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The Mets (22–19) defeated the Yankees (20–24) by the score of 11 to 2 in Yankee Stadium tonight.
For a boxscore, stats, etc, go to SNY’s Mets Recap Page.
Oliver Perez will test your patience. He ‘looked’ like a total mess out there at times tonight. He was all over the mound, all over the strike zone, he was walking batters, using different arm slots, landing in different places, he was spinning off the mound in his follow through like I had never seen before, yet he was throwing nice and easy, kept it together and allowed just two runs in to the eighth inning. He’s a total enigma, but as long as he’s a successful enigma it works for me.- In the fourth, the Mets picked up a hand full of runs, after starting the inning with the bases loaded and one out. However, Carlos Delgado hit a home run off the bottom of the foul poll in the left-field corner, which was reversed by the home plate umpire following a pow-wow at mid field. It was clearly a home run. The third base ump, who was closest to the play, actually called it out, yet the home plate ump, who was furthest from the play, called it foul. Unreal. What’s worse, is the umpires look confused when doing this sort of work. Get. It. Together. Blue. Jeez. The score should have been 6–0 at that point. Fortunately, Delgado ripped a single to get one back, but still.
- Following the botched call, both Willie Randolph and Jerry Manuel were jawing at the ump from the dugout, but it was Manuel who got tossed and not Willie. People will make a big deal out of this, as if Randolph getting tossed from a game really matters in the grand scheme of the game. Of course, it doesn’t. That said, it’s sort of funny, in that with all the talk of Randolph’s passivity, it’s his bench coach who gets booted. Nice timing, skip.
- I don’t mean to pile on, but why is it so hard for Jon Miller and Joe Morgan to actually talk about the game at hand. It’s right there, on the field in front of them, yet they’re seemingly always talking about some other nonsense that has nothing to do with the game.
- The Mets played some nice defense tonight, including a nice play by Perez and Carlos Delgado. Ryan Church made two nice catches, including a sliding grab to end the second inning.
- Speaking of Church, he hit another home run tonight. He has been this team’s MVP so far, and I’m happy for him. He plays hard, plays well, and I’m glad he’s on this team.
- This game seemed like it was out of reach for the Yankees when it was 8 to 2, but then Jose Reyes clocked a three-run HR in the seventh and that was that. What had been a likely win, turned in to beat down.
- Best part of the game: 20,000 or so Mets fans, with only a few thousand Yankees fans, left in Yankee Stadium during the ninth inning.
- This worked out so well. Given the mood surrounding the team these last few days, beating up on the Yankees in the Bronx on National television has to make them smile on route to Atlanta to take on the Braves.
- By the way, if the Mets are supposedly ‘flat,’ then what on earth are the Yankees. Good luck with that, Hank.
The Mets will be off on Monday, then travel to Atlanta for a double header against the Braves on Tuesday.
jon iller and joe morgan were so annoying last night. at some points i put the game on mute. why the heck are they talking about basketball. i also hate those sportcenter updates. they showed the same thing like 5 times.
Every announcing team that isn’t Gary, Keith and Ron just plain sucks, especially Jon and Joe on ESPN and McCarver on FOX. The SNY bunch (Kevin, too) really are the best at what they do and we are damn lucky to be able to have them in the booth. Let’s hope they don’t split up anytime soon.
Wells said, Mexfan. There is no better broadcast booth team in all of MLB.
Mike Reilly and Bob Davidson, deserve to be fired.
First, mike for allowing an umpire further than him rule on the play. Second, his hand went up right away. How do you go from be sure it was a homerun to being overruled.
Davidson, for thin king his fat arse saw it go foul. If your not sure, why rule after a call was made? The crew last night was the biggest bunch of meatballs I have ever seen.
+1
The SNY broadcasts would mean nothing if not for Giuseppe Franco and Gary Busey.
lmao
The only thing better than a solid Met win over the Yanks is WFAN Steve Somers’ monologue afterwards. After Saturday’s win, his monologue had me partically drive off the road.
Abre-boo
Fansworth..boy, did he get on that guy.
Man, the things he comes up with…pure genius and absolutely hysterical!
i dont mind them talking about basektball every now and then, but that was excessive…not to mention the way they kept starting stories and not finishing them…ugh
I really cant stand these Mets-Yankees 8PM espn sunday night games, i would love a good 1PM SNYgame for these Sundays. Joe Morgan has to explain the finer points of baseball to Jon miller like he is in kindergarten!
