The Game:
The Mets (13-11) begin a rain-shorten two-game series versus the Pirates (10-15) this evening at Shea Stadium, game at 7:10 pm EST.
The Lineup:
- SS Jose Reyes
- 2B Luis Castillo
- 3B David Wright
- CF Carlos Beltran
- RF Ryan Church
- 1B Carlos Delgado
- C Raul Casanova
- LF Endy Chavez
- P Johan Santana
The Pitchers:
LHP Johan Santana (3-2, 3.12 ERA) starts for the Mets. Santana earned a win in in his last on April 23 versus the Nationals, pitching seven strong innings, allowing two runs on seven hits, while striking out four and walking one. Opposing batters are 27-for-129 (.209) versus Santana this season. In two career games, one starts versus the Pirates, Santana is 1-0 with a 1.13 ERA.
RHP Ian Snell (2-1, 4.45 ERA) takes the hill for the Pirates. In his last start on April 23 versus the Cardinals, Snell earned a no-decision, allowing four runs on eight hits while walking four and striking out one over six innings pitched. The Pirates are 4-1 when Snell starts this season. Snell is 0-1 with a 6.11 ERA in four appearances, three starts in his career versus the Mets.
The Notes:
Jason Bay is batting .343 (23-for-67) with 6 HR, 5 2B and 23 RBI in his last 17 games versus the Mets. He has 1-for-3 in his career versus Santana.
Carlos Delgado is batting .286 with 2 HR and 3 RBI during the Mets current homestand.
David Wright is 19-for-59 (.322) with 3 HR, 6 2B, 1 3B and 14 RBI in his last 16 games.
The Mets are 5-9 versus right-handed starting pitchers this season.
For more insight on the Pirates, check out this series’ Blogger Beat.
How To Catch It:
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The Bleachers:
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…enjoy, and as always, Let’s Go Mets…
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I know Delgado’s been a hot topic of late, but 1 of him is (more than) enough.
hioooooooooo!
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i know Endy needs at bats but are trying to make Pagan useless?
i think they’re trying to get endy going, and use him against the RHP
I suppose :\
this is why the mets suck. A guy who plays hard and actually hits with some success gets benched for no reason.
he hasn’t been hitting with success recently, and endy is and has been more of a long-term option, where it seems as if pagan was only really good for that hot stretch
Alou is clearly the missing link…
yeah, I suppose the logic is somewhat defensible, but I’d rather have Pagan getting those ABs. Even if he’s cooling down, he’s a still better hitter, and scoring runs has been the trouble, lately.
maybe he cooled off because he stopped playing regularly. He has hit more consistely than anyone in the lineup besides wright and church. Willie needs to try using positive reinforcement with these guys. Its like training a dog
consistently. learn how to spell
Strawberry makes Mazilli look like Brian Williams! Why does he keep moving his lips when he’s not speaking? Is he still on dope?
He’s definitely on dope, he keeps licking his lips and moving his lips while Yazzzzof is speaking. Might as well just stick Chapelle in that seat with the ski cap and cane all over his face.
i just don’t understand why mets fans are developng a bad reputation. is it the booing? or the general venom and nastiness?
you have a very good point, zen. lots of mean spiritedness in the air… i have an idea of what is happening, reasonable and carefully thought out, but the tenor of this room and some of the posters makes it difficult to speak about without the fear of getting booed myself.
Perhaps he is nervous?
Well why is it ok to crucify Mazzili, but god forbid question darryl’s pregame analysis?
i didn’t realize you were questioning his analysis. i though you were making random personal attacks that had nothing to do with his analysis and comparison to chappelle with a ski cap on.
my bad.
Dont forget that Endy is also a top flight defensive player and Pagan is not even close to Endy on defense. So if Endy is going to get on base then he definitely should be playing
agreed. with a starting staff filled with fly ball pitchers i prefer seeing endy over pagan. or at least split the time.
also agreed, Pagan’s defense leaves a lot to desire, he’s just not very good out there actually, reminds me of Milledge, but with a much worse arm, not that Milledge’s arm is that great, but Pagan’s is just that bad. Against the Pirates, hopefully one extra bat (even though Pagan hasn’t been hitting as well lately) won’t make the difference, they are pretty bad after all and we do have Santana going.
SANTANA will dominate these lowly Pirates tonight
He better because if he doesn’t, you know these tuesday night Shea attendees will boo him off the mound.
These same people would boo Santa if they could.
Then why aren’t they just Phillies’ fans?
Phillies fans are stupid enough to believe in him, Mets fans know better!
Its great to see Endy in there. He was a pleasant spark in 2006 that needs to be revisited. He has been kind of forgotten on this team of late.
Alright guys lets start off on a good foot here. Lets go santana. Lets go mets. Welcome back nady.
Heck yea! Lets go Mets! Regardless of the inconsistent play I am glad to be seeing Mets baseball. I hate the offseason.
Geez, is it too much to ask to have more than 673 people in the stands for a Johan start??!?
This is Shea, they don’t sell more than 20k for weekday games, it’s sad. This is why I don’t believe any of the talk about it being difficult to get tickets to Citi, especially after this year.
I agree these nights are exhibit one to destroy any whining arguments about reduced capacity at Citi.
Still – a turnout like this with Johan on the mound is a bit embarrassing.
awww damn
Game Over.
Relax.
start off with a quick punch to the stomach
I’m boooooing right now. Just kidding…but seriously, I’m in class watching on my phone. Is the crowd booing? Please tell me no!
not heavy booing just a few…but then again theres not that many people here yet
About 16 of rthe 342 people at Shea booed.
I boo the fans who don’t show up.
