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The Game:
The first-place Mets (10-6) look to sweep their three-game series against the Phillies (8-10) tonight at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, starting at 8:05 pm EST.
The Lineup:
- SS Jose Reyes
- 2B Luis Castillo
- 3B David Wright
- CF Carlos Beltran
- 1B Carlos Delgado
- RF Ryan Church
- C Raul Casanova
- LF Endy Chavez
- P Mike Pelfrey
…as mentioned earlier on MetsBlog, Brian Schneider is out of tonight’s lineup with a bruised forearm…
The Pitchers:
RHP Mike Pelfrey (2-0, 1.50 ERA) starts for the Mets. In his last start, Pelfrey tossed seven scoreless innings in a win versus the Nationals. He has only allowed two earned runs through his first 12 innings pitched this season. Pelfrey is 1-1 with a 3.60 ERA in two career starts versus the Phillies.
RHP Adam Eaton (0-0, 4.12 ERA) takes the hill for the Phillies. Eaton earned a no-decision, allowing three runs on seven hits and two walks, while striking out three in his last start versus the Astros. In eight career starts versus the Mets, Eaton is 5-0 with a 2.90 ERA.
The Notes:
Jose Reyes is batting .435 (10-for-23) with 2 2B, 1 3B and 2 HR in his last five games.
The Mets are second in the National League with 57 runs allowed.
David Wright is 11-for-25 (.458) with 2 HR and 10 RBI in his last six games.
For more insight on the Phillies, check out Blogger Beat.
How To Catch It:
Tonight’s game can be seen nationally on ESPN and heard locally on WFAN.
The Bleachers:
For a live chat, head over to The Hot Foot Bleachers.
…enjoy, and as always, Let’s Go Mets…
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oh boy… Here they come. If we lose tonight, Willie haters will have a field day, and I hate to say it, but they probably will have good reason to.
Beacause Pagan’s getting the night off? I think he’s been in every game, and his bat’s slowed down recently — give the kid a night off to come back fresh tomorrow.
Let’s just hope Endy can get the ball out of the infield.
castillo in the 2-hole. church gets rewarded for his and reyes’ torrid hitting by getting bumped back down to 6th.
No, its about Castillo being in the 2 hole. I gotta say, I don’t really turn against our own except for extreme circumstances (Mota, Benitez) and I’ve supporeted alot of very unpopular guys (Beltran in 05) but Castillo is going to drive me crazy for the next 4 years.
willie has said that Castillo is his 2 hole hitter and this is the first pitcher we are facing that is right handed. Castillo is a much better slap hitter from the left side so it makes sense to have him bat 2nd and put church behind Delgado for some RBI chances. We’ve faced 5 straight left handed starting pitchers, I expect castillo to be hitting 8th against lefties and 2nd against righties whether pagan is playing or not.
ESPN…ugh…I cant wait for Morgan’s words of wisdom and the other guy referring to Beltran as Bel TRAN… They $uck.
odalis perez
Yes, Odalis Perez indeed…
That’s how you pronounce his name in spanish, accent on the second syllabus.
Yeah, but Jon Miller really comes off as a self-serving a#$hole when he does it.
Actually, it’s Bell-TRON. Even Wright doesn’t get that one correct.
castillo batting secondddddddd????!?!?!?!
I dont understand it either…
i guess willie din’t want too many automatic outs in the bottom of the lineup. i mean seriously it will look like a joke with castillo there.
I think it makes sense here to bat Castillo second, since Angel Pagan is not in the lineup. Willie is probably thinking that without Pagan in the lineup, if Church bats second, who protects Delgado in the 6 hole? We need to get Delgado back on track, and having Church in the 6 hole rather than Chavez or anyone else tonight is probably a wise idea.
And if anyone starts to flip out on Willie or in general if we lose this game… Seriously, people. Get a grip.
why would he take chruch out of the two hole… oh wait, he must of had, “listened to his gut.” this is pathedic, and how is church hitting below delgado? He has become the ultimate sac fly 5th hitter… you know, the guy who hits a sac fly then the whole team gives him a standing ovation. nice .311 slugging delgado.
My excuse? Protection for Delgado. With Pagan slowing down, Schneider out, neither Casonova, Castillo, or Chavez provide any protection for the 1st basemen. Now the bottom half of the lineup doesn’t look as bad as having Casonova, Castillo, and Chavez. At least there is a legit type of bat down there.
But yes I still want Church hitting second. I wanted Church hitting second after the 1st week of the season.
no, im pretty sure church is there to protect delgado..endy chavez..raul casonova and luis castillo arent protecting delgado…so church is the only solution…so quick to act stupid..
the only reason church was batting 2nd was because we were facing left handed starting pitchers. Having Church behind Delgado would put 2 lefties back to back so having him bat second seperates them. Castillo is a much better slap hitter from the left side and more of a liability from the right side, so against lefties church will bat second and castillo will bat 8th, against righties castillo will bat 2nd and church will bat 6th or 7th.
oh no Schneider is out…i hope is doesnt screw up pelfrey i am afraid very afraid
Good point.
let us hope that you guys are all right about church protecting delgado. but let us remember ladies and gents, this isn’t earl weaver writing this lineup… it’s willow. mccarver (for what it’s worth) said on the fox broadcast that willie told him that luis was, “still his second baseman.” can you believe that? Church was in a grove, the offense was in a groove, and, correct me if i’m wrong…wasn’t the team undefeated with church in the 2 hole?
“not second baseball”… I meant “second hitter”
I’d rather just keep telling myself this is a one game thing.
Heck, why not Endy Chavez in the 2 hole. I don’t get it.
hey, why not church in the two hole, and marlon anderson in left field?
I knew it was only a matter of time before Willie’s stubborness would do something stupid. Castillo back at 2nd and Church at 6th to be protected by Crapanova? Unbelievable. Hey Willie, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!
Well the good news is this time next year we will have a manager who actually EARNS the right to the position, instead of the guy we got.
Too many managers, not enough authority!
hopefully castillo doesn’t miss any signs this time in the two hole
i hope all you arm chair managers will show up to eat crow when castillo does fine in the 2 hole and church knocks in a couple out of the 6.
