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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
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…
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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.
You’re right about this. I hate Castillo getting four years, but it was a priority to get 2B settled early in the off-season and there weren’t that many other options on the radar screen — Eckstein was playing coy and isn’t that great anyway. The Mets can afford to swallow some of the contract if they end up needing to.
Delgado actually looked good last night against one of the top lefties in the league. He had two doubles robbed, but those not watching close enough probably don’t notice that.
i’ve been to 1 mets/phillies game and i was too young to care. i wish i paid more attention to it
Ryan Howard is 1-for-13 (.077) with a homerun and seven strikeouts
Oh, Ryan Howard.
Rollins out again
I hope he feels better…on MOnday.
Unbelievable, the people who do the pre-game show for FOX said that after Santana’s first start at Shea he was “booed out of the stadium.” Are you freaking kidding me? It was a few random fans! This is why I never believe anything the media says.
They got their info from Baseball Tonite, who mentioned the boo’s again last nite.
Now, I’m waiting for McCarver to bring up the collapse again. Maybe I can turn this into a drinking game.
Make sure to add the amount of times McCarver mentions Bob Gibson in that game.
Boy, I think Albert has Cohen beat for the “weirdest announcer mouth in baseball” award.
dude his teeth make him look like a sabertooth tiger…
Can’t wait for the Fox coverage to start!! (sarcasm) If you really want to get smashed quickly, make slow zooms on the crowd and dugout your trigger to take a drink — especially zooms on players who just screwed up. Just make sure you have a cooler handy.
holy crap! one minute in and it’s already been two…this is great!
I’m rolling the fridge over closer to the TV.
Why does Marv Albert’s son look like he has downs syndrome?
yesterday it was the philly jerkoffs and today it’s tim mccarver…why is god mad?
Rollins hasnt started for 10 games, yet he isnt on the DL? Remember when Beltran did that a few times last year and everyone jumped all over him? I guess its not all that unusual afterall.
there is a giant fat man in a red shirt right behind home plate…he reminds me of the kool aid guy
there goes the no hitter
Wow sounds like a lot of mets fans there. Represent!!!
David Wright for player of the week
mccarver is a retard
At least you get to watch it!
Stop insulting retards!
hahahahahahahaha…my bad…i’m sorry if i offended any retards
david wright is INSANE!!!
Utley’s getting hit today. Book it
i think he gets hit in every mets-phillies series
Derrick Lee hit his 7th homer today in the Cubs 17th game. He’s on pace for 66 homers and it hasnt even gotten warm in Chicago yet.
When does the 73 homer watch start? ;)
There goes Willie’s number 2 hitter
the cadaver formerly known as andruw jones hit a homerun today!
I dont know if anyone cares but I found a site in whihc you can watch the game at…you just have to download a couple of things. You need to download a program called TVants. Just google it and it is free. Once you got that downloaded go to myp2p.eu and click on live sports at the top. From there click on baseball at the top left corner and find the mets game after that and click the live botton on the right of the game. Once the new screen shows up click the play botton under either one of the games. It will take some time to load up so be patient….enjoy. Its a little behind gameday but atleast I get to watch it.
i have that…….it has international stuff on it.
you can watch al jazeera and the mets
yay!!!!
That is awesome! You are my hero since Fox Blocked my Directv feed today. Thanks!
nice work! thanks.
Nice piece of hitting by Perez
I can not but laugh every time they show Ollie’s facial expression at the plate. He looked like an excited little kid after he blooped that one into shallow left.
you can hear the jose jose chants in the background! alright metsblog!
Another beer going down…thanks, Tim
oh stop, he’s great with the 12 year olds
oh yea, all the 12 year old are at thier little league games right now…
ryan “mo vaughn” howard looked stupid right there
nice K on howard, ollie hit 94 there
nice pitch!
this is my first time watching in HD this season and now i am kicking myself for paying extra for mlb.tv’s worthless “premium” package :(
Two innings done and no Procede commercials. I’m strangely missing Guisseppe Franco.
Hey everybody! Have I got a product for you!
Stop pretending you look good and do something abouuu it
Forget the daily regiments! Who has seven seconds to waste on something that’s clinically proven to work when you can give your money to Guisseppe instead!