He’ll be fine, he’ll get pissed and start pitching like a mad man.
McClouth is on my fantasy team…he’s been a beast, we need to be careful with him
same here..hes been killing teams
lolllll good throw castillo…and1
Just wondering what happened to the “castillo is terrible” sentiment.
i never said his glove is bad. I said at the plate he was terrible but he’s turning it around now…good for him
His bat is light but thats why he hits 2nd in the lineup but if you really think about it. How many 2nd basemen in the NL are better overall than Castillo?
Utley and Hudson I’d give you but who else? Castillo is surely top 5 in the NL
I hope the Mets hitters take some pitches. This ump seems to have a pretty small strike zone.
Freakin ump with his damn small strike zone
yea he blew that call..
exactly why ny is what hv you done for me lately city…
I have to beat up my friend, a Dbacks fan. He said “Watch Nate McClouth is going to hit a leadoff home run.”
Darn jinx…
cmon reyes take some pitches…get on base
come on reyes – start us off here – BIG HIT
GREAT BUNT HIT!!!!
some electricity finally
Don’t bunt Castillo!
lol
Castillo should have just bunted.
steal 2nd – run run run
damn right on the money…….
is reyes slower this year??
It might have to do with every team knows that Reyes is going to run and what count he will run on.
1-0 Pittsburgh – New York in both hockey and baseball… damn, not a good start in either.
thing is I only care about the baseball game at this point … my team is out already in hockey
Poor Reyes can’t even get on base when he gets on base.
So far Santana and Reyes are asking to be booed….. They are asking for it.
I am hoping that you are joking
cmon beltran
Beltran needs to get hot
good job mets on working the count
all-star voting started today. let’s make sure wright and perhaps church make the team. the others will have to warm up with the bats before they earn it.
Everyone vote in Wright so we can piss off all the Braves fans
lollll defiantly
YEA DAMMIT THATS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT GET MAD LOL
but that was a lucky play by laroche.
Oh my god, Carlos Beltran reads MetsBlog.
man i love the SNY broadcast……….
Of course, Santana has already thrown 40 pitches
man that diamondback series is gonna be tough
Great test early in the season
Carlos got cheered !!
good for him and the fans
Good reception for Delgado
carlos putting up a fight…..
damn mclouth
I dont own the company
santana settling down finally. Time to go on cruise control
Yes, good short inning
I feel so much better with Santana hitting
lmao!!!! i love this guy!!!
I can see why the Moneyball guys hate stolen bases. Getting caught really kills momentum.
eh…I read Moneyball too and I don’t agree with not stealing bases.
I agree with you in spots, but overall (especially early in a game), I don’t think it’s worth the risk
True, but when you have a so called “ace” pitcher on the mound you have to try to produce runs any way you can.
i disagree.
If jose makes that steal it would give a momentum that carries through the whole lineup and potentially the whole game.
If jose gets thrown out i dont believe you loose anything but an out since you have not built anything in the early going.
I think stealing is a great aspect of any player’s game and even if the steal fails, it gets into the pitchers head.
I don’t think anyone really disagrees with having your -
Damnit, Luis.
It doesn’t kill “momentum”, it kills outs.
Steals may kill momentum but double plays just suck.
Wow, Santana really has lived up to his hype about his skills with the bat. He’s amazing.
Should have bunted
ughh, I don’t care what anyone says, I will never like Castillo in that 2 hole
Can’t get on base every time.
Things are turning around.
I can feel it.
Im feeling these Coronas too!
Lets Go Mets!
Should have bunted or at least had the dignity to strike out.
;)
Damn, whenever Reyes hits, Castillo goes into a slump and vice-versa. They can’t be hot at the same time.
gonna be scary when they do
I guess Delgado keeps asking for the boos……
what is this in reference to?
oops, I forgot I am watching the game on Tivo and I am quite behind… :)
crap
hes gonna give up more this yr then he did last yr
LMAO!!!! HECK YEA KID…
Just a solo shot…..thankfully.
Santana still has to figure out these hitters.
Schneider needs to come back too. He knows these hitter better.
No worries.
Figures
“Bay has been slumping”
“Only six rbis for a cleanup hitter”
“He’s really been on a snide”
Sometimes I want to cut Gary’s vocal cords out.
lol yea he needs to work those powers in our favor
Great, Mr. Retard Strength is up
I’m sure this is just early season struggles for Santana but except for the Phils game, he is have a tough time finishing off hitters so far.
It would not be an issue if we could ever score for him.
Two questions, what the hell has happened to Matt Wise, and who is going to the minors when Alou comes back?
Wise is still kinda rehabing. I would think that they will wait to see what happens with Schneider. I don’t think he is on the DL yet. If he is ready then Molina will go down. If not he will go on the DL to make room. Either way Molina will be sent down soon.
when Alou comes back, Molina will be DFA or Schnieder will go on the DL.
Won’t Molina just be sent back to AAA?
No he wont just be sent back. If he has options he will be optioned back, if he doesnt he will have to clear waivers.
He doesnt appear to have options, he was claimed off waivers last year by the Orioles in a similar situation.
The Yankees could use any and all catchers they can get their mits on right now, so it wouldnt be a surprise if they claimed him.
btw, today is the 6th day that Schneider has been unavailable. Assuming he doesnt play tomorrow, the off day will make 8 days. So if he cant head west with the club they will have to put him on the DL, and send him to St. Lucie for a couple days when he is able to get back on the field.
its only 2 runs…we are still in the game
Why is it that every run this Mets team gets behind feels like three?
because we have not really hit snell yet….