I’ll be the first one to say I was wrong about Castillo if he proves me wrong. I hope he does too, but I have my doubts.
Will you be here to do the same if Castillo goes 2 for his next 22?
if castillo continues to slump ill be sure to admit i was wrong, i have always admitted when i was wrong. but i aint about to write off a career 300 hitter because of a rough start, like the what have you done for me lately crowd does.
i was thinking the same thing about church, at first i wasnt happy since the offense has been much more balanced and potent with church up there and castillo down, but with pagan getting a spell and schnieder resting too (doing a nice job with the bat this year too by the way) it does make sense for church to protect delgado…..we are very light at the bottom of the order tonight
I think we’re overrating the perceived protection that Pagan gives Delgado. I doubt teams go into games fearing him at this point.
Thats what I was thinking. He’s hitting .215 and slugging .333. What are we protecting him from? If there are still teams pitching away from him we shouldn’t try to discourage it.
Church is protecting Delgado with Pagan out. Jeez the game hasn’t even started yet. Calm the f*** down people.
One team…one million managers, too.
This lineup does make sense. If we lose, it still made sense.
Now stop wishing for a Mets loss just so you can feel good criticizing Willie, Omar and Wilpon. You know who you are.
LGM
They should have a warning label to HD users when Jon Miller is on camera
The Mets will still win tonight.
I’ll just get that out of the way right now.
Come on Pelfrey, make me forget about Brian Bannister
hey everybody! have i told you how much i hate philly?
Off on a tangent, but why was Ron Darling doing to the Braves-Dodgers game on TBS this afternoon? It really bothered me to hear him broadcasting for the Braves faithful.
He made a deal to do games on TBS every third sunday of the month. TBS is no longer a Braves only station, it just happened to be a Braves game today.
i also hate vw bugs now
When are they going to take that Life Water Thriller commercial off the air. It’s one of the only commercials I feel embarassed watching.
I think its a good move. With a righty on the mound Reyes may finally get some chances to stretch his legs and steal some bases.
Castillo will allow Reyes that opportunity moreso than Church. Church isn’t at patient at the plate as Castillo, even if he is hitting a lot better.
Plus, Church gives Delgado protection.
church does give a legit bat in the bottom of the order…especially since casanova is in there
Yeah, the more I think of it it’s not a horrible move. As long as it’s just for this one game.
i dont think church is there so much to prodect delgado, but because they need a bat in the middle of the order that is capable of driving home a run or 2, and chavez/casanova isnt really well known for that.
The Mets are due to hit this clown hard
wow…that was sick
castillo is a joke
ya, why cant he just k like reyes and get it over with
Huge game for Beltran today - remember I said it first
i hope you’re right
Eaton is working fast. I like that.
damn
I will go out on a limb here and say it will be a huge start for Pelf.
I wish I had some kind of formula or something to back it up, but I don’t. I just think he’s starting to get comfortable. This could be a big night for him.
Done for the night with predictions!
i predict that my spelling will be terrible by the end of the night…stupid coors light
Anyone else have a bad feeling about this game?
Nope.
not me
Good, I hope you guys are right
But I trust my gut
nice strike out Pelfrey!!!even the umpire fliched at the fastball
father church!!!!
Nice leaping catch by Church
i hate utley…that should be back to back right there
damn this utley is good. i hate him so much
hopefully the Yankees sign him soon
They’re teeing off on him.
enough has been said about castillo. i would just like to add that pelf’s retainer is horrifying to look at. and he is getting hit a little hard in the first so far.
thank god for mo vaugn howard
i take that back…i hate him too
best second baseman
slightly more power than ours
My niece has more power than Castillo
sign her to 4 more years!
No worries. We just need Guiseppe Franco in here to remind us that the Phillies can only hit a HR off of Big Pelf ONCE EVERY 90 DAYS. Forget about the daily regiments. Who has time for that nonsense?
my favorite part is when that dude says that guiseppe franco ran his fingers through his hair…
Hey, he’s Guiseppe Franco, he’s not just going to put his name on any baseball theory
Look, he doesn’t own ESPN. He doesn’t own anything about it… But it’s time for Jon Miller to stop hiding behind Joe Morgan and just admit his hair looks bad, AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
This is outstanding…we can’t get through any Mets games without a perfunctory G-Franco reference.
There is something really wrong with us.
I’m here my friend, no worries!
Good recovery Pelf
damn pelfrey…tough inning
Home run hurt but two strikeouts isn’t bad.
I refuse to believe the Mets will lose to this AAA pitcher again
Should we start pitching around Utley? Even with a righty, I’m willing to take my chances with the Ryan “the K-maker” Howard.
To be fair Eaton has always owned the Mets for whatever reason.
law of averages….
Carlos Delgado should start getting sponsors for his pop-outs
guideppe franco signs his name to most pop outs
Phillies fans are so angry.
They BOO DWright… possible the nicest guy in baseball
to be fair i will boo the crap out of chase utley when they come to shea…he’s a phillie killer and they know it
it’s because they just figured out that rocky doesn’t actually exist
Chuck Wepner thinks otherwise.
Who saw that Philly fan starting stuff with the Met fan that got Church’s foul ball?
That looked messed up. I wanted to see the end of it though. There were a ton of boos a few seconds after it, so a fight or ejection may have happened.
by september i hope neither delgado or castillo are starting for the mets. 2 guys whose had their best days behind them and they constantly are easy outs and rally killers
You mean by September 2011?
i just threw up a little in my mouth
i can understand bein down on delgado after last year and a poor start now, but castillo is a career 300 hitter who did well last year. so if you are jumpin off the bandwagon after 1/2 month of sub 300, did you also want dwright gone after his horrid start last year?
Clearly those are two entirely different circumstances.
ya, ones young and a homegrown fan favorite. the other one only has done what hes supposed to do, with the exception of 3 weeks this year.
