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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
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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…
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Heading south, bound for Section 428. See you all there…
section 430, sup.
Ahhh, 1st place, I forgot what that felt like this offseason
LETS GO METS! Crush Jamie Moyer PLEASE!
…and if we don’t, everybody will say again that “the most we can be is a .500 team.” Lets try to avoid that please.
Keep your fingers crossed that Ollie P has his best stuff today.
He usually fares well against the LH-heavy lineups of the Phillies and Braves. I’m expecting our lineup to defy history and finally bash Moyer today.
Let’s hope Wright can repeat what Jose did against the Nats and do the cycle over two nights.
Ah, nuts to that… Wright for the cycle tonight!
And this should be a good game for Delgado to get going again. Nice clutch hit last night, now it’s time to continue that lifelong dominance of Moyer.
Might be Castillo’s best chance for a homerun this year too :P
Thank god you wrote “toes the rubber” and not “tows.” I hate when people get that wrong.
It will be interesting to see if the lineup changes while they are still in Philadelphia.
From today’s New York Post:
Second baseman Luis Castillo was in the No. 8 spot in the order for the fourth game in a row, but Randolph said it will not be permanent.
“I like the way it looks and I like the flow [with Castillo batting eigth], but Luis is still my #2 hitter,” Randolph said before Castillo went 0-for-4 to drop his season average to .222.
Looks like Willie is going to continue to subscribe to the theory that if it ain’t broke, break it.
Of course, that if it ain’t broke line is mine, not the Post’s.
Don’t want to lead anyone to believe otherwise.
THis makes no sense, even for Willie.
He wasn’t doing the job, and the replacement is doing better, lineup works better, winning games, etc.
But, Luis is stil lthe #2 hitter?
Trying to light a fire under their respective butts? Who knows.
Anyway, today’s game is about control — as in, if Ollie has control, he wins. He doesn’t, in that park, could get ugly. I don’t think we’re going to go nuts on Moyer, but we should get a few if we stay patient and take what he gives us.
Wright is going to put on another show today. I still don’t think the team is going to do much against Moyer. But Wright is on fire, and that’s going to help get the job done. Let’s see this nice little winning streak continue!
willie is trying to be a dimestore therapist…and failing miserably. stop trying to spare everyone’s freaking feelings and just do what is best for the team.
i’m just wondering, but who’s batting 2nd today? and has been for the past few games? yeah, thought so. You guys hang on Willie’s words way too much, what he says means nothing. He’s just trying to make Castillo feel better.
tell me about it…LETS GO METS…a sweep would be sweet
When are you guys going to stop reacting like Pavlov’s dog everytime Willlie *says* something? There’ll be plenty to criticize once he actually makes the change, if he does.
What did you want him to say? “Luis is basically done. We’re banishing him for life to the #8 spot in the order.”
The entire point of the comments section is for people to comment on all things New York Mets. Commenting on something Willie says in the media is fair game.
Commenting/criticizing is fine. Some incisiveness when doing so would be nice.
Does anyone know a site where I can watch this game on the Internet. I live in oregon and I am forced to watch the braves and dodgers on fox. And mlb is a blackout…
Fox Sports Espanol simulcasts one of the regional FOX games every week and this week the Mets’ game is being simulcast.
It’s a spanish language channel but at least you can watch it. If you are a DirecTV customer it’s part of the Sports Pack tier and is available on channel 616. I’m in Braves territory so this is how I’ll be watching.
Let me be the first to say that if Willie puts Castillo back in the 2 spot today he should be fired on the spot. I mean the Mets are 7-0 with somebody else batting 2nd and 2-6 with Castillo there this year! What more evidence do you need to see that Castillo is a black in the top of the line up!!
So with somebody not named Castillo in the 2nc sport, the Mets should end up going 156-6. I like it.
I’m just messing with you. don’t kill me. Actually, I think you’re correct right now. But when Church goes cold, as all players do at some point, (see Angel Pagan) the Mets need to keep the options open.
LGM.
I don’t think it will happen today, but it looks like it’s going to happen. What baffles me is that on the one hand you have Willie saying that Castillo is his #2 hitter, and that he’s just keeping him in the 8 spot because of the continued soreness; and he expects that to change. But then you have Castillo saying he needs more rest, and you have to wonder if he’s ever really going to feel good.
Why not just leave things the way they are? What they have been going with for the last few games has clearly been working. Church is going to do very well in that spot if they will just leave it alone.
The Mets made a HUGE mistake in signing Castillo for 4 years. The guy is a bum. So is Delgado. They continually hinder the mets offense time after time. Is Alou playing first base an option when he comes back? That will leave pagan in the lineup.
Dude. have you been watching the last two games?
the whole reason the mets re-signed luis castillo and gave him the deal that he got is ’cause he’s best friends with johan santana and they were trying to make the trade happen.
i say keep church at the 2 and if johan continues to pitch the way he did yesterday let castillo bat wherevere he feels like
He reminds me of Rey Ordonez. He can flash the leather but cant swing the bat.
What, you expect Willie to throw Castillo under the bus? I’m sure Castillo doesn’t feel great being relegated to the #8 spot after being #1 and #2 his whole career.
Randolph said on WFAN that he likes Church in the #2 spot, that he’s getting more fastballs to hit (with Reyes’ speed and Wright behind him), and he’s driving the ball.
As long as Church continues to perform and Castillo doesn’t, the lineup won’t change.
Regarding the contract, I bet the choices were something like 2 yrs/$17m or 4/24. And other teams were interested, so the Mets didn’t have a lot of choice. It’s not a good contract, but neither were the alternatives.