. Overall on the night, SS Ruben Tejada and OF Ezequiel Carrera were both 1-for-4 with a run, with Carrera tripling and Tejada driving in a run. 3B Levi Ventura had a two run homer in a 1-for-4 night, while 1B Lucas Duda was 0-for-4 with three strikeouts.
Savannah (A-): 3-1 loss to Rome
Tagged Minors |LHP Angel Calero pitched well despite getting tagged with the loss, allowing two runs, one earned, on six hits in five innings. He walked just one and struck out eight.
2B Greg Veloz, batting out of the leadoff spot, was 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI, 3B Richie Lucas was 1-for-4 with a double, and 23-year old catcher Jordan Abruzzo continues to mash, putting up a 2-for-4 night with a double to put his average at .500 in six games.
At ESPN.com, Jayson Stark says that after watching Johan Santana dominate the Phillies last night, it hard not to wonder what if is he was with the Mets down the stretch last season.
…seriously, do we need to bring up last year in every story jayson…thankfully he does move on…
However, Stark does bring up a question that’s not so academic:
“How much of a difference might Johan Santana make this season in the life of the NL East? Well, it’s still about five months too soon to answer that one. But Santana gave quite the spectacular sneak preview Friday in a 6-4 Mets victory in which the score — and his final pitching line — bore no relationship to how dominating he actually was. For seven innings, Santana carved up the Phillies, dialing up a 10-strikeout, zero-walk two-hitter that was ridiculously efficient.”
…traditionally a slow starter, johan has looked pretty darn good so far…i can’t wait until he heats up along with the weather…
…by the way, I will be setting up shop in parking lot N if you are coming down to the game today…come by and say hello…
…well, i’m leaving for Philadelphia, to see the Mets take on the Phillies in Citizen’s Bank Park…i anticipate 
spending time with close to 200 Mets fans in Lot N for a few hours before the game…it should be interesting…
…Ted Berg and i will be filming the experience, and should have the video up online at some point this week…
…by the way, if the Philly Phanatic shows up, i cannot guarantee his safety…or ours, for that matters…wish us luck…