One is young and in a slump, the other is in the downside of his career and has the knees of an 80 year old man.
not tryin to be a downer on castillo…the fact is that he’s been injured for about a third of the time that he’s been a met (i know he wasn’t on the dl last year…but he was gimpy)…he’s showing the signs of aging and we’ve got him until he’s 37 years old…not saying i hate him…just saying he’s gonna look pretty old in a couple of years
Yes, “37 years old”
i only have 20 fingers and toes…you gotta forgive me
hes not 37 now, but ya, i did question a 4year deal as well. im not gonna judge him now though for what he’ll be like in 4 years.
. . . but it was a weak .300. And now he looks like he may be damaged goods (a little).
weak 300 ya, but the guy dont k much, takes plenty of pitches, and has a good obp. he has done what a 2 hitter should for most of his career. but a bad few weeks and that is all forgotten by the what have you done for me lately crowd.
I thought Bruntlett still had a chance.
Bruntlett and DW are neck and neck for Mets MVP so far.
bruntlett comes through with a big GIDP in the clutch!
Did anyone see that interview with Rollins? He needs some of my Procede. His hairline is farther back than the Philthies will be in the standings come July.
Inning over. So I’m going to ask you a question. First of all, I’m a big fan, Mr. Franco.
Now my question is this. I’m supposed to use Procede once every 90 days, because who has time for the daily regiments… Well here’s the thing. I DO have time. So I’ve decided to use Procede twice a day instead of once every 90 days. This is obviously a good plan, right?
it is dude…then you can be copilot on the milenium falcon!
don’t ask him. HE DOESN’T OWN ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
How do you think I got my lovely spikes? I don’t even use hair gel!
What’s with that music? Did Schneider get an arm bruise or was he shot?
surprised with all the fly balls with pelfrey pitching. gotta love the 94 mph he is hitting on the radar gun though
dental plan
pelfrey needs braces
the most awesome simpsons reference of the night…kudos my friend…this bud’s for you
Wow, good call even recognizing that was a Simpsons reference. I didn’t even catch it.
Whats up with the Hillary Clinton sign fan? Somebody please hit her with a foul ball. We don’t need any form of advertising other than Mets/phils related signs. Giosseppe Franco might get the idea and have semi bold people hold up his signs during the game.
Is Giuseppe Franco this year’s running joke like last year’s “I’m into nuggets y’all?”
Dude, that commercial was awesome! :)
mcnuggetsmcnuggetswhat
personally i miss jose valentin throat cancer guy
yes…the 50 commercials a game makes him kinda hard to ignore
Uugh, that Hillary person is annoying the hell outta me too. Get her out of there please!
pssst… Obama 08!
joe morgan talking about basketball makes me wish i was listening to joe morgan talk about baseball
Hojo has to get his team to practice hitting the ball to shortstop against the Phillies.
Damn Reyes, I’d have taken that pitch
Nah, that was a solid 3-1 fastball close to the middle.
Why is Castillo sacrificing with nobody on base?
A perfect drinking game would be to drink shots/ full beers every time Castillo cannot hit the ball out of the infield.
Metsblog readership would decrease to zero because we would have died from liver failure.
True, hiccup…excuse me.
I don’t have enough beer.
Wait.
New York doesn’t have enough beer.
can we all just wear ridiculous retainers in leiu of or in addition to go big pelf shirts?
He could have a dildo in his mouth for all I care as long as he gets people out
i gotta be honest, i wouldn’t be down with that
but it would make the phrase “big pelf ” much more versatile
*lieu
peter gammons has convinced me…if jimmy rollins wants me…he can have me
I want someone to light the Phanatic on fire.
seriously dude…the worst mascot in sports
you’re just pissed he had time for those daily regimens
so true…so true…
fantastic Pelfrey, can’t hit the guy and can’t get him out
Just walk the guy
I hate the way he kills us, but man is he damn good. I’d sign him in a heartbeat. He plays like an old-school ballplayer.
can’t sign him…second base is locked up for the next four years
Oh, totally. I’m just saying.
i do hear what you’re saying though…the guy really knows how to play the game…he reminds me of dwright
Willie wouldn’t let him play anyway. He’s seen guys like this before. Eventually they come back down to earth. Like in 20 years.
true
and utley isn’t quite as good a bunter anyway
people always forget the importance of the bunt
Utley may have the hitting, power, and defensive skills, but he doesn’t have the “it” factor that WIllie sees in Castillo.
ughhh, that looked like a strike to me
Lol!
Joe Morgan loves exploding fastballs.
Almost as much as Keith Hernandez likes Beltran’s gait
or as much as kevin burkhardt likes david wrights body
Aw balls.
Here comes the blast
How come these guys don’t mention Howard’s 199 K’s?
And for a slugger he’s not as young as you’d want.
I’d take him
in a heartbeat. Even with nearly 200 k’s his obp was nearly .400 last year.
odds Howard strikes out?
i was close..
Pelf is getting no inside strikes called. Should have had 2 K’s in this inning.
At a boy
I hope Sosa’s arm is well rested
Mets bullpen is gonna get worked tonight because of Pelfrey’s pitch count
I guess that’s to be expected with your 4th and 5th starters. As long as 1, 2 and 3 are getting 6 to 7 innings, I’m cool with a little pen work.
so how many pitches has pelfrey thrown through 3?
seems like 70.
57 to eatons 47
He really is being squeezed tonight.
The Mets lineup has to pull a George Costanza and just do everything the opposite against Eaton.
I think hes close to 60
We need to start a new drinking game, chug a beer when Johnny Miller says “young slugger”.
That along with the Castillo drinking game will have us done by the end of the inning.
Add Bel-tron and you’re sleeping under the table.
And when Joe Morgan mentions The Big Red Machine you have to do a shot.
I don’t think I have enough hands to hold that many beverages.
Pelf is getting squeezed and Eaton is getting calls. You’re killing me smalls.
hometown on national tv
Didn’t Pelf throw that same inside (might’ve been outside for Utley) pitch and get it called a ball?
It’s alright, we got Delgado coming up
beltran hates those pesky down the middle pitches
He refuses to hit the ball the other way.
I like that high camera angle from behind home plate - I wish they would show it more.