The funniest part was Joe talking about how shortstops have to be able to dance, then saying Jeter does it with power and speed where Reyes does it with speed and uh quickness.
Moron.
I actually found that part interesting–though Morgan’s explanation left a lot to be desired. Though Reyes does it with speed, quickness, and power–his arm is clearly better than Jeter’s.
They are such idiots. Did anyone hear how when David Wright tagged up from third, Joe Morgan kept saying how David left early? Then he saw the replay and said that while his foot remained on the bag, his upper body left the bag early. Someone want to explain what that means? Then he just wouldn’t let it go for like 10 minutes, saying that the Yankees would probably appeal at third, showing the replay over and over, commenting on where the umpire was. Hey Morgan, you’re the only one who thought he left early. Just let it go. That was only one of countless moments during their broadcast which left the listening audience a little dumber just for listening.
They also seemed to really believe the foul pole was in the wrong place, which is absurd. And John Miller pronounces Beltran wrong for yet another broadcast–you’d think someone would correct him by now.
Actually Massey, YOU are incorrect with the pronunciation of Beltran. His name is pronounced BELL-tron. Jon Miller actually works very very hard at saying a player’s name correctly. As a broadcaster, he’s got many short comings, but I appreciate his effort to say a guys name the right way.
Well, after the numerous replays and actually shot of the foul pole. It looks like there is a 3 foot gap from the homerun line on the padding to the actual pole. So to fix it they would need to draw the lines a little further in.
Actually, Miller pronounces it, bell-TRON. He always stresses the 2nd syllable. Drives me insane everytime he says it….
Ollie’s line should read: “kept it together and allowed just three……hits in to the eighth inning.”
Ball Game Over! AL East Race Over! AL Wild Card Over! The Yankees SUCK!!!! THHHHHHHHHHHEEEEE YANKEES SUCK!!!
Back to Mets. Let’s not Willie off the hook for 2 good wins. Jerry Manuel did a great job campaigning for the Mets managing job and he got my vote by getting himself tossed.
Great point, Shea1986. Kudos to Jerry Manuel. Your John Sterling needs work, though. It’s more like “DuHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHuHuHuHHH, YANKEEES SUUUUUUUUUUCK! ” :)
i didn’t read all the way down – so my bust if someone else said this.
if you paid attention…. willie was the one yelling at the ump’s and was about to get tossed. manuel then got off the bench and started jawing so that willie didn’t get tossed.
Yeah, I heard the ump say “Shut up, Willie!” before Manuel got tossed. Initially I thought Willie got bounced, then I saw Jerry heading to the clubhouse.
I just do not get it. The Mets are now 1 game out of first and we still get people calling for Wilie to be fired. The team has not had a great stretch yet and we are almost in first. I think in the long run we will run away with it. Besides it isn’t like Willie was sitting on the bench staring at the ground the man was out there arguing Jerry just happened to say the magic word.
I love when the Mets beat the Yankees. It makes work so much more enjoyable the next day, considering I have a bunch of Yankee fans here in the office. What a great weekend.
A bunch? Try the whole office! Me and one girl are the only Mets fans in an office of like 20 people, althiough one guy likes the cubs and one the cardinals. But when thr Mets beat up on the Yankees, all the Yankee fans are so quiet, as if the games were never played right?
In that case, I remind people the games were played by leaving copies of the back page of the Daily News on their respective desks. the headline – Even Bogus Call Can’t Save Yanks from Mets Thrashing.”
Beautiful.
The Subway Series does Matter. There I said it and I LOVE IT.
With all the problems this team has, it sure was nice to go up against another team even more messed up. Especially since that team is the Yankees. A-rod and Posada better come back soon…and while they’re at it, they might want to bring back O’Neill, Brosius, and Bernie, too.
I don’t mean to rain on the parade, but the Nats are plenty messed up and we screwed the pooch against them.
best thing about this game is that we scored 11 runs on 17 total bases, that means we delivered wen there were runners on base. i like to see that!
The only men left on base the whole night?