Oh wait, he doesn’t own the company… He doesn’t own anything about it. So he MUST be telling the truth! :)
sorry bout that i forgot to change my name to guisseppe franco…man..i’m as stupid as mccarver…
that’s ok…the effort is much appreciated. I feel better now,
thanks everybody
uugghh, to get picked off by old man river. Come on Mets, no need to try and manufacture runs against this crappy pitcher
Has anyone noticed that the Mets have only allowed 55 runs so far this season? Only Arizona has allowed less at 53.
I swear to god, throw at Utley’s head since he’s so willing to get hit
I know it’s still early in the season, but the Mets have been pretty inefficient with their SBs this season. 66% compared to 81% last year.
And the numbers just aren’t there either.
Maybe the Mets do need Rickey. . .Or maybe Tim Raines would be better.
I think Perez pitched aroud Utley to face Howard.
why not at this point…howard looks completely lost up there…
Why would the Phillies bat Utley and Howard back to back? If Burrell was batting in the 4 spot, that would be much more effective.
Ollie has Howard fooled
If the announcers would shut up and pay attention they’d realize that after Utley barely moved on that first slider, schneider said something to Utley who then said something to the umpire. And on the next pitch that Ollie threw the fastball came up an in. I think he gets pegged in the back if the game if the Mets have a big lead late in this game.
hey moyer has his age on his back!
LOL!!! Moyer never throws a legit strike. Mets should be patient.
Gee, who does that remind us of…
yeah i know andi can’t wait for the Bravos to trot him out to pitch at shea
Watch, he’ll pull a Clemens and find a way to avoid Shea all season.
lets bean utley in the anus
Come on Mets, this guy is a batting practice pitcher!
except much much older
“nice little rhythm”
I feel like Moyer is a better version of Tom Glavine…not like thats saying much anyways…
gold glove
I gotta say, as many “gold glove” plays that david makes, he makes just as many errors. He should not have won the GG last year…
totally agree…his glove is golden, but his arm is tin
Since there has been a lot of “fire willie” talk, just for fun, who should the Mets hire as manager should Willie be fired mid-season?
Nice play David
davey johnson
Bobby Valentine
The Mets should not fire Willie.
I agree, clearly there is no one to replace him.
Showalter
“…nice little rhythm…” hmmm…is the pope in town?
pretty soon you will see an outfielder come in when castillo is batting. is there a worse hitter you want up there with a runner on 3rd and less than 2 outs than castillo?
Ryan Howard.
I’m so sick of this crappy pitcher having success against the Mets.
at this stage i think willie should be starting Damion Easley vs lefties instead of Delgado
We are not at THAT stage yet.
Joe Buck is such an idiot. He said the Mets traded Milledge AND LoDuca for Church and Schneider. And McCarver just sat there and said nothing.
OP has gotta be on third right now
Clearly the Mets offensive production has been regressing ever since we got rid of Roid Dealin Lo Duca…
PAUL’S A JUICA clap clap clap-clap-clap
and he gets bailed out again…
all the vasoline on Moyer’s hands makes his bat slip out
Tremendous!
I am embarassed for Jamie Moyer. What a clown…
i hate that little asian guy
Now all the Philly fans will have something to cheer about if Perez is hurt
damn…i hope his hand is okay
Perez needs to dig deep here. Taguchi has speed he should throw over
Nice pitch
nice pitch on 3-2 there, wow
Philthy pitch to strike out Werth
Nasty pitch
Perez is asking for it trying by continuing to get to Howard
He’s goin after Utley
Howard is due, this is bad….
Bring on Howard
We’ll see if Ollie is in his head
we’ll see what ollie’s made of
C’mon Ollie, keep it together.
Perez had Howard beat before he stepped in the box. Great pitching
Well done Ollie!!!
Get some damn runs off this clown!
i’m not one to get on guys when we’re up, but what is Beltran doing swinging at that pitch? That’s a pitchers pitch, just take it.