Says on ESPN that Alou is expected to be activated on Friday.
man cant wait……
not so much that i expect him to have a 5-5 game but rather just to see what our lineup was supposed to look like and how they do with an extra bat
Wow, Phil Hughes seriously SUCKS.
Johan must be very interested in the construction progress at Citi Field, as he keeps turning around to check it out as the balls go flying towards it. 5 hrs in two (short, so far) starts at Shea.
Not good.
Well, it’s gotta be extra stressful pitching from behind when the Mets lineup has your back
78 pitches
ouch
He must have went 3-2 with every batter. He has given up 2 hits (both HR of course) and 1 walk yet has 78 pitches.
Snell has given up 2 hits 2 walks and has around 50.
yea but the hitters have been fouling off alot of pitches which would probably be the reason for the high pc. Also santana never had to deal with a rain day off so im sure that would affect his performance
NEVER? he never went on the road?
lol yea maybe never was not the right word but very rarely.
No big deal, he historically has rough starts in April anyway.
yea i have no worries about this guy
what has surprised me is him with the bat….
He was averaging 5.2 pitcher per batter through the first four innings. That is darn near impossible to do…
Come on Mets, take some pitches
they are doing that really good this game. Its just getting the hit with runners on base thats hurting …………………………….
NVRMIND
CHURCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
how about that – a little metsblog love on SNY
Same love they give every few nights…where’ve you been?
its nice that they give him a live read, but it would be better if Gary could say ‘blog’ without sounding like he is gagging…
I am sick of watching other teams hit HR after HR against us. WHEN are the METS bats gonna wake up and return the favor? we are dead last in HRs hit. LETS GO METS !!!!
Good call man
Don’t usually care for your post, but if you can command it then keep going man.
hey can you say this like every inning the rest of the year?
lol the anti-gary lol keep it up bro
They don’t need homers, just hit with freaking runners in scoring position
THERE YA GO!
I worship at that CHURCH!
CHURCH!!!!!!!!!!!!
the power of christ compels you!
lolll
I hope everyone is voting for Church on the All-Star Ballot. He deserves it so far.
man we defiantly got some good building blocks going into next year
Lets not talk about next year yet, it is still early this year.
yea i know lol just thinking out loud
OK. I spoke to soon. WAY TO GO CHURCH !!!!!!!
Chuuch!!
Maybe Gary Cohen is a jinx, as soon as he said “Snell is in complete control of his stuff today,” the Mets wake up.
Ok, let’s just hope this isn’t the entire allotment of runs the Mets get this game
It’s 0-0 now.
Man that sucks, does that mean Church’s HR does not count. ;)
Who wants to organize a bus trip to Beverly Hills? We’re going to see Giuseppe!
Will Gary Busey be there, too?
nice pitch
6k
That rumble you hear is the mass exodus off the Rangers bandwagon
and now they can all come back…
91 pitches big inning coming up for him, top of the order. Need to get him some support here.
good slap endy
LOL kmon santana lol the way this guys hitting i would let him swing away lol j/k
alright endy lets get into this pitchers head
Guess I spoke too soon on the Rangers
FLY REYES FLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Ok Fran Healy
cmon lue put the ball in play man lets get this rbi
heeeeeeees back
That’s the Jose we all remember….vaguely.
1 triple doesnt mean hes back
but its a good sign hes going in the right direction
Luis Castillo should work out a squeeze sign with Reyes so he can call it.
omg! Willie called a squeeze.
Squeezerific. Oh well.
LOL OK WRIGHT LETS GO!!
suicide squeeze…not a squeeze
all it takes is a hit like that to get jose going, we all kno that
wowww great break for us
ok, so here’s what I want to see. Next homestand the Mets invite Guiseppe Franco to Shea to throw out the first pitch. Afterwards, he joins Gary in the booth and applies proceed. We can then follow the progress and have Guiseppe come back in 90 days to show do another application.
Hysterical!
lol that would be a great bit
Gary Cohen or Chia-Pet? You decide.
lets capitalize on this
Lucky!
I’m surprised they didnt call Luis out at 2B there as they do most times on the transfer. Most times they just give the second baseman the benefit of the doubt and make the wrong call.
yea i agree. When gary said “everyones safe” it threw me off because i was expecting lue to be called out.
Happy b-day, Mets! Cheapest RBI ever.
Moly, moly, moly…I’m sorry that is wrong but I can’t help it.
Take ‘em to Church Church
A little off topic, but does anyone know what Church’s song is?
crazy train…it’s the beginning of it
Thank You
I love Crazy Train, but over the years learned to hate it because it is the at-bat music for none other than…Chipper.
Still cringe when I hear it, even though I know it is for Church.
That Bannister trivia question sure put a damper on things
i remember that game when he blew his hammy vs the giants….That was heart man…… he just kept limping all the way home……
…..and then to KC
lol yea……………..
cmon church!!!
lolllll
uh o
great count
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW WHAT A BAD CALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jeez, I mean, as a professional umpire, how can you miss that?
Especially when Santana hasn’t been getting that call all night
CMON DELGADO
He’s got the Pedro Cerrano look in his eye
just once willie, can you argue a close call. JUST ONCE
Willie’s a puss, never argues anything, but if there’s a young player that gives him guff…LOOK OUT
wow….
Sure, now the strike zone expands to Long island City. Horrible call.
ugghhh, that freaking umpire bailed the Pirates out
Church is also a MetsBlog reader?
Horrible call. Just horrible.
C’mon ‘Los!!!
NOT EVEN CLOSE!!! I HATE UMPIRES!
damnasshole marte
lol baseball i tell u man…..
we get a break with the dp
and they get it back with the HORRIBLE call…..