“the same qualities that make a good hitter are the ones that make good defense (other than range)”
well damn joe you should have told rey
i can’t stand morgan. he is a moron. a great hitter can be a great fielder??? what is he smoking?
wtf was beltran looking at there?
What in GOd’s name are you staring at? The bat doesn’t have batteries meat.
Good situational hitting by Beltran, avoiding the DP and all
Ive never seen a player take so many pitches over the plate
i think we should beltran an invitation to hit pitches that go over the plate…
strike out or easy fly ball for delgado?
Cough cough…Mike Carp…cough cough. Excuse me.
ground out to 2nd
i was close
There ya go Delgado, hit the crap out of it
i don’t know who is worse castillo or delgado?
I think Carlos needs hats for bats
delgado is due for a little DL stint
Can someone please send a message to the Mets that they’re facing Adam Eaton?
Miller just had WAAAAAAAAAAAAY too much fun saying Javier Vazquez’s name.
i hate joe morgan…
nice inning boys….i love stranding dwright every time
Put on a Mets jersey and you cannot get out Chipper Jones or Pat Burrell and Adam Eaton will dominate you.
Dude, this is starting to feel like a conspiracy. Eaton is not this good.
OH MAN!
An Evening at The Improv with Steven Wright is coming on!
Oh wait, they’re visiting Willie in the dugout.
Miller said Eaton could have single handedly won the division for the Phillies and then continued to say they won in spite of him. I understand his logic, but all you need to say is that if they had another player, aside from Eaton, the division race might have been different.
I feel like after every scoreless inning Pelfrey throws I should sacrifice a live animal
this has the feeling of another 8 inning eaton jem.i think its mike scott in disguise.
It helps when the umpires expand the strikezone in your favor.
When Alou comes back if Delgado doesn’t get dropped in the order he should be fired. Having Beltran and Delgado back-to-back is just killing us right now.
Maybe Randolph should move Church to fifth on nights when Pagan, or Alou when he’s back, is out or when Castillo is in the 2 spot against righties.
i liked that question about wagner…”if you are in a save situation, are you going to use your closer?”
legit question since it would be 4 days in a row. lets not try so hard to complain about everything.
BIG GUN
I LOVE the Mets outfield arms
my favorite part of the team…even the 5th and 6th guys have arms!
MEAT
LOL
I’m surprised the ump didn’t call him safe just to see if Willie would come out and argue.
wow
that’s why he’s not pat the feet
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pelfrey almost got killed there
that was close
nice relexes…it’s called a glove
he does have a nice sinker
Can we get this Coste guy out for once?
eight ball says…not a chance in hell
Does anyone know why Pelfrey wears that mouth gaurd while he pitches?
I think Miller/Morgan metnioned it, but I missed it..
tmj syndrome
TMJ
Too Much Jon
Too Much Joe
Can’t wait to hear Gary, Keith, and Ron again.
here here
Whenever he used to a pitch one of his pitches he used to stick his tongue out. Most teams said they picked up on it pretty quickly.
I’m not exactly sure why, but the name Bruntlet reminds me of the words grundle or buntwich
Can we ever get a close play called our way? Just once?
Well, in all fairness, we did in that extra innings game with the Phillies at Shea last week. Or I might still be there.
Yes, please walk the pitcher again, excellent
I ain’t much on Casanova,
so the pitcher’s mound hates the mets
Did Joe Morgan just say Paul Casanova?
he ended up saying it twice.
Supernova needs an oxygen mask after than jaunt to first on the groundout
Can someone please remind Adam Eaton he really isn’t this good…
I’m close to putting the TV on mute and doing the WFAN thing.
morgan makes NO SENSE
I don’t want to get “deep” on you Joe, but you might have an extra chromosome.
This Eaton domination of the Mets is starting to seriously piss me off.
Usual deal if Reyes isn’t on the Mets don’t score. Beltran and Delgado aren’t doing anything - everything lies in the hands of Jose Reyes.
beltran iss looking extra bad today
Please, Big Pelf…how about a 15 pitch, one, two, three inning?
There goes that.
Mets are 9-0 when Jose Reyes scores a run this season - 1-6 when he doesn’t - case closed
yeah, so we face Zambrano tomorrow night in Chicago and the cubbies have scored 26 in their last 2 games. We might have a little 2 game skid on our hands here.
the game aint over yet,wright could still do some damage.
This inning could be the other shoe dropping
I’m not too confident about Pelfrey getting thru this order a third time.
double play, double play, double play…wishing on a star.
Well Pelfrey has done a nice job keeping it within reach. Too bad these guys continue to struggle with Nolan Eaton.
anybody throwing yet?
sigh
lefty please now
don’t see pelfrey escaping this
ohhh boy, this could be bad
Well, at least we won the series.
i think the phanatic would be calling a less biased game behind the dish
this isn’t on the ump, Pelfrey is all over the place
well that sucks
wow
who didn’t see that one coming?
that’s just ridiculous
ballgame
i would be KILLING willie for not going to the pen but really who is out there after the past three games
Well, as long as Castillo isn’t batting 2nd tomorrow I’ll be happy
Sad that this offense can’t do anything against Adam Eaton…I’m not gonna be hard on Pelfrey here
I was going to post the same thing.
4 unanswered runs against Adam Eaton…
Should have seen it coming.
Anyone watching the first four innings, esp the 4th when Pelfrey could barely get the bottom of the order out should know to have somebody up in the pen at the start of the 5th. But nope, not Willie, waits until the 1st two get on to get Sosa up.
Whatever, just chock this up as a loss. You don’t want to burn out your bullpen, especially with no off-day in sight
the pen is just burned. i can see why he decided to take his chances sticking with his starter.
Pelfrey will have some bad games from time to time, it doesn’t help that the offense isn’t taking the pressure off of him. It’s only 4-0 though and in this ballpark things can change easily. But the bats need to wake up.
Not to mention the guy Pelf has faith in isn’t catching him today, so chalk this one up.
I think we should keep Pelf out there, we’ve got no off days coming up and our pen has been used a lot.
I agree..plus I’m goin to the game Monday and Tuesday would love nothing more than to see us run the Cubs out of wrigley
It’s 1-0 and now 4-0 - you need to see how he battles through this you don’t just pull the guy that’s idiotic.
so when do you pull him? 16-0?