I’m very worried when we can only score 2 runs on jamie moyer in citizens bank park…
With Extra innings and Mlb.tv…I rarely have to listen to the WFAN calls of the games…..but from what I have heard so far of Waye Hagin…I am not impressed. Howie is Howie, and is great….but Hagin is too vanilla.
Man we gotta get some insurance runs
I’m just worried because I know that Willie will be using Heilman again
The bats, they sleep after first inning.
Can we pull up Carp whose hitting like .450 to replace delgado
4-5-6 is 0 for 9. Perez has to win this game with his arm. If ollie gets thru 7 I hope Sanchez get a chance instead of Heilman.
Ryan Madson… another crappy pitcher who inexplicably owns the Mets
I’d prefer a mix of feliciano, smith, schoenweiss and then Wagner
Come on Ollie, keep it together
You’re asking for it walking people in this ballpark
The Mets should just hire a shrink for Perez. The man needs more encouragement than any pitcher in history
DAMN! They almost had that!
At least he was really safe…we’ve had so man close calls like that go against us.
What the hell was THAT?
WOAH
get this guy out
throw him a high fastball already
Moyer’s pitch count is 85…looks like he might even go 8!
This reminds me of Pedro’s long AB at florida…remember when he wasn’t on the DL?
Great time for this Bartlett guy to decide not to suck
Bruntlett…but point well made.
take him out
I don’t like this. C’mon D-Train.
I have rollins on my fantasy team. This is why I hate fantasy sports. LETS GO METS!!!!
Tough choice, Rollins has more power from the left side, but he’s a better hitter from the right side
That was brutal to watch. Great job by Bruntlett, but c’mon 0-2 and Perez couldn’t put him away. Here comes Rollins. You can smell the hit. This Phillies team just won’t roll over and die.
Come on Sanchez, I believe in you!
HOYEAHHH!
DIRTYYY
Duaner just put Heilman on notice for that eigth inning spot
I like how willie thinks. Pushing off that left ankle will not work…
DIRTY!!!!
Please tell me schoe-time isn’t coming in to face Utley and Howard
he might just be, you can’t pitch Feliciano every day against lefties, and Shoe actually does get lefties out.
Shouldn’t Marlon Anderson be in here?
oh yeah…Reyes goes deep! Man I felt that coming, perfect!
REYES!
JOSE!!!!!!!!
BOOOOOM!
Thank you Beltran
Ho-Say, Ho-Say, Ho-Say!!!!
Jose, Jose, Jose, Jose!!
Wayne Hagin has no place calling pro games. That homer call was brutal. He’s like a cliched generic baseball announcer. he could call Springfield Isotopes games.
Thankfully, Howie cut in to actually paint the picture as Jose got back to the dugout.
Yeah, I’ve noticed the same thing. He’s brutal on HR calls.
We’re spoiled on radio with all those years of Gary, Howie, and the great Bob Murphy (and a great TV booth now)….still, there has to be somebody out there better than Hagin.
So the Phillies are in our heads?
Schoe no. Come on Scott
Couldn’t they have at least waited for the lefties to come up?
No Tim, the Mets got killed against the Marlins because Glavine was pitching, not because the Marlins were angry
Dear Tim McCarver
I did not know that Reyes and Milledge dancing inspired the Florida Marlins to score 7 run in the first inning of last years
finale.
I thought it was Tom Glavine’s pitches. Clearly I’m wrong.
Agreed…I was just about to post something similar but your post says it best. What a friggin clown McCarver is.
spurs and suns just played one of the greatest NBA playoff games ever
Imagine an NBA team taking MJ’s tongue wagging personally.
Are they supposed to stop Jordan because his tongue is so offensive? It’s just the dumbest sentiment ever.
Manny Ramirez show boats for every homer. Teams know its coming but you never hear guys saying that Manny inspired them to beat the Red Sox.
No one ever says anything to David Wright when he does it but hey when Reyes does it, teams just get that fire to get better.
Its asinine
Damn I was just about to say how good Schoenweiss was looking
Schoe always does this. He gets the first two outs and then goes to hell
Haha booooooooo Howard. Boooo him. Then write ridiculous articles about it
AGGHHH!!!! Can’t watch this game, screw you MLB.TV!
Well, other than the HR nice inning by Show there, though he did throw a lot of pitches.