Anyone can be an ump. seriously. You just have your own strike zone and call anything anyway you want, and no one can argue with you. You also can gain a ton of weight. Yeah. really tough job.
cmon santana settle down now. We need you to get this inning before the bullpen gets in here
Delgado did not have a choice not to swing at that pitch after Church’s pitch was juuuuuuuuuust a bit outside.
why can’t willie fight for his players like bobby cox does????
I wouldn’t go crazy all the time like Cox cause then you’re just a whiny A-hole, you have to pick your spots, but Willie doesn’t even do that…
I’ve been watching baseball for a long time and I have to say that the umps have taken a turn for the worse over the last five years or so. That pitch was not even close.
Terrible call by the ump on Church. The ump called a ball earlier in the count to Church that was the same distance off the plate as the strike 3 called (expect the strike 3 was a little higher, but still way off the plate) according to Gameday.
Delgado.
:(
Still got a break that inning.
Delgado struck out on the Church AB. If that outside corner is going to stretch out that far, then Delgado is going to bat .098.
And of course Santana throws two pitches in the same exact spot and they are called balls.
GOT EM 7K
Delgado got booed again…. Cannot get a hit with bases loaded….. SAD
I think those boo’s were for the ump.
they had to be after that call
If they were for Delgado he deserves it. He’s been terrible this season and last.
Yep…24HRs and 87 RBIs really stinks from your 1B. Just awful.
the boos were definitely for Delgado…… and I agree; he deserves to get booed.
good call willie you gotta leave him out there
Willie leaving Johan in. So much for not taking risks.
awwwwwwwwwwww man tooo pumped up……..
good think laroche is slumping
Why pitchers pitch inside with a 0-2 count I will never understand
Bad call to take him out……….regardless of what happens
Dude he just walked the last two batters, plus Willie gave him the opportunity to get Nady out and he didn’t. You could tell he was running out of gas.
Watch Laroche with his league low batting average get a hit here.
he owns the Mets
I would have let him stay, Feliciano has had control problems. I would have just trusted Santana for 1 more batter. If he gives it up, at least it would have been on him instead of the pen blowing it for him again.
You treat an ace like an ace in this situation.
the bullpen hasn’t blown a lead yet for Johan I think.
The Braves game but It’s not like we scored either. But he pitched really well that game and HR Heilman came in.
Ok, never mind, great call Willie.
ok 0-2
whew ok good…
Nice work little Pedro
Great job Feliciano!
Look Willie gave him his chance to get out of it and he didn’t, you have to take him out after that.
I wish it was Johan getting that out but Im glad :)
Good job by Pedro giving Johan some advice for next time it is cool and dry out.
alright guys heilmans in to pitch…..lets see how it goes….he has his role as the 7th inning guy back….
Wouldn’t be cool to vote as Mets into the all-star team to play at Yankee Stadium?
fine, just DO NOT let Wright enter the HR derby.
Feliciano and David Patterson look alike? Poor Pedro.
I always thought Ray Lucas looked like Chazz Palminteri.
Whatever…..lol
*as many Mets
Sign Bernie and have him voted in.
Wonder how the reception for Heilman was tonight… Hopefully wasn’t that bad.
C’mon, let’s go Heilman. This is a good spot for him — bottom of the order, we have a lead, start of an inning.
Come on!
start of the 7th inning, in particular.
cmon heilman lets get it going here…..
oh boy.
OK GET HIM OUT
Come on fans at Shea knock it the hell off with the crazy boos.
Double play and it’ll be all cheers.
i agree. Inning can change very quickly
As much as i am ready to get rid of Heilman, I would never boo him when it matters in a game. How the hell with that help?
Heilman looking to take over the 6th inning job. Ugh.
Man I wish Heilman would do well for 2 reasons, so we could win and so we could get them the hell off this team.
aw cmon hold on to the ball man
it is torture with him in there..add to the fact that the rangers are dominating right now yet still losing 5-3 in the 3rd to the pens
crap…..
Heilman: “You rang?”
yea unfortunaly one batter too late…
1 out
Endy saves the day…N.D. = Nice Defense.
Good hanging in there.
Now let’s get that DP.
Are they booing Scho coming in or Heilman upon leaving?
It’s just awful and embarrassing.
Well, all we can do right now is hope that Willie hasn’t managed away the Mets lead.
Well Heilman got booed again. There were some cheers initially that got overtaken by the boos quickly
addaboy heilman good job
CMON SHOW
man the booing is out of control now its getting sad…….
Not to belabor the point, but it is just simply disgusting watching the field levelers booing Heilman right in his face. Just sick. He just got a big out. Grow up.
i agree. that really p*ssed me off
some people were clapping tho
mcclouth has been on fire all season he is scaring me
thats why he’s on my fantasy teams
Players would hate playing for me because of that whole roles thing but I would bring in Wagner here. He is paid to get the big outs and this is a big out. Let Smith close the game but this might be the Pirates best chance right here with a guy that is red hot.
interesting theory..kind of like it
I would like that too but u know Mr Wagner would cry.
That is why I could not be a manager. The players would revolt. Better stick to HS and video games.
let billy finish the 7th and pitch the 8th and let sanchez close it.
so u get wagner up and warm, then what if heilman got a dp and out of the inning? you want him up and warming again in the 9th? youd be burnin more pitchin than the team already burns.
But see as a manager I would know that Heilman right now would not be getting a DP.
I wish they wouldn’t boo him. It is not his fault he stinks. Wille is the one who brought him in.
Who did you want him to bring in there? I guess Smith would have been a better choice but we really need Heilman to get going.
i agree. I understand willie’s logic in bringing in heilman there
I have to admit, I feel bad for Aaron Heilman.
