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The Mets (19–16) defeated the Reds (15–23) by the score of 8 to 3 today in Shea Stadium.
For a full recap and stats, read SNY’s Boxscore.
In the first inning, Luis Castillo drove in Jose Reyes with an RBI triple. For those who do not know, I had ACL surgery on each of my knees – when Castillo runs, he makes my knees hurt. Castillo’s RBI triple was followed by an RBI single from Carlos Beltran, which was followed by an RBI single from Moises Alou. I love it when these guys string together hits and runs, and do not let the inning die.- Actually, the Mets looked to be taking very short, controlled swings and going with the pitches against Reds RHP Johnny Cueto, who throws very, very hard.
- Oliver Perez was in command today, throwing strikes with attitude. He cruised through the first five innings, but let his wheels come off, Ollie-style, in the sixth, complete with a walk and a wild pitch. Otherwise, he looked good today. The thing is, this is exactly what Billy Wagner was referring to a week or so ago – keep it together, Oliver, and maybe you get in to the next inning or so, and keep the lid on the bullpen. Oh well.
- The key, though, was the Mets coming back in the next at bat, after having their lead trimmed to three, only to get back-to-back, two-out, RBI singles by Damion Easley and David Wright.
- Carlos Beltran and Carlos Delgado are hot, going 10 for 21 in the three game series against the Reds.
- Ryan Church can play defense with the flu, just as well as when he doesn’t have the flu.
- Hats off to Perez, who also gets a game ball, for stealing second base and putting himself in to scoring position with two outs and Castillo at the plate. Perez did not score, but, I mean, go for it, why not. Good call, Willie.
- Question: Why are the umpires seemingly always confused by the rule book - as they were in the ninth, when the Reds hit out of order. Get it together, gentlemen. I mean, you’re the ump for pete’s sake. I would discuss this n more detail, or point out Willie calling on it too early, but a) it had no impact on the game, b) it happens once in a lifetime, and b) I’m not that smart.
- It’s hard to believe, as a baseball fan who grew up watching the game through much of the 1990s, but Ken Griffey Jr. is old and slow…which is sad…but such is life.
- Nice job by Pedro Feliciano, Scott Schoeneweis and Joe Smith for pitching three scoreless innings in relief.
The Mets start a four-game series with the Washington Nationals at Shea Stadium tomorrow.
Figgy is goin tommorrow weather permitting
Thanks.
It’s a 4 game series with Washington.
The umps are idiots.
wat happened in the dellay? can someone please explain that to me? i just turned on the game and somethign bout batting out of order? please explain
the reds batted out of order
they batted out of order, but it should have been much easier on everyone to get it straight. I have no idea why it was so long of a delay… no postgame either…
SNY = Post Game
WPIX = The Odd Couple
Mets win AND The Odd Couple, one of the all-time great sitcoms. I’ll take that anytime!
Can we get a Willie Poll tonight? Sometimes he just doesn’t have a clue. There was no reason to tattle on the Reds unless they got a hit.
That aside, the Mets almost seem like they are growing a pair.
Good win…keep it up guys.
boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
who the hell cares we won
Oh, did YOU know that was the rule?
Because the only person in the ballpark who apparently did was Gary Cohen. So bashing Willie = stupid.
Yes.
Fire willie and hire Gary Cohen to manage the team…. I would miss Cohen in the booth but he would show passion which willie never does.
That’s ridiculous. Wherever you fall on the fire Willie spectrum, you should expect your manager to know the rules. Especially a batting out of the order rule, because, though it almost never happens, when it does, it is exploitable if done correctly. This is like not know how to… double switch.
But if Dusty Baker, the umpires, jerry manual ALL didn’t know the rule - then why would we blame Willie?
Wow. Some of the comments on here continue to amaze. If somebody breaks the rules, you call them out on it. Doesn’t matter if it’s 1-0 or 10-0. It’s not the first time it’s happened in a lopsided game and it won’t be the last. And BTW, it was Jerry Manuel who apparently notified Randolph of the Reds’ flub.
“a) it had no impact on the game, b) it happens once in a lifetime, and b) I’m not that smart.”
Sorry Matt, I love ya, but this is way too easy of a joke. You kinda walked yourself right into that one, lol.
pretty sure it was intentional
that was the joke. jeez
**sigh**
I guess Perez is the only guy that ever goes 5 scoreless and then gives up runs in the 6th. It’s not like Alou shouldn’t have caught that ball or Schneider shouldn’t have blocked the wild pitch or nobody on the whole staff could get Keppinger out this weekend.
It just easier to say he collapsed “Ollie style” again.
Hard-hitting analysis.
Right around 85 pitches…done. It’s something how its been that way. Though a play or two could have helped, he had hit his wall and it was only a matter of time. Its always been how efficient he is with those 85 pitches that gets him further into games.
Oh, and Joe Smith owns Keppinger…lol
lol… thankfully somebody on the staff does.
I will consider your 85-pitch theory.
sure alou could have caught that ball. but the at bat before, in which church made a great catch, indicates that he did fall apart in the inning. he was all over the place, the reds were hitting the ball hard. even if he could have gotten out of the inning unscathed, its pretty clear he got worse in the 6th.
But he didn’t collapse, “Ollie style”, whatever that means.
Well he didn’t collapse Sisk style! It was Ollie, therefore it was Ollie style!
Alou should have caught it, but that hit was smacked as was the foul that Church caught moments earlier. Ollie had a good outing, so no use complaining, but he looked like he was getting gassed a bit.
I agree he got gassed. I just get annoyed with the notion that he always “collapses”.
Wright continues to look horrible at the plate.
great addition to the rest of the wonderful commentary on this site…wait, i was trying to be sarcastic, but on second thought, you fit right in, carry on…
at least he is commenting on the game, and not on another dude’s comment - relax, buddy.
its true. wright has been off, but i have faith he can turn it around. hes probably the most consistent met we have.
as for beltran, hes definitely mr streaky. lets hope we can ride this hot stretch for as long as possible.
and as for delgado…. well i dont have any expectations. i think ultimately, he will improve and church will come down to earth a bit. the net effect will balance each other out.
Yes, Wright looks a little off. However, in the last 10 games, he also does have 2 home runs and 8 rbi’s, and is tied for 3rd in the NL with 31 rbi’s. Wright is the least of our worries. Even in a little bit of a rut the guy is contributing, not to mention his OBP leads the team. He will be fine. Especially with Beltran heating up and Church staying hot, I think in this series against the Nats we will see him click and everyone should be going quite nicely!
LET’S GO METS
Oh wow, I leave a comment when the place was dead and I come back to find out Darkstar had appointed himself the fan police. Dude, as honored as I am to have you respond to my comment, please commence to take your blue and orange head out of your a** and relax. I like Wright as much as the next dude, but the fact remains that he’s still swinging at garbage.
Beltran on the other hand, looked quite relaxed at the plate in this series. Hopefully this series is a sign of better things to come from him.
I agree that he is indeed struggling against righties, but everything we’ve seen from DW over the course of his career indicates that he’ll ultimately snap out of it and put up big numbers - remember how bad he looked in Spring Training and April last year. Plus, now that the rest of the (healthy) lineup is starting to hit, hopefully Wright will ease up on himself and not be overly anxious, as he’s been over the past couple of weeks.