postGame: Phillies 5 Mets 4
The Mets lost to the Phillies by the score of 5 to 4 in Citizen’s Bank Park tonight.
For a recap and boxscore, go to SNY.tv.
…Mike Pelfrey just didn’t have it tonight, unable to keep the ball down…i don’t know, maybe it was the cold weather, lack of execution, who knows…that said, he fought through it and kept his team in the game as best he could…he allowed 12 base runners…however, if not for Chase Utley, pelfrey would have been find through the first five innings, before being removed in relief…so, while he was not at his best, he did his best with what he had…and that is nice to see…finally…
…Endy Chavez and his gold chain made an impressive throw to second base, on a ball hit off the left-field wall by Pat Burrell, which Jose Reyes relayed to second to peg burrell legging out an ill-advised double…it was a nice, fundamentally sound play…
…why is the Philly Pahantic green, when the team’s colors are red…and why is he so mean to people…
…Ryan Church has been playing some serious defense of late…he covers so much more ground than i ever thought he could…and he’s so casual about it, i take it a bit for granted…
…church was bumped from the second spot in the lineup, moved down to sixth behind Carlos Delgado, while Luis Castillo returned to the top of the order…church was 1 for 4…i know some fans will believe this is why the Mets lost tonight, but church drove in a run and the team lost…yesterday, he hit second, didn’t drive in a run and the Mets won…so, it’s going to take a lot more than this to prove to me that batting orders matter, because i will always feel they are way, way down on the reason why a team loses than people want to give them credit for…that said, it would have been nice to have him up in the ninth against Brad Lidge…
…nice job by the Mets to rally and tie the game in a long sixth inning, thanks to a single by castillo, a double by David Wright, another single by Carlos Beltran, who stole second, a single by church, who didn’t seem to be traumatized batting sixth at this specific moment in the game…
…the thing is, the bats all shut off after that…it was like, they were napping, woke up, scored some runs, then went back to bed…
…in the seventh, Pedro Feliciano let up a home run to pinch-hitter Pedro Feliz, which was the difference in the game…
…a sweep would have been nice, especially with Jimmy Rollins out of action, and i bet the Mets are disappointed to have wasted the opportunity…that said, i’m glad to see them take the series, as things still feel like they’re moving in the right direction…
The Mets will next face the Cubs on Monday in Wrigley Field in Chicago with John Maine squaring off against Carlos Zambrano.