I don’t blame Heilman because he had no business in there. Willie made a poor decision. That inning should have belonged to Joe Smith with two below average right hand hitters and then the Show for the left handed pinch hitter. Sanchez for the ninth and then Wagner. C’mon Willie!
I understand that he’s trying to build Heilman’s confidence back up, which is important cause I actually this he’s a good pitcher. However, I wouldn’t start doing that in a game still very much in doubt.
it was the bottom of the lineup. There would not be a better chance to bring heilman in than that situation. Sanchez/smith will take the 8th and wags the 9th
Clearly designed
The SHOW stopper!!!!
Im sick an tired of the fans booing over everything….i understand heilman has been pitching horrible lately but booing him for every little thing is not going to help. great play at home by the way…he was safe haha
Definitely safe, but its nice to get those breaks!
Nice play by Supernova and Show…just like they planned it.
HELL YEA SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oo questionable call but still good hustle
wow he looked safe… maybe that was a give back for that awful strike call to Chuch.
Do these umps even try to get the calls right?
That was the most ridiculous 7th inning that i’ve ever seen in my life…
Can somebody snipe out this guy Guiseppe Franco.
haha
the ump must feel badly that we boo all our relievers. he blatantly blew that call
2 things,
That was a horrible call. :)
If Willie goes we don’t want the Pirates manager, he did not even come out to argue that call. He did not even get up or unfold his arms. No wonder the entire Pirates team plays without passion and wants to lose.
i thought he was out……but i would have pulled a sweet lou anyway. that team needs some fire.
Good eye ump…….the fingers went over the plate!
Never touched the plate.
He was out…He never touched the plate!
it doesnt look like he touched the plate.
Bautista never touched the plate. He just pushed dirt onto the plate,really funny
how many boos did show just save himself with that hustle
Sho me the money.
Dirty in the pen for the 8th! I missed that sight!
gotta love those umps, thank you.
man jose working the walks…..
great to see he learned a little plate discipline
The Show really busted his butt there. Good play. Whether it was technically dirt pushing or an out, Show got there and also sold it.
His redemption is nearly complete, in my book.
Bad thing is he will come in next game with men on 2nd and 3rd and give up a bloop hit to score 2 and the boos will start again.
I love watching it, but arguing with umps is overrated. They almost never change a call, and then they take it out on you out of spite.
I know he got thrown out earlier but i don’t understand bunting Reyes to 2nd. Let him steal or even hit and run but no need to sacrifice him from 1st to 2nd.
Reyes took a peek at this
I’m tellin ya, the boys must have blackberrys on metsblog hiding in the dugout. lots of “hustle” and “passion” today, and now this!
wow what a lead by reyes lol he can walk to 2nd with that lead lol j/k
lolll good job reyes…get in his head
Run, even as a hit and run, run run.
CMON WRIGHT LETS GOOOOO
Time for a final slump breaker from Wright.
Double steal anyone?
possible lol gary read that
i dont think with 0 outs
prob. right. I would just consider it but with 2 strikes i don’t know.
damn
wow.
Ouch
man
is it just me or does wright seem pull happy?
Here comes the homer…3-1
here are those tack on runs we always talk about
1st & 2nd…no out…3-2 to D-Wright…here comes the pitch…AND THE CROWD is totally sitting on its hands…FOR THE ENTIRE AB…way to go Met Fans…..
Dont smoke guys
lol after that commercial……….
makes me wanna see procede
aright dirty lets get em
and there they go
i really like church in the 5 hole i feel it just beefs up the order but once alout (if) comes back does he drop down to 7 or do you put him 6, leave him 5 alou 6 delgado 7 or switch him to 2 and castillo down especially with castillo coming around
I think our lineup would be much deeper with it being Church, Alou, Delgado, Schneider. Hopefully eventually that will be used against RH and Castro will be in vs. LHP.
agreed i like the idea of alou splitting up delgado and church
reyes
castillo
wright
beltran
church
alou
delgado
schneider
put the righty alou between delgado and church
Reyes and Castillo on with no one out and you get ????
cmon dirty……
damn that ate up wright….no chance
that change is “dirty”
Way to go right at him Dirty! Those stats did not look good…
Duaner Got This….LETS GO METS!!!
almost glad 4 the walk……..go for the DP dirty!
Well, do you bring in Wagner here?
Hey 86! How about getting Wagner warmed up now.
To late, I would have done it with Laroche up.
I hate LaRoche’s stance. Just pisses me off, irrationally.
Why would Smith not be warming up?
thats what i thought…………
ugh someone stated it above but where are those tack on runs late in a game, oh right they are in the bottom of the 7th
Wags in for an extended save?????
damn…
did we really just walk adam laroche? you could serve him anything down the plate and he wouldn’t hit it
now he calls the low strike
you don’t bring in Wagner with bases loaded one out.
if they get the second out, then Wagner can come in.
I wouldn’t pretend to know, but it always makes me giggle when Jose joins in the pitcher-catcher-Jacket meeting. What exactly is he going to offer? Hey, whatever works…
it’s more like what he can take from it. how they are going to pitch him. how will he field his position.
It depends on the pitcher because Reyes would need to know what the approach to the hitter would be so he can position himself accordingly
yeah fair enough.
silly bautista for not working dirty after those walks
C’mon Duaner!!!
smart play wright
my goodness….what an inning
YESSSSSSSSSSSSS
GOOD JOB DIRTY
NOT PERFECT BUT GOOOD WAY TO FIGHT BACK AND KEEP US IN THE LEAD
One more out…Lets Go!!!