You don’t burn your bullpen at 1-0, 4-0 you can come back from. Let him get through the 5th and then bring your bullpen in. Have some patience.
Agree, you have to keep him in there. And I’m the first person to get on Willie about something.
If you don’t believe your baseball team can score more than four runs in Citizens Bank, you should probably start watching a new team.
my point is do you want to win the game or give away a game as a learning experience b/c anyone who watches enough baseball knows Pelfrey was going to get hit this inning. 7 hard hits out of 11 batters. Yea leave ‘em out there. Right on.
You have to be smart and think past this one game. No one KNEW Pelfrey was going to give up 3 runs this inning until it happened. The bullpen is already taxed and it was only the 5th inning.
If that’s the case don’t have him start the game. If you take him out he’ll never have confidence. He needs to learn, makes him better in the long run.
alright, alright, i have been put in my place…just pissy when the mets look like this
the combination of the overworked pen, and Pelfrey needed the learning experience is good reason to leave him in.
If they burn through the pen again tonight, they will get mashed into a pulp in Chicago.
and now they PH for Pelfrey making all of us who said it was smart to leave him in look like fools.
way to change your mind too late there Willie…
absolutely confounding!
Have a good night gentlemen. I guess I’ll stop ignoring my wife now that the game is all but over. We’ll hit Zambrano tomorrow.
Can we please get a hit off of “Adam ‘Cy Young’ Eaton”?
Pelfrey is doing a decent job of sucking it up and getting some outs. He needs to save the pen, if he cant keep the team in the game.
The Cubbies offense is mashing right now, I fear what could happen in Chicago if they dont get quality starts plus from Maine and Figs. With 5 more games in a row after that, the pen could get roughed up without time to recover.
Um, where is Matt Wise anyway?
C’mon, man. Pelfrey is getting rocked and it’s been all game long. He has no second pitch.
I wasnt complimenting his outing…
My comment was in reference to what he didnt after the homer. He didnt give up, he just reset and got out of the inning. Salvaged it at the point.
just don’t understand how we let eckstein go in favor of castilo
It’s four runs. The Mets should be able to answer that.
They need to stop treating Adam Eaton like he’s %(#&(%#&# Bob Gibson.
Tomorrows the Maine Event
or he’ll go 4 1/3 IP, 6 runs, and abuse the bullpen yet again.
Its a 50/50 deal with him right now…
This loss will be on the lineup (which is horribly constructed today). Adam Eaton is a VERY mediocre pitcher.
Figueroa has a great chance to stick on this team as the 5th starter if he keeps pitching effectively and eating innings. Pelfrey, even when effective, doesn’t exactly eat innings. Last game, I watch Pelfrey and think he could be a good starter. Tonight you watch him and think how could this guy be anything other than a relief pitcher with that arsenal of 2 pitches.
To be fair you could’ve said the same thing about Ron Darling when he came up.
That’s a horrible comparison actually. Darling never had an ERA over 4.00 in the big leagues until ‘87 and had a winning record his 1st full season. Do you really think Pelfrey will be 12-9 at the end of this season w/ a 3.81?
It’s a GOOD thing Reyes made 3rd
If we can’t hit Eaton here 3rd time through with the top of our order we should be ashamed
REYES!
And Joe Morgan is deadpan.
Jose-Jose-Jose-Jose…JOSE-JOSE
Joseeeeee — Josseeeeee!!!
There we go!
there we go boys
Here we go, good job Luis!
OK Castillo did a nice job there.
Castillo being clutch
only Reyes can get away with that…
He dogs it to first watching a ‘homer’ then legs out a triple in that small yard. Who else can do that…
He wasn’t really dogging at all.
yes he was, he’s just faster when dogging than the typical home run hitter.
If you saw the replay you saw him bust it from first to third, but lope to first while watching the flight of the ball.
nice poke luis
Oh my God! 4-0! Game over! Chalk it up!
Let’s go D Wright, bring us within 1 here.
Come on, let’s get at least one more here
we need 3 here..eaton is a bumb
JESUS David, swing the bat!
Why are they watching that 91 mph fastball cross the plate over and over?
your name kills me every time…
The team finally gets into a ‘nice little rhythm’, -and with a chance to sweep the phils which can prove to be very critical from a psychological standpoint later this season- and genious boy Willie has to alter the lineup….. very smart.
nice catch fan…and he gave it to the kid…i would buy that phillie fan a beer
yea, that was amazing.
In yesterday’s Yankee game an Orioles fan got the ball and gave it to a kid wearing a Jeter shirt. That wouldnt happen at Shea…
those fans down there are embarassing
YES! Come on Bel-TRAN!
That is how we do it baby! D Wright is the man!
David Wright has to be the best 2-strike hitter I’ve ever seen.
wow. this would be a DEVASTATING win if we can come back here.
carlos bel-TRON represents the tying run…joe mor-GAN is on his game tonight
what is this? The Mets arent allowed to hit Eaton…
near the phillie fan who just caught the ball,wasnt there a met fan there before who caught church’s foul ball.
yea and that phils fan proceeded to give him crap after that
i’m watching the game on mute right now
yee ha!
The Russian is cut!
Hilarious!
DRAGO!!!! DRAGO!!!! DRAGOOOOOOOO!!!
finally Mets hit Eaton!!!
If we are the team to beat Carlos needs to come through here…oh never mind, give us your cookies Philadelphia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Carlos, teach me to do the Mambo!!!!
4-3! Chalk it up! Game over!
Alright, alright…I get your point, man.
i don’t yet…you should do it after every pitch…
4-3 2 balls 1 strike…chalk it up! game over!
4-3 2 balls 2 strikes…chalk it up! game over!
I told you Reyes is the key.
still no outs
worse announcer??
joe morgan or joe buck?
Morgan. Don’t like either one. But Morgan.
Beltran!!!!!!!
How about: Buck, McCarver and Morgan as a broadcast team?
Ugh. My brain would melt.
that’s actually a sign of the apocalypse
I almost want Delgado to bunt just to avoid the double play
I was thinking I’d be happy if he struck out, just to avoid the double play.