Alright just 6 more outs boys.
I feel bad for Show, he was excellent against lefties last year and has done pretty well this year. We should cheer him next time at Shea, I mean his biggest bad outing was pretty much Delgado’s fault. Look at him, he looks so sad, lol. He needs a boost from his fans.
Can we please agree to never ever mention Heilman as a starter again? The buy is barely serviceable as a reliever.
2 pitches and neither of them dominant.
Disregard above comment. I’m out of my mind.
If I was managing Joe Smith would get this 8th inning, not Heilman.
although to be fair, Heilman rarely has back to back crappy appearances
Heilman was good last night, but its not really about him.
Its about the matchups. Burell, Feliz, and Coste due up.
scratch that, he was good the time before last night… whoops
I agree… Heilman is in a bad place right now but he was lights out during ST and he has the stuff to turn it around.
Even though I am a Heilman fan, I do kind of cringe lately when he comes into a game (al-la-Mota). But I still believe in him for some reason.
woah, Delgado gave that one a ride, and yes, Joe Smith is coming into the game.
Nate you should be the manager
nah, but its good to see Willie catching up to me ;)
Heilman has pitched three days out of the last four.
I havent looked into it deeply, but the Mets pen seems to be much more effecient in pitch counts this year. Thats one more thing that should help them survive later this season.
Walking the lead-off hitter isn’t a good start for your boy
If the 3 run difference remains till the bottom of the 9th does Wagner pitch for a third day in a row? Not very common for him.
I would… and then I would send him home instead of Chicago…
nice play Delgado! He’s saved Wright so many E’s this month.
Smith always gives up difficult ground balls. His pitches must have a ton of spin
uh oh, Heilman warming up for the 9th
that was strike 3!!!
yeah, i’ve got no idea how he didn’t swing at that, other then he was totally fooled
Great great job by Delgado getting the tag there and bailing out wright of another throwing error
ugh, what a cheap hit
that fly ball was in the air way too long to fall in. Where was Beltan going?
if you’re questioning something, I’d say Beltran’s jumps shouldn’t be one of them, he normally gets amazing jumps on balls.
I’ll go with another ad nausium anti-Beltran comment.
“He always plays too deep!”
What a BS hit
Break after break after break, it’s how the Phillies beat us last year
Great, now Heilman can give up the grand slam. Unbelievable…
man, Feliciano has been scuffling bad this year.
In fairness he should’ve gotten Dobbs out
has he given up a run yes this year?
hold your breath
Tim McCarver needs to go to the retirement home, his best days are long gone. Really makes you appreciate Gary, Keith & Ron.
oh no….
Well, there goes this game.
I never want to see Heilman again if he blows this lead
have a little hope. We are NOT the Cubs or the Red Sox
We’re definitely not the Red Sox.
Well, its the perfect storm in the making – bases loaded, one out, Heilman coming in….and I am a Heilman fan and yet I am starting to freak out right now !!!!!!
And people wanted Feleciano as the 8th inning guy last night. Control is his issue. He was great early part of last year put has struggled since.
Hopefully he can coax a double play ball now.
God no.
It was nice while it lasted (winning). This Phillies team has heart, nothing but heart. They refuse to give in. This game will be tied here shortly. Willie should have left Smith in.
What did they do that shows heart? Take walks? Bloop hits on Met misplays? Where is this Philly heart that has all Met fans flustered?
Good prediction there.
3 run lead and we ‘all’ think its an L, unbelievable…
Heilman vs. some crappy .196 hitter. Yeah, this will end well…
what was Pagan doing?
What was that?!
Heilman is on pace for 111 appearances this year. ?!?
Pagan’s poor defense finally burns the Mets. Its actually amazing it hasnt hurt them more already.
That is at least the 3rd bad play I have seen from him in the field. Inexcusable
God I really hate this bullpen. I’ll just take not losing at the end of this inning. Give me THAT much
nice of Jenkins for getting out of the way of that one…
oh no.
September 2007 won’t go away.
Here comes HR Heilman serving up some salami
Nice – walk in a run….but to be fair, these are not Heilman’s doings….yet.