Did anyone notice Sanchez curse himself in spanish as he walked off the mound?
yea totally caught that lol
Yeah; just tried to post what he said. It’s hard to translate Dominican slang into english.
i wish i caught that. any hints? :)
Check further down below.
Way to get out of that jam!
How about some tack on runs — it’s not against the law!
damn billys gonna have some pressure but then again with that inning wags just has to pitch to the bottom of the order
If one commenter says one thing tomorrow about “no heart” or “no fight,” s/he was not watching this game.
Good job, Dirty.
Hopefully Sanchez can build on that. Put himself in trouble and got himself out of it. That is why he has to be the 8th inning guy and not Heilman. Many of our BP pitchers could not have gotten out of that inning that well.
defiantly agree. looks like hes on his way to coming back
We really missed Sanchez in so many ways. He pitches with blood and guts flowing!
I read Duaner’s lips – he was cursing in spanish, something along the lines of “Damn, mother of God, damnit”. I cleaned it up a bit.
You cleaned it up a lot! LOL
yep lol
braves lose/ marlins lose
braves pigpen blew it for glavine………..
it’s not devastating thought
makes me :)
haha we’re scoreboard watching the Marlins already?
no…..just curious about mr glavine.
I was talking about the original post, he said Braves & Marlins lose. Just seemed funny to me.
Nice job battling Sanchez…..Now lets tack on some insurance runs!!!
And that right there is the difference between sanchez and heilman. I guess sanchez didn’t feel he had a great fastball tonight. Topping out at 90. He’s been as high as 92-93 this season. However we’d be to optimistic if we thought he was gonna stay there consistantly all year coming off surgery and not pitching in a long time. I think he’ll eventually get back to where he was a couple years ago, but he’s gonna have his ups and downs. What matters is he got out of the jam.
while keeping us in the lead
conyo?
“Coño, maldita sea de la madre, coño!’
I love that Cohen made a Pedro Cerrano reference. That made my decision to turn on the game instead of studying worthwhile
lollllll
kmon angel
awww man here we go….
LETS GO WAGNER!!!
Wagner has given up only one hit in nine innings?
How did I miss that? Mike and the Maddog says nothing about Wagner until he says something controversial but they are up Joba and Rivera’s behind while saying nothing about wagner’s season thus far.
Russo saying he read Wright’s lips in dugout killed his cred.
Lets go mets
dammit
Oh no, there is that sense of urgency comment. Now if we lose it will be that Reyes had no sense of urgency.
Sandman
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAA
The mets really need schneider back immediately
jose had to make this hard on wagner
ARITE THERE WE GO ONE MORE WAGZ!!!!
When’s Keith coming back?
casanova better have put some glue on that glove
Don’t want to see Bay or Nady here. Get this out.
wtf
Nice try Carlos……..watcha gonna do?
yea he gave it a good shot
i think he ate some grass
that would be an unearned run right??
yep
yep
bloop
ugh….great effort by Beltran there.
blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
jose make up for that error
hell yea a walk off hr would do the trick…but getting on base would be fine
IF SANCHEZ CAN DO IT SO CAN REYES DAMMIT
hey at least the top of the order is up
is it a blown save if the run that scored is an unearned one?
yup
thx…always learning
Yup, he gave up the hit
No win for Santana.
top of the order coming up for us we can still win it
Well Wagner’s not perfect
Damn. Can’t blame Billy for this one. Even though I know people will try. I can already hear it now… He can NEVER hold a 1 run lead!!!… which by the way, is so not true.
That one is on Reyes. Not Billy at all.
yep, not his fault, he should have gotten a 1-2-3 inning. And even the tying hit wasn’t hit hard or anything.
Where is my guy that ask if the pen had blown a game for Santana? That’s 2.
i dont think johan can be that upset when he doesn’t make it out of the 6th
sort of like pedro in 05 i believe or 06
When will we see a 20-3 or a 24-4 again with the Mets?
Rarely even see 20 game winners anymore, much less with the Mets.
That error was unacceptable. There’s no way we win this now. We have Sosa and Smith left in the pen. I can’t believe Jose dogged it on that play. Unbelievable. We need a manager that will rip a player for that.
Give me a break! A MAJOR LEAGUE 1b makes that pick! Please! Reyes was deep in the hole.
i hope your kidding.
Imagine you posting now with the “There’s no way we win this now” comment.
It wasnt a lazy error man.
Not lazy but I think he took too much time. Normal Reyes throw still gets him but…..
just stop….he made a bad throw, what are you gonna do about it. Now he just led off with a hit, he’s been on base all 5 times this game., you gonna give him props for that, or just kill him for the one bad play he made?
how do u carry that name and be so negative all the time?
seriously, isn’t coke suppose to make people happy?
nice
Hey Straw, where are you at now? BOOOOOOO
Feeling good about this still……….Wright playing hero at the end maybe?
OH, WELL. Nobody is perfect. Its a long season and its still early.
not billy’s fault..reyes will make up for it here
just like i said..good job jose
Like I said on my first two blogs of the night: Reyes and Delgado asking for lots of boos…… Bad throw by Reyes and Delgado assuming he got the ball.
GOOD START
good job
ahh castilo trying to put down a bunt better do better than the phils game
I still would be more aggressive here and steal before the bunt.
And thus, in my perfect world that would have won the game.
lol i was scrolling up to comment on this lolllll
that would have won the game
bunting there is always the wrong percentage play, yet they do it every fricking time.
well if reyes gets thrown out then you would have to start over with castillo.. with 1 out and castillo needs to get on base
if reyes gets the steal we have to assume castillo still gets the bunt down and then the game would have been done with wrights flyout.
risky either way. I guess its the safer play the way willie played it
I agree wholeheartedly.