Most will never get it.
Come on Delgado, don’t suck here
okay Delgado. nobody likes a rally killer.
Fn burrell how did he make the play…that was a nice catch
Does Delgado even have power anymore? Seriously, how many warning track shots does this guy hit?
I can’t believe Burrell was close enough to make that play
How about Miller with the “Bel-TRAN”? I hate that.
to be fair, that’s how you’re supposed to say beltran in spanish, but still, i cannot listen too those guys.
and he just scored the tying run!!!!!! YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mets gotta tie this here or they will be shut down
Coste with a nice LoDuca impression
Might as well walk Church with Crapanova up next
Hit it to Bruntlett, he’s good.
Take ‘em to CHURCH!
isn’t that special!
well done
nice running by bel-TRON!!!
nice baserunning Beltran
Is Pelfrey going to continue pitching the next inning?
what a fantastic job by the offense this inning. even delgado’s out was well hit.
Now which team is getting the complex?
thanks belTRON!
ha, hey you’re giuseppe franco- you wouldn’t lie to me
supernova is very fat
Time to switch Delgado and Church in the line-up.
Delgado hit the ball better then Church. It just went in different places. Part of hitting is luck.
Then he did. But right now Delgado’s .333 slugging probably isn’t scaring anyone. If Church isn’t going to be in the 2 hole he should bat 5th to protect Beltran.
agreed!
Well I guess guys like David Ortiz should be pulled from the 4th spot for JD Drew or Prince Fielder for Jason Kendall or Ryan Howard for Chris Coste or Alfonso Soriano (when healthy) for Mark Derosa. ..
I could go on, but you get the point. It is still early. People struggle and people over achieve.
Willie was willing to move Delgado to #5 last year after a while, and if the struggles continue he might move him to #6. But he isn’t one to react at a whim.
Tied Up.
Character.
Now you HAVE to bring Sosa in
is schneider playing in tomorrow’s game?
hope so…it’s times like now that i miss castro…also i miss the darth vader theme for his at bats
Willie said, he should play tomorrow. Never know though. Wagner said after the injury Schneider had a hard time getting the ball back to the mound yesterday.
the magic Willie ball says: its certain!
but in reality he will sit out 5 days then go on the DL…
Lastings Who?
Its too bad the Nats arent better. I would love a sunday night Mets-Nats game with Oliver Perez and Odalis Perez getting the starts. Joe Morgan’s head would explode!! :)
he’d just talk about the reds all day
LOL!
“You know Jon, these two pitchers are both named Perez, and they were actually traded for each other this winter along with catcher Paul Snyder. BIG RED MACHINE!”
holy crap…probably the funniest thing i have ever read!
Pelfrey can win this game. Unbelievable.
oh my god you’re right
I better see Marlon Anderson back there
nice call
nice call
More like easy…?
Come on Marlon, you’re my boy
Anderson gets an AB every game.
you know you’re right…he doesn’t have time for the daily regimen
We will be looking at Sosa time.
Alright Jorge, keep the good bullpen play going tonight.
Yo Atrain, keep spending time with your wife:
Comment by atrain311
2008-04-20 21:47:00
Have a good night gentlemen. I guess I’ll stop ignoring my wife now that the game is all but over. We’ll hit Zambrano tomorrow.
we found the jinx everybody…
I’m still here wisea$$es and have been.
By the way whos been to a game at wrigley and how bad is the abuse compared to a phils game at CBP
depends on where you sit…if you’re in the bleachers you will take a lot of abuse, yankee stadium level of abuse, elsewhere around the park you’ll only take turner park level of abuse.
well i’ll be in the bleachers for tuesday’s game…i still think it can’t possibly be as bad as philly though
Depends on where in Wrigley. All in all, it is better than CBP. Wrigley bleachers are probably the worst. Had popcorn thrown at me once but nothing else big. You’ll hear some comments early on. Then it depends on how the game goes. If Mets roll, they won’t say a word. If Cubs are rolling, you’ll hear a lot.
Overall, I’d rather be at Wrigley.
This inning is big, get through this
This clown has home run written all over him
two mistakes by Willie, imo
if you arent going to pull Pelfrey in the bottom of the 4th, why pinch hit for him in the top of the 5th? Should have pulled him earlier if thats the case…
why waste Marlon Anderson in the 5th inning? He’s the best (only) PH you have.
its the 6th inning
not to mention youd burn a pitcher there anyway because you pinch hit for whatever pitcher was in there.
lol, ok add one to every inning there.
The points still stand.
The points don’t stand. .
1. The bullpen is taxed. You want more then 4 innings out of any starter. He had only given up 1 run at that point. regardless.
2. You have a rally going. Man on second - go ahead run. Go for the lead. Anderson might never get another shot like that in a game again.
You’re kidding right?
I wish we had Kyle Farnsworth ONLY so he could throw at Utley
but he wouldn’t hit him! he’d be like shawn estes, throwing behind all the batters
you mean Roiger Clemens?
the one and only!
TIED UP!! I really hate some of these pansy give up Mets fans on this site , its sickening and they are an embarrasment to us life long Met fans who never give up believing in our team. They are so happy when we win , and so sad and angry when we lose , there is passion , but the way some act on here I question their fanhood….LETS GO METS!!!
your name is johanmartinez and this is your first comment today…i’m sure you’ve been rooting for the mets forever
just because he doesnt post as often as the whiners, doesnt mean he hasnt been a fan. and just because he has the name of current players, doesnt mean he wasnt a fan of the golden oldies. and at least hes a fan of actual players, not just their facial hair.
Thanks stumped1 , hope all is well my brother….and Im 30 this year ..been a true DIE HARD METS fan all my life…I go to only about 15 games a season , but thats cuz I work nights… in factbeing a Met fan is handed down from all the older men in my family…my Grandfather suffers from altzheimers and I talk to him often about the Mets bcuz I know how much he loves them..and I want him to stay somewhat aware of whats goin on…I know so much about the Mets , even b4 my time thanks 2 him…..so anyone can question my fanhood , does’nt bother me ..you will never see me on this site whining about a 4-0 game in the 6th inning….LETS GO METS!!
sorry my bad fellas…you two are the only true mets fans around…have a sense of humor
Not my 1st post of the day….speak when you actually know what you are talkin about, since you took offense you are obviously one of thee for mentioned……anyway , enough of the BS , LETS GO METS!!!