OK, everyone – we are two thirds out of this mess. The “better” Heilman appears to have showed up today.
SCHNEIDER THANK YOU
seriously, what a save, almost made it look easy
that was impressive
Heilman needs a put away pitch…
check that, he just needs to use his slider more.
YES
HEILMAN !!!!!!!! The man for today!!!!!!
NICE HEILMAN!
HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Holy CRAP my hands are clammy
LOL – yes, someone here said Met fans are the most comical of all fans – I have to agree…. !!!!!
thats how u do it heilman!!!!!!!YEAHH!!!!!!
THIS IS HUGE.
great for his confidence and crushing for the phils. that puts a lot of last year out of the minds of the phils.
Let’s win first
Heilman and Schneider…that was huge
Thank you Aaron!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow!
Aaron coming through in a pressure situation? Maybe all of Willie’s unwavering confidence is helping him. Boy did we need that.
Hey darryl strawberry
THERE IS SOME METRPOLITAN HEART RIGHT THERE!!!!
HEILMAN GETS A PASS FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK!!!
HEILMAN!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!!
YOU GET A PASS ALL THIS WEEK!!
OH WOW!! THAT WAS HUGE!!
HEILMAN RULES !!!! I take it all back :} Show still sucks :}
He redeemed himself for yesterday, but he still has a lot to prove before fans won’t hyperventilate when he takes the mound.
a 42 pitch, 3 reliever inning that actually went fairly well all told…
I dont want 5.5 more months of this, my stomach cant handle it.
of course now the Mets have allowed the heart of the Phillie order to be up next inning. Got to try to manufacture something here
Well, even in ‘06 when we walked away with the division we had a ton of very close games.
Some insurance would be nice here.
Hope Billy is ready to do his thing.
Beautiful pitching there by heilman. Was that last pitch a slider. Might have been to fast to be one. Came in at 88. His fastball was sititng around 94 and his change certainly isn’t 88. I know he was throwing his slider more. Great pitch on the corner.
By they way i didn’t get to see some of the earlier innings, how was sanchez throwing (velocity wise) . I know he got a huge out. It just seems like foxes gun might be 1-2 mph faster than the shea gun, which is notoriously slow at times.
it was a sharp slider.
Sanchez looked fine, it was only one batter.
I think using Sanchez in that spot may have been a waste, might have made more sense to use Smith there and Sanchez for the 9th.
either way the Mets are going to take a crippled pen into tomorrow.
Feliciano, Heilman, and Wagner all have pitched the last three days. So imagine this same scenario tomorrow with Sosa, Show, and Smith pitching. yikes!
yea, but as you said, Sanchez was used only for one pitch, after not appearing the day before. What hurts is that the team is going straight to Chicago, instead of having the off day Monday. Gonna need Pelf to go 6 innings…Sosa will be good for 2 more, and then you’ve got Sanchez for the 8th…Hopefully Wags has 4 in a row in him…
or a rain out Monday!
Maybe Pagan can get some redemption.
f—-yeah. Hopefully, this gives Heilman some confidence to be consistent. whew, in typical mets fashion we can’t just beat the crap out of them, we have to go through a lot of stress first. They should really conduct a study on the average life span of a Mets fan.
i am diagnosing heilman with bipolar pitching disorder
LOL – did you see him in the dugout though? He looked like he just saw the grim reaper. Poor guy (Heilman – not the Reaper)
adrenaline. then relief. then remorse for yesterday.
Can someone there please stuff a sock in McCarver’s mouth, for crying out loud ???
Schneider is really exceeding my expectations so far.
Come on Castillo, get a hit, surprise us
Alright, my guy is coming up now
and he promptly ends the inning
nothing brings me more pleasure than going on the beerleaguer.com and taunt those phathetic phillie phans :-)
nice softball single there by Castillo.
nice play by Bruntlet, slick footwork
Nice play by Bruntlett gotta tip your hat on that one…..he’s already helped us out enough this season.
At least an Utley homer won’t tie the game
Just when I wanted to curse out Castillo and Hangdog they go and surprise me !!! Is these a way to somehow ‘lose’ Castillo, Heilmann and Delgado? Ugh !