Pretty much the only thing I consistently disagree with Willie on.
Have reyes steal 2nd, then bunt him to 3rd.
gonna score from 2nd on a single
unless your counting on scoring on a wild pitch or a reyes balk dance
But if you get to 3rd with one out and Reyes an out can win the game.
great fundamentals cas
CMON WRIGHT LETS GET ANOTHER SNY MOMENT
well done
DAMMIT!!!
CMON BELTRAN
…and Wright.
weak beltran
…and Wright
wright is not hitting near the mendoza line so i dont get as angry
Beltran’s OBP is in the .360s. His OBP is over 100 pts better than his average, and if you know anything about baseball, you’ll know that OBP is much more important than batting average.
Now, a .360 OBP isn’t great, and a batting average in the .220s is terrible, but with time the average will come around, and if he keeps that OBP about 100 or so points above your average, your gonna have a great year.
I have plenty of faith in Beltran (and I guess it goes without saying, Wright too.)
wrights ops (which if u know anything about baseball is also pretty important) is over 200 points higher than beltrans right now
i like beltran but just b/c his obp is at a decent # doesn’t mean hes having a good season thus far
I’m not saying anything bad about Wright at all. I know he’s getting on base a ton too, and I love that due. Just bugs me how people pick on Beltran so much.
And I also didn’t say he’s having a “good” season so far. Of course he’s struggling, but he’s getting on base and seems to be hitting the ball hard so I think he’ll be just fine.
i agree he’ll be fine and i like him too hes a great player albeit an extremely streaky one
wel that was a joke
o well……………
free baseball time…
not that it mattered, Jose HAS TO take third on that line drive by Wright
I thought about that one but with Beltran up you would not want to get thrown out at 3rd for the 3rd out.
never make the last out at third: golden rule
trust me, i know (i broke it once and feared for my life). but Nady was at the track and he doesn’t have an amazing arm. and if that ball gets over Nady’s head, Reyes might still score so he needs to be on the bag.
I agree with the poster above. Let Reyes steal then bunt. I would love to see them do this sometime.
why doesnt that ever seem to happen? seems so logical
Well, I guess if you get out then you are stuck when you could have had a guy on 2nd one out. That is the safe play but Reyes is not a guy on 1B that you have to play it safe with.
wags is still in there……
lets see how he does without the adrenalin
there’s some adrenaline for him.
Beltran has certainly perfected rolling over on a pitch and grounding out to the second basemen and Jose definitely was dogging it on that play. Give me a break that’s a play a shortstop has to make with a slow runner. No excuse.
And again I counter with that is a play that a 1B HAS to make in that spot to pick up his teammate. Reyes is throwing that ball from the hole flat footed. Most shortstops don’t even get that much on the ball.
who’s left? smith and sosa?
Figgy.
ya think?
They did say he was getting some work in because his spot was skipped. He would be last resort though.
excellent call thereal…
Sure hope we win it in the bottom 10, but I could go for some Figgyroic’s.
btw, how do you know he is in the pen? simply b/c he is available (as any SP is), or is he listed as in the bullpen somewhere? (website, etc)
No I don’t. They just said he was getting in some work earlier in the game. He may have already gotten that in however?
he’ll bring in figueroa?
why not…would you go with sosa or smith…
i’m sorry, i don’t understand. reyes has led the majors in steals the last 3 years, why are you bunting him over when your 3 and 4 batters are struggling mightily? have him steal the base and let castillo swing. can someone help me understand this
I posted to this earlier, the only thing i can think of is that it’s the safe play. You want to think that 2nd base with 1 out should give you a chance to win. If he gets thrown out, you have nothing.
but why give up an out???
I would have bunted him to 3rd. That is not giving up an out at all. Reyes at 3rd with 1 out and Wright up should win the game most of the time.
if he gets thrown out…..with reyes running, it seems they’d have more faith in him reaching second
i just think that this team needs to play more aggresively, these are the pirates for crying out loud
Why would you let castillo swing? so he can ground out?
i just don’t like giving up outs, i understand there is a huge chance that castillo won’t do anything productive in that spot but still
i am with you. both points can be argued, but the truth is that willie has been employing the bunt him over move with reyes on first and it simply is not working. he is not getting driven in on a regular basis. i understand it is the ’smart baseball play,’ whatever that is, but given how everyone is going you just have to put the pressure on. make something happen.
anyway, let’s pray they can get to the top again and do something. this game burns. burns bad. again, failure to tack on runs when they were all there for the taking. they get out of a bunch of tough spots. then it is error. ball in the dirt. all that for nothing.
they can’t lose this game, given how they gave it up, killed the pen and the early early game tomorrow.
let’s go mets! come on sosa, for the love of god show something!
damn one inning too late
WILLIE is such an idiot for leaving Wagner in for a second inning!!! Doesn’t he know anything about baseball!!!
…oh, wait. Sorry haters.
I agree with Delago not picking that ball, but his defense has always been a problem. Reyes defense has always been a strong point.
how many innings do you guys think this game will go?
aww man willies gonna throw in sosa……………….
Church can always pitch in an emergency!
One example of such an emergency would be when Sosa appears to be coming in.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I HOPE HE IS NOT THINKING ABOUT THROWING SOSA OUT HERE…………………
Could really go for a Delgado walkoff………….BUT WILL HE CURTAIN CALL?!
delgado is going to hit a walkoff…then he is going to give a curtain call
way to have the old delgado back 0-5
Is Smith injured? You have to go with him 1st at home.
thank you. Hes going with sosa….
i agree
yea i dont get it
These games against the Pirates are so important right before heading out to Arizona and LA.