I don’t really care what other people do. I’ve been a fan of this team long enough to know how to live with disappointment. Let’s face it, this is a team that does take three steps forward and then one step back a lot of the time. I can understand that not everyone expects them to go in for the kill, because a lot of the time they just don’t.
Having said that, I ain’t goin’ nowhere.
Top of the line up coming up. let’s hope they can repeat
carlos gomez is hitting 244 with 262 obp. he is amazing defensively but he might never hit in the big leagues.
rey ordonez anybody? gotta admit i did hate seeing this kid go though. he was fun to watch
that is after a HUGE start so he must be slumping bad
Wow, that underground fight club looks intense
nah, they were wearing helmets
what kind of swing was that by luis?
do you think joe morgan automatically roots for any team in red?
Its looks like Phillies lineup will fall in the Mets favor.
Feliciano or Schoeneweis can get the middle of the lineup in the 7th.
Dauner can pitch the 8th against the bottom of the lineup since Heilman and Smith have pitched so much lately.
and Wagner gets the tough lefties in the 9th if they get the lineup back to them.
something might actually go in the Mets favor against the Philles? we can only hope
im not so sure youd see wagner for a 4th day in a row
I really respect ESPN for these promos regarding Miguel Tejada! Nice to see that they went out and got the goods on him, and they really grilled him… Just like they do to A-Rod, Bonds, Clemens…. Oh wait.
haha! it’s funny that they treat it like watergate!
classless what they did, just classless
2 run shot for Beltran here
orrr noootttt
What are you swinging at Beltran?
a throw piazza would be proud of
coste is loduca in disguise
Here comes the called third strike
Booyah!
you know i love beltran (it’s the only authentic jersey i own) but g–d— his third strike watching really gets to me. how many other cleanup guys watch that 3rd strike as much? even willy mo pena swings! man that chaps my hyde
Benito Santiago move? Very little Benito Santiago in that move, Jon.
beltran looking at a breaking ball for strike 3?
never seen that before
how many times is beltran going to look at strike 3 straight down the middle?
beltran goes down looking…brings back horrible memories
Man it would suck to lose this game after coming back. Just had to say that
i guess.
but he came through last AB. Please stop with the ridiculous short term memory.
It would just be nice to see him go down swinging more often, literally
He is an absolute, total guess hitter. He just seems to guess wrong quite a bit.
Jesus, guys. I’ve ben here the whole time and read all the posts about how I’m a jinx cause I said I was leaving. I’m also getting ripped for being a fairweather fan. I’m thurty something and have been a MEts fan my whole life. My daugter turned two yesterday and has been saying lets go Mets for months now. If my joking about leaving to go hang with my wife is so offensive, I apologize. You people are friggen redicluous.
thirty*
I think it was just one guy who said it, and that was his first post all night. You ain’t no jinx, man.
OH $*&$* PEDRO FELIZ #*(%*#*#%##* (*#%*#%*#% * *#%* #*%* *#%%*#.
dude, no disrespect meant…just trying to make people laugh…
the only thing i was gonna complain about was your spelling
—
i think you need to go back to your wife now
I think you need to kiss my ass.
Did I spell that right?
it’s like we all lose our senses of humor just because our bullpen sucks.
sucks to be treated like castillo and delgado dont it
Give me 25 million over the next four years and you can say whatever you want about me.
You know, everyone should probably read that.
okay why is pedro pitching to burrell
I’d rather look at it as you being a good luck charm. When you stopped watching, you brought us good luck. : )))
If you read what I said, dude, I never stopped watching.
i came here just to see if you guys were going to say something completely off about beltran striking out there. that was a wicked pitch.
crap! the beltran sunshine police are on to us like a life alert commercial!
if sunshine police are the people who actually get baseball, count me in!
>I arlos Beltran
haha very clever..still love him though
in the Braves game today they showed the dates of birth of Rafeal Furcal as shown in four different team handbooks.
They make a joke about Furcal, but treat Tejada like he’s an international spy… bizarre.
That was tbs. They treated it right. ESPN was wrong
ESPN was wrong because if they really wanted to do an expose on MLB players lying about their age, they could actually put something together. I think HBO Real Sports once did something similar about some prospects, but I don’t remember who they were.
But ESPN didn’t do that. Instead, they decided to play dirty and kick one player who is already pretty much down. And all while they contine to smoooooooooooch the rear ends of so many other athletes.
It’s wrong to single one guy out and hang him by his jock while you’re sniffing so many others. And it ain’t Dragnet either. They can take it easy with the dramatic music.
Nice bullsh$t CBP homer right there. Fantastic…
Why didn’t Sosa start the inning? Wouldn’t we just bring Feliciano in for the lefties- Utley & Howard?
Then they would’ve left in Dobbs
Maybe they brought Feliz in after we brought in Feliciano
ok, right. Dobbs was in there at 3B. Feliz PH.
There was a lefty up but they pinch hit for him once Feliciano was announced.
no clue dude… because Willie is the manager.
No clue? People just stated why.
…yeah, note the times
i dont know if you do this, but everytime willie takes out feliciano when he is ineffective, metsblog goes nuts: LEAVE HIM IN. this guy just isnt pitching well right now.
up 1-2 to howard, he needs to throw this way off the plate. lets see if he does it.
not all situations are the same. burrell kills feliciano. i’m okay with walking him there though.
…ugh, Feliciano
just like Sept, the pen is still taking turns sucking
god i hate utley
I guess I was getting greedy thinking the pen would hold this together
dream on
After Aaron’s hudini act yesterday the pen is due for at least four runs tonight
We’ll see Flash Gordon in the 8th and Lildge in the 9th.
Ok, now I’d get Pedro out of there
Everyone else is overworked. Time to make Feliciano get some outs. He’s handcuffed the rest of the pen with his zero out performances lately, let him suck it up and make up for it.