When bases were loaded in the 4th. EVERY other player came home :)
BTW. They should have come home, too (Delgado’s blown HR reversal)
It seems like the past few years the Yanks have come into this forst interleague series reeling (usually at Shea) and then by the time the June series come up, they are starting to play better. and yet every year, they are in the postseason. but that is the top heavy AL that doesn’t matter anyway.
now about the Mets. it’s now a 9 game road trip that started out 2-0. Let’s see if the team can sustain this momentum.
MLB needs to do something about umpiring whether it is with replay or something else. That is TWICE this year that the original call was correct on a HR and was reversed after huddlign up. At least this time was national TV and hopefully it gets some attention. Neither one had an impact on the game but it is just annoying that someone saw something that should definitely reverse the call that was correct to begin with.
give me a break with the let’s not let willie off the hook garbage. It’s pretty clear that those who want willie gone are not mature enough to give him credit for anything that goes right with the team, in which case they should just stay silent when the mets win.
Show me any evidence of how willie NOT getting tossed hurt the mets? You might say the mets were helped by Jerry getting tossed, but of Willie’s coaches who is the one guy left that he actually hired? Not Rick, not Hojo, it was Jerry…a Willie pick.
Plus, Jerry Manuel is less of a fiery guy than Willie….watch some actual baseball outside of NY, and you would know that from Jerry’s days managing other teams.
Willie did two things right this series that he’s been doing wrong ALL year — and last year two — he stuck with Santana and he stuck with Ollie. Both threw more than 100 pitches and neither turned into a pumpkin. Nice to see. Maybe Willie is learning.
No, getting thrown out of the game is not important. What is important is it took Randolph a very long time to learn to let his starters keep pitching. Too long. That is why you don’t yet let him off the hook.
Bottom line: when Reyes hits, we win.
That’s last year too, not two. I’m an idiot.
umm have you been paying attention to santana’s starts. he threw less pitches on saturday than he has in his last three starts. the difference with saturday was johan was more economical with his pitches.
geez…
umm if the game was 5-2 going into the 8th, you think perez is still out there? You think he SHOULD be out there?
In general i agree with you…Willie goes to the hook a bit early…but i find it ridiculous that you can blame willie for using heilman…heilman can’t turn it around unless he pitches…and heilman, people seem to forget, was sooo good for the mets the last 2 years….also don’t forget, he’s a met prospect…not a hired gun…he should have gotten a greater leash from fans…
not “you” specifically, but people in general =)
Don’t let Willie off the hook!!! You’re making a big mistake if you think this guy is our manager of the future. Who cares that he brought in Manuel. We’ll give him a finder’s fee when Manuel takes his job. Willie is garbage. Him and Heilman have to go. Despite Willie’s best efforts somehow this team is in striking distance of 1st place. A credit to the batting coach, bench coach, bullpen coach, everyone in the front office, EXCEPT WILLIE. Now onto Atlanta…
lot of smoke and no fire in what you just said…
heilman has to go? you must need glasses to see 10 feet in front of you…please put them on.
heilman has been bad…this year…but no heilman, no NL East….he’s that important
Willie did two things right this series that he’s been doing wrong ALL year — and last year two — he stuck with Santana and he stuck with Ollie.
That’s so far off the mark. Willie always leaves a guy in if
1) the Mets are ahead and they don’t need a PH
2) the starter has not reached roughly 95-115 pitches.
3) the starter is not visibly laboring in a key situation late in the game
All 3 situations existed with Ollie and Santana this past weekend.
Willie did not do anything different than what he’s been doing for 3 years. Some of you are delusional.
Not true. Usually as soon as a starter walks a guy or gives up a hit in the sixth or later, ol’ Captain Hook comes a-callin’.
Gotta agree with Tidewater on this one. A walk in the sixth of seventh gets a starter out of there. Unfortunately our sixth or seventh inning guy is Heilman.
Yes, true. Your post is just delusional. I don’t know what team you’ve been watching for the last 3 years but it’s not the Mets.
Willie takes starters out in the 5th or 6th because:
1) the starter is already at about 100 pitches -or-
2) the mets are in a real close game , either behind, tied or ahead by just a run or two and the starter is struggling-or-
3) if the Mets are at bat, they need to go to a pinch hitter
or all 3 of those things. And he’ll do it again.