7.36!!!!
7.04 Baby.
6.89. If this game keeps going and he gets 3 scoreless innings he will end up having the best ERA of all the middle relievers. LOL
warm applause for dougie
can’t they place schneider on the dl real quick and immediately activate alou?
Why are they booing Mientkiewicz (didn’t look it up I swear.)
…or is the only reason I like him because I took so much effrot into learning how to spell his last name. Huh.
cause some of the fans are morons
if i remember correctly Mientkiewicz had a lot of negative things to say about the mets organization after he left
whewwwwwww
heilman should go back down to the minors….work to become a starter….and then bring him back as a starter if need
A guy can’t be a middle reliever and you want him to start? Is that the opposite of Barry Zito?
i am with you. both points can be argued, but the truth is that willie has been employing the bunt him over move with reyes on first and it simply is not working. he is not getting driven in on a regular basis. i understand it is the ’smart baseball play,’ whatever that is, but given how everyone is going you just have to put the pressure on. make something happen.
anyway, let’s pray they can get to the top again and do something. this game burns. burns bad. again, failure to tack on runs when they were all there for the taking. they get out of a bunch of tough spots. then it is error. ball in the dirt. all that for nothing.
they can’t lose this game, given how they gave it up, killed the pen and the early early game tomorrow.
let’s go mets! come on sosa, for the love of god show something!
exactly, especially about the reyes point
echo?
here comes the two run rally
thanks for proving me wrong sosa
here we go…………………
how about that lousy strike three call on church with the bases loaded? there’s the extra run
..or reyes and castillo on with 0 out. no runs? far too common this year. and i will say it again, what is wrong with this team with the bases loaded? it seems ever since 06 when they killed it they can not do anything. a run here, there, but no big hit at all. hopefully, the averages will work it out and they will start killing it.
what kind of sanchez is this guy?
OMG THATS A SIGN….FOR THE LOVE OF GOD LETS TAKE ADVANTAGE
It is clearly his own fault somewhat, but in both of his last starts, it was very hard to remember that Santana was the SP by the end of the game.
just such a tough year for him already. he has not had his best stuff it seems in quite a few of his starts. he does start slow, but he could easily have a much better record.
looking forward to the warm weather and johan just dominating.
6.89
nice n d
endy-endy-endy
How great is it to see Endy getting going?
The better he and Pagan do…the better we get back for one of them…
Another bunt, I wish this would work once.
Endy can run, and Marlon can hit…
BALK! Yay!
why are they bunting? aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
balk haha
yes the balk…now you bunt!!!!!!!!!!1
A BALK!!!!!!!!!!!!
yup clearly
balk, memories of METS vs.SF
GREAT GAME
now a bunt would be great
While I agree, Anderson may not be a good bunter. Just let him swing away and end it.
Yeah, I guess it took the balk to finally not give up the bunt to 2nd.
Textbook bunt from that not-very-good-bunter ;)
Oh, baseball.
Next will be the Luis Castillo walk-off.
Never said he was not, just have not seen him do it very often. Not often a pinch hitter gets to bunt.
yeah i read you too fast, and it is too late.
nice gritty win!
hahahaha
balk baby…Shake it uuuuuuppppppppppp!
great bunt marlon
PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!
JOSE–JOSE-JOSE-JOSE
MAKE UP FOR THAT ERROR THAT PUT US HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE
the greatest call in all of baseball…
booooooooo
AWWWWWWWWWW DAMNNNNNNNNNN
PIRATES HAVE A BRAIN……………
Seems like it’s always called in extra innings at shea
umps post game spread is getting cold
Lets go Castillo,lets do the suicide squeeze or whatever its called
come on KARMA. get it back jose!!
luis will come up big
if they don’t score here, i won’t be able to sleep tonight, can we start a lets go mets chant here
Ok, you 100% have to steal with Reyes.
squeeze
How about a squeeze here to win the game???
LETS GO METS
alright, come on Luis.
sac fly cas pleaseeeeeeeeeeee
good job jose
Bunt down the 1st base line?
good eye
awww man
woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
wheres church on that call
well if we f this up we don’t deserve to win
agreed. too many things went they’re way already.
kmon dave sac fly thats it!!!
come on wright: grand slam single!
You nailed that one.
better not swing at first pitch
again. loaded. come the * on!
A nice time to break out of a slump David?
David can only be put in this spot so many times and NOT get it done…
thanks :)
DWRIGHT!
yes! close enough
WRIGHT BABY MR CLUTCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES
DAVID WRIGHT!!!!
OMG – was Luis intentionally walked or is the pitcher totally rattled ?
Nope, Luis as always worked a walk to bring up Wright. As the season goes on, I am predicting that most intelligent fans on here will ove Castillo.
and sosa ties johan in wins. how can that be?
Sosa deserved that one though. He did well.
because pitcher W/L records are maybe the worst stat in baseball.
agreed, and i use this as an example, athough sosa did what he was asked and i am glad for him.
good job d wright!!!
thank u very much!
few…
Story of the game has to be Reyes. If he’s back to being selective and drawing a few more walks, he can really get going.
Do doubt.
NO doubt. Late I can’t type.
WOW!
Do you guys realize I have to come here in tight games b/c I can’t stand getting the news over the internet once we’re in extras and have either blown a lead or failed to capitalize on big opportunities.
What a thrill when the comments get positive as the did for D-Wright! Man, did we need this one or what! It’s great to win these extras and one-run games.
Read a bedtime story to my son, and then started grading student papers…UGH! Kept running back and forth to the machine. Nothing lightens my mood so much as a Mets win sometimes.
LGM!
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