Wagner, get this save!
Good time for a good plunking!
I’m so nervous he’s going to plunk Utley
game over. worst pat the bat can do is make is a one run game.
Don’t ever say it’s over until it’s over
it was over when heilman got out of the mess.
thats when the phis gave up. did you see their faces?
C’mon Billy – strike his a$$ out and end this game.
Philly Sucks!
billy with the no-hitter!!!!
That’s how its done – perfect “in your face” ending !!! Good game!
Mets Win a big series in Philly.
5 in a Row! Big Pelf for the sweep tomorrow…
it could be easier tomorrow.
the look on the phillie players’ faces said this was going to be a long season for them.
its odd, the Mets are 4-1 against the Phillies this year, but it feels like the Phils can take the game anytime they want. Very unsettling, and with Rollins in there it will be that much more difficult…
I feel the same way . It is never a done deal with the Phils until we record the last out.
I’m pretty sure if they can take the game anytime they want then we wouldnt have won 4 out of 5 against them
touche
I agree with Pedro4545. Its more a product of your own thinking than the Mets. I bet you anything that the Mets taking this series in philly and possibly sweeping is not sitting well in the Phils locker room.
The Mets out-pitched them and the Phils know they can’t out pitch the Mets. Just read their papers online Santana is already firmly in their heads. The Phillies know the Mets are much better than they are.
totally agree metsdamage.
the always knew the mets starting pitching was going to be exceptional with the addition of santana. but i think they thought they had the upper hand in the bullpen.
the more the let chances slip away as they did with heilman the more they look lost. the phils kept themselves in it till the end last year because the media kept on about how bad the mets starting rotation was. its going to opposite this season.
i’m sick of people saying “oh rollins has been injured, the mets can’t beat the phillies with him in there”, last time i checked, baseball is a team game and not 1 player does it for you
alou is out, and 2 of our 5 starts are on the DL…so this “rollins is out” crap needs to stop
the mets won 4 in a row now against the phils, let’s make it 5 in a row tomorrow
LET’S GO METS
…because losing Rollins and Victorino doesnt hurt the Phillies offense at all? They still have someone hitting 1st and 2nd, so its all the same for them…
get real
I understand Rollins and Victorino’s absence hurt the Phillies’ offense and defnese but injuries are part of the game. Altru is right.
Game ball: AARON HEILMAN!
It feels good being able to say that. It means he did his JOB!
Who replaces Heilman in our doghouse now?
Overall I love him, but this is second of three games were Feliciano hasn’t recorded an out, and the bases on balls are just brutal.
Excellent choice, Constnza81V2
Pedro Fail-iciiano it is.
That does sting a little to say, tho.
Hmm, maybe we should get Mota back…
no team has ever pitcher on top of his game at all times … pedro fel. should come around … on another note … there is no comparison between the staffs of both these teams. Philles are still an ABOVE AVERAGE team… talk to me about them after the win more than 88 games in a season
every pitcher**
Not sure what you are saying there, G, but can we enjoy the 4-1 record over this above average team?
Totally agree about Pedro F…we’re just having a little fun about a Metsblog doghouse.
I watched the game on HD today. Did Howie really do the game. Howie is an observant jewish man on the big holidays. I can’t believe he did the game on the 1st night of Passover
Something real interesting. We never had a 5 game winning streak last year at all. Several times we had 4 game win streaks only to lose that 5th one.
Last year it never seemed as if everything was clicking at once. Right now the starting pitching, bullpen and the offense is playing well. Now lets get the sweep tommarow.
Your point is well taken, but with all due respect, we did win 5 straight games from Aug 31 to Sept 4. First 3 were in Atl, then 2 more in Cincy. Remember Pelf’s big game Sept 1.
Six in a row would be really nice.
nice to see a win. Even nicer will be seeing Pelfrey get in 7 innings, preferably pitching with a huge lead after the Mets rake Kendrik early and often, then pile on the BP. The pen could probably use some rest. Sosa can be the only relief if the plan works!
some other randon thoughts:
Heilmann showed stones handling the bases loaded situation. Nice job.