At least until Jenkins is cleared…
what’s wrong with howard?
maybe he went vegan too ?
your name rules…i thought i was the only one who hated cowbell man…
My whole section hates him . He has to go in the tunnel and avoid us because we harras him so much
we should take a poll. i’ll bet a lot more people hate him
Man this ump has a tight zone
Felciano is struggling a bit early on this season. It happens even to the best relievers. I’m not worried about him. He’ll figure it out.
Lets try and keep this to one run.
Man, words can not describe how much I hate this ballpark. The Phillies are going to have a lot of future MVP winners playing in that sardine can.
sucks don’t it? a guy can strike out 500 times a year, hit 50 homeruns, make 15 errors and still win the mvp.
If I have to hear about Chris Coste’s book one more damn time…
I’m with ya
Did you know Coste wrote a book ? …………. and by the way Stephen Curry’s dad played in the NBA
Hey guys, did you know Chris Coste is a living Cinderella story? If you didn’t, let the announcers pound it into your head for 1000 more times.
joe smith has been completely filthy all april
Yeah, I hope they find a way to keep him in the mix when Matt Wise decides to grace us again with his presence.
Smith and Feliciano both have identical 2.08 ERA’s…
funny how that can happen when one has been excellent and the other basically awful…
After two days, I cant wait for Gary Keith and Ron to be back.
Keith should call Raul , Paul Cassanova just to mess with Morgan on Monday night . I know he’ll be Paul Cassanova to me from now on.
he just said tagutchi-san…my head hurts
Come on Mets, don’t lose because of a cheap CBP homer
Mets better clear some hitters here
That was ball 4
My thoughts exactly.
The bullpen thus far should have gotten like this:
Smith: 1.1 IP
Feliciano: 0.2 IP
then
Duaner/Aaron and then hopefully Wagner. It also didnt make sense to waste Sosa so badly because he can go a lot of innings and if this thing goes to extras (which at 4-4 in the 7th it had a good chance) he’d be valuable
what was wrong with using Sosa for that inning? He’s the most rested guy lately.
and to be fair I would have preferred Feliciano against Feliz than Sosa or Smith against Dobbs. Just didnt work out.
i don’t see how u can spoil Sosa in a tie game late. if this thing goes to extras and we need a guy who can give us a couple of solid innings, we’re gonna wish Willie hadn’t wasted him
The Mets have been great against lefty starters this year, but lefty relievers have been brutal on them. Its a weakness they cant seem to get away from.
holy crap he is slow…nice poke though
Willie, PLEASE pinch run here
he can’t. no other catchers on the bench
and who will catch
with who? can schneider catch today?
Brady Clark is our emergency catcher.
Just let Paul Cassanova run for himself. :)
delgado can catch!
COME ON ANGEL!!!!!
Better hit a double with the way Nova runs.
They’re going to need two singles to score here
middle of the plate belt high…ball to me
Wow, I’m glad I don’t have a girlfriend right now.
This Baby Mama movie looks absolutely BRUTAL.
tina fey…ugh
this is a *tough* crowd
excellent job by Romero.
If only he was a free agent when we signed Schoeneweis. Oh? whoops…
Ouch. :)
yeah but at least scho doesn’t do steroids!…oh wait…crap
do u remember how bad he was prior to being a fa?
he had a good month with the Phillies, just like Schoeneweis had a good month with the Reds.
Omar chose the wrong good month.
nice choice sticking with Smith here.
if they need to go to Schoeneweis they will need Dauner later, so sticking with Smith makes sense.
You gotta love Miller and Morgan. Really know how to let the game breath
DAMN YOU JON MILLER DON’T GET MORGAN TALKING ABOUT THE REDS!
i love the movement on smiths pitches right now…that kid is in the zone
Knowing they had a right handed closer, Willie should have went with Easley there and if he made out, Pagan could have still gone out to rightfield batting 9th and Smith would be in batting 8th. Pagan then bats lefty, his better side, against Lidge.
My bad, bring Duaner in. Forgot Smith was already in.
please, thats way too technical for Willie Randolph
So the Mets essentially have Reyes surrounded by two 8th hitters next inning.
i thought beltran played too deep
bel-TRON bel-TRON!!!
Sickening game to lose
If indeed this does turn into a loss (gotta watch your back around here :)) I personally hate losses where we blow a lead. This would still suck, though.
Whatever happens, it been a good game, good series. Now lets get some runs!
aint over yet.
Lidge is due
easley’s coming thru
he really is
Take this pitch!
Ball 4, you idiot!
nice start
LEAD OFF WALKS!!!!
start thinking about it lidge, you crazy crazy b–t–d
DON’T BUNT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lidge doing his best Heilman impersonation…
Good job damien. Now what do we do. Does reyes bunt for castillo? Gotta let him hit here imo.
This bastard is due, I can feel it
NOW bunt
lets hope he does his benetiz impression
Now we bunt!
I’ll take it.
LET’S GO METS!
LET’S GO METS!
LET’S GO METS!
LET’S GO METS!
now Castillo can bunt.
yay for having him hit second afteral
+ L
Castillo better get down the bunt. im sick of seeing them foul off and pop up bunt attempts
WHOEVER WAS IN CHARGE OF TEACHNG BUNTING SHOULD BE FIRED
huge break on the reyes grounder
PUJOOLLLS PUJOOLLS
slap hit slap hit slap hit
god i’m stupid
Come on Castillo, the ONE thing you’re good. Don’t blow this
he has to get this bunt down
and its quickly 0-2…
come on castillo
Castillo is an abortion
god… the one thing he’s supposed to be good at…
the opposite of what we needed
Thanks, Big Slappi.
wow
castillo is fricking worthless
Mets are winning this game
Yikes. Nasty pitch and nastier swing.
wheres jose valentin????
“castillo is my #2 hitter”
willie are you thinking?
at least we only have to see him for 4 years
lets go d wright
Mets are winning this game, book it
ohhhh s@@@
Beltran is 1-12 in Phily dropping his average down to .226 for the year…
game over?