If you think the next time Ollie or Santana is at 100 pitches in the 5th or 6th that Willie will go with them much longer, then you are delusional.
These starters are on pitch counts. And neither Ollie or Santana exceeded the approximately 100-110 pitch limit this weekend.
Bravo for nailing it exactly on the head! Willie has used the same strategy he’s always used!
I think the best move that Willie made was bringing in Wagner in the 8th inning. Typically that out would have gone to a Heilman or Sanchez, but with the Met lead on the line, he brought in the relief ace to shut it down.
Ollie stayed in yesterday because he wasn’t at 100 pitches in the 5th or 6th and didn’t look like he was about to implode. Santana stayed in because he was at 73 pitches in the 7th. If he hit 100 to 110 pitches by the 6th he would be taken out as well especially since Saturday was a closer game. Letting a guy stay out for the sake of keeping him in longer when he is in the hundreds by the sixth makes no sense. That is how guys like Dusty Baker destroy Wood and Prior.
I agree….Manuel has lways been more fiery than Randolph. Willie deserves to watch his team rout the Yankees. They were not going to change the call anyway, Delgado got a hit anyway, and the innning went on. Call or no call, they took care of business on the field.
Billy Wagner’s outburst = turning point of season?
let’s hope! i live in philly and the fans here hated wagner’s mouth…i for one, as a diehard mets fan, LOVE his fire. he only speaks like that when the team is not playing like they should. he doesnt rant for no reason. i think his comments may have brought the team together, like 2006.
You thought Ollie looked like a total mess?
Wow, I had the exact opposite opinion–less theatrics, more consistent arm angle, better use of the breaking ball, and nice focus.
I thought he was under control too. He only dropped down and threw sidearm once, and when he did, Brian Schneider looked at him and held his arm up overhead, signaling him to keep his arm angle consistent.
That Schneider is a good catcher.
I caught that too. Schneider has done such a great job so far keeping Ollie focused. He has done the same thing with Pelfrey and the other young guys.
Side note: he is one of two Mets batting over .300 with more than 100 plate appearances. The other? Ryan Church. Who misses Milledge and his .621 OPS?
Seriously. Milledge has been awful. I’ve posted this before, but I think he is going to end up being the next Jay Payton. Fast runner (but not a good base stealer), quick bat (but not a lot of power). Basically, no baseball instincts.
He also has done well with Pelfrey who is a completely different pitcher with Brian back there.
Ollie has the “breakdown waiting to happen” label by some fans. So that’s what they worry about all game. It’s annoying.
while it is nice to see the offense come alive (hopefully they will stay awake now!), the key recently has been a string of deep SP performances.
If they can keep getting 7 strong (sometimes more) out of the SPs, it will go a long way toward resting the BP, and letting WIllie “hide” the guys that shouldn’t be pitching much.
I’m thinking that Atlanta and COlorado will be nice for the offense too.
Erm… starting pitching was supposed to be the pillar this team was built around. That’s now starting to ring true – I think we’ve now had something like 7 quality starts in our last 9 games, and one of the ‘misses’ was due to Santana giving up the 4th run in the 8th inning of a game he still won.
The key is definitely the offense coming to life – give Pelfrey a tiny bit of run support and his record’s 4-2 not 2-4.
Pelfrey has been crazy unlucky. 3 runs over his last 13.2 IP and 2 losses to show for it.
That’s not easy to do.
It is almost Holiiday like when he threw 3 or 4 straight complete games but had a 1 and 2 or 1 and 3 record because the Jays did squat in his games.
Agreed. With our SPs getting QS and the team driving in six runs per game (almost 1K per annum), hello october.
Six may be too much, but 5 runs per game would be nice.
Just a very important win on so many levels. I hope this catapults the team.
did anyone see willies postgame? he gave a great account of the umps reaction.
What did he say??
You have a link?
He said that the ump was just looking to bait somebody and run them, and Jerry took the bait. Then he thanked Jerry Manual for haiving his back.
I, as a Willie hater, wanna say that I support Willie NOT getting thrown out. At the time I was steamed, but he ended up making all the right decisions in this game. Even if it was a blowout, using Joe Smith to get out Jeter, and letting Schow close and get the ovation. He wanted to be in there. Good job Willie. And I do credit him with these two wins, just like I blame him for that Heilman game on Wednesday.