Delgado’s OK start seems to have fizzled out. He is getting dangerously close to the Mendoza line, and is already hitting below Castillo (with about the same power!) If this continues, the Mets might be forced to make a move. Or we will have to start hoping for a DL trip to force the issue. Call up Bignhamton!
Oh, Delgado also looks like he really needs ALou back to help him out.
Endy continues to look like an extraneous piece of this team. Yes, we will always have “the catch”, but he hasn’t done too much (a couple of ABs) since then. Frankly, not sure we would miss him if he disappeared, and more than Clark. Wonder if the rumored off season trade (with Detroit maybe?) was real or not?
DW certainly is having a better April this year. Man, if he replicates last year May+, look out!
Now just have to get Beltran in a groove, and this team could really start cranking. He should be due for a nice hot streak soon.
Bench Delgado? What about a .640 OPS don’t you like??
I know I’ll get disagreement here, but just as it was too early after five games to write off the Mets, (and just as it’s too early after 16 games to say the Mets have risen above mediocrity) it’s too early to consign Delgado to the bench (and I know you weren’t suggesting an immediate benching.) While he put up weak numbers on the whole last season, his second half wasn’t bad — .844 OPS, and .949 in September. I still think there may be something in the tank.
But, to the extent that you’re suggesting contingency plans, the Mets have to think about it. One option is to unload one of the B-Mets first basemen to an AL team for an off-the-bench power hitter on the ML level. That probably couldn’t happen before the ASB. We can’t be certain who that would be, because we don’t know yet what teams will be out of the running. We have an idea, though, and I think Kevin Millar could be a candidate to end up on the Mets for prospects. Just throwing that out there. My preference is not to trade prospects, but depending on how things shake out at Binghamton, we may have three good hit no field prospects that we simply won’t have room for.
another great game. damn im loving this! good pitching from perez, walk into some trouble but always got out of it, NICE! wright and reyes are tearing it up like the franchise players they are!
hope heilman pitching out of that bases loaded situation helps his confidence, were gonna need him for the long haul.
and awsome to see duaner sanchez pitch solid, god i missed that guy. all in all a successful outing now break out the brooms and lets get the sweep, GO METS!
tim mccarver is unlistenable! and castillo and beltran are the worst hitters on our team. but damn it feels good to beat the phils and boy have we been looking good the last few days. it’s like, you actually see fight, and heart and passion. gotta love it! go mets!
I just came back from the game and what a game it was .The mets win 4-2. It was my first time at the stadium and I will say its a nice stadium but the Philly fans are so obnoxious. I almost got into a big fight with one of them but it was no use.
we really need to make a statement tomorrow by sweeping the phillies. it will erase the september 07 nightmare
Winning the division is the only thing that is going to erase that nightmare this year.
Mets started out well against the Phillies last year too.
KO-Ko! KO-Ko! KO-Ko!
awesome :D we can only get better from here, if we can keep winning like this, imagine what would happen when Alou, Pedro, and El Duque get back :o…and Ramon Castro :o and Mike Piazza >.>
I was at the game yesterday, and it was nice to meet Cerrone and the other Metsbloggers.
Being in the N lot was like being at Shea. All the buses had to be in that lot also so there were a bunch of Phillies tailgates around.
At one point a huge mets bus pulled into the lot and parked next to a bus with like 20 phillies fans tailgating out front. when the first mets fans started getting off the phillies fans were letting them have it. but as more and more mets fans were getting off, about 50 or 60 of them the phillies fans started to get friendly and joke with them. the mets fans punked them out.
I got a lot of ribbing from phillies fans but i responded to every remark and then some. overall i think the phillies fans’ notorious harshness is over-rated. my section, 306, had a ton of mets fans. there were security permanantely stationed in this area and about 2 fans were thrown out per inning. the security was very proactive which was probably the reason why i saw NO fights. pretty amazing considering. if you gave the finger you got the boot. overall i thought most phillies fans were respectful and 90% of the ribbers were all talk and backed down with a response.
nice stadium overall and great food, i’m psyched for citifield to open.
ps- why is ron announcing on tbs right now? at least it’ll make this game watchable.
interesting story :) and Ron is a superstar, everyone wants a piece of him :)