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The Mets (69–57) defeated the Braves (56–70) by the score of 7 to 3 tonight in Shea Stadium.
The Mets have won seven of their last eight games, and remain one loss better than the Phillies for first place in the NL East.
For a recap, boxscore, stats, etc., go to SNY.tv.
The Mets opened the game by scoring two runs in the first inning, thanks in part to a well executed hit and run with Jose Reyes on first and Nick Evans at the plate.
However, the Mets did not get another hit until the eighth inning.
Oliver Perez hit a bump in the road during the third inning, letting up a walk and three singles on which three runs scored. Otherwise, he looked strong, despite not having his best stuff.
By the way, the Mets are 8–2 in Perez’s last 10 starts.
In the seventh inning, down one with a runner on first, and down 2–0 in the count, following a meeting at the mound, Luis Ayala rebounded to retire two hitters to end the inning.
Later, in the eighth, with one on, the Mets still down one, and with two outs, Aaron Heilman ended up walking a batter, despite having been up 1–2 in the count, but he too rebounded to get the inning’s final batter to pop up in foul ground to end the inning.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, following two walks and infield dribbler from Carlos Beltran, Carlos Delgado ripped a two-run double off the wall in left, which kicked off a five-run rally that put the Mets up by four.
Why did Jerry Manuel has Joe Smith and Pedro Feliciano throwing in the bullpen, with Scott Schoeneweis on the mound and the Mets up by four in the ninth. I don’t understand why he would even bother having a pitcher get up, stretch and throw, let alone two pitchers, considering the current state of the bullpen.
Speaking of which, and people think the Mets have bullpen issues. Ask a Braves fan to sing you a few bars of that song, assuming you can find a Braves fan.
The Mets continue their three-game series against the Braves tomorrow night in Shea, starting at 7 pm, with Mike Pelfrey (11-8, 3.91 ERA) taking on Jarr Jurrjens (11-8, 3.15 ERA).
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What’s the name of the song they play on the organ at Shea for mound visits?? Not Green Onion, the other one!!
Sorry if I have posted this already but its’ driving me nuts!
I think they play it for pitching changes too!
On a related note (I know I posted this in the game thread too) but what are Jose Reyes’ first two at bat songs?
Thanks alot in advance.
earlier this year (i don’t know if he still uses it) one of them was ‘this is why i’m hot’
Ha, unfortunately the legendary MIMS track wasn’t what I was going for (god that song has not lasted the test of time.)
I’m wondering about the first reggeaton one that doesn’t address him by name. The second one that says his name in it would be a nice bonus!
I’ve heard someone mention here that it’s a song a friend of his recorded for him. It’s definitely a song about/for Jose Reyes and mentions him by name, but I’ve never made out much of the lyrics.
Okay so NO ONE knows the name of the song they play on the organ for the mound visits/pitching changes??
what is the song they play when santana warms up in the begining of the game and bats?
Smooth by Santana. Carlos Santana.
Get it? Cause they’re both named Santana!
…but seriously, its a very good song.
Just doesn’t get any better than this.
Great comeback.
Kudos to Ollie and the BP.
great game….man i love it when they beat up the braves…i also love love love watching other teams bullpens implode
The Brave’s bullpen delivered a familiar performance. Sure is nice to be on the right side of that.
Good to see a strong performance by the Mets, keep the train rolling!
Yeah, that was seriously the best part. When the Braves gave up the lead in the 8th with their bullpen, everyone in the stands was celebrating with a “so glad it’s them and not us” look on their faces.
Yeah, Braves pen is by far the worst in the league. But hell, these are the teams we are supposed to beat and have not been until lately.
Very important comeback win, get a nice streak going at home. Good to see Delgado get a big hit late in the game…maybe that will get him out of his funk.
I really wish we could all drop this “teams we’re supposed to beat” thing.
I’m sorry to be singling out your post, because you’re not saying anything I disagree with, but even when we just mean “this is the easier part of the schedule and we can’t lose ground now”, the phrase just smacks of Yankee entitlement, you know? Even great teams only beat terrible teams two times out of every three, and the Braves aren’t even a bad team, just a kind of underachieving one. The expression makes it sound like we think teams like Atlanta and Pittsburgh are beneath us, that failing to sweep them is a disgrace.
Well you just kind of said it yourself. You acknowledge that the bravos are an underachieving team. Therefore wouldnt it be a disgrace to be beat by an underachieving team? We are a better team than they are right now in terms of talent and accomplishments, we should be beating teams like washington/pirates/braves.
I think Manuel had Smith and Feliciano warming up in the 9th BECAUSE of the current state of the bullpen. These guys can blow up at any moment.
True, but part of that is rest, and even if they don’t get into the game, getting up and throwing is tiring. Gotta try to limit that kind of thing. If you really need, wait until the situation is getting more dire and then you can always employ mound visits and throws over to buy time.
I agree that it can tire the guys out and I was confused when I saw them in the bullpen but honestly they showed Smith and Feliciano about 4 times in the inning and neither one threw a pitch that I saw. So perhaps they were just standing up prepared to feverishly warm up if Show got into trouble.
Guys, Matt was being sarcastic. Cmon…
I don’t think he was being sarcastic at all. It looks like he was saying that, given the current sorry state of the Mets’ bullpen, why would he risk further tiring Smith and Feliciano by having them warm up with a 4-run lead.
And, I must say, I disagree with that. Well, maybe it was unnecessary to have *two* people warming up, but since these relievers keep blowing leads–including 4-run leads–Manuel cannot be too careful. Recently, seemingly secure leads have disappeared–or at least shrunk–in the blink of an eye. Without warning, we learn that a particular reliever doesn’t have it on a particular night, and then the game is too close for comfort–or worse, the Mets are tied or behind. It’s unfortunate, because you *would* like to get your relievers as much rest as possible, but the bullpen has been far too unreliable to have that luxury now.
Matt - Delgado’s two-run double was hit to left field.
Obviously a wise move by Jerry. Closing out games will be a group effort. If for any reason Scotty got into trouble (lets say Larry hits a 2 or 3 run hr) we would have an able arm ready.
At this point we are all scoreboard watching and cannot afford
to lose a game in which we just took the lead because of another failed attempt by our pen
Good Move Jerry
Good Inning Scotty
Good Game Mets
Mets still in first, and Yanks just a game out! Of 4th that is.
d wright cracked the met top 10 alltime in SF. Tied with Stearns.
I think the fact that he is climbing the club’s offensive record books speaks more of the team’s historic futility with the bats then the skill of David Wright….Of course he is pretty good himself.
That is a sad, but very good point.
Yup. With the news with Billy though, I want to see if they can pull off a trade for Weathers. I’m happy with this win. A lose would have been bad for this club because it could have started a losing streak.
Didn’t someone block Weathers on waivers so he can’t be traded?
I don’t know if Weathers, specifically, was blocked, but you have to presume that the Phils and/or Marlins will block any potential reliever that the Mets could acquire. It’s the one downside to being in first place–the teams chasing them get a crack at all the players first, and can block the Mets from getting *anybody*.
“However, the Mets did not get another hit until the eighth inning.”
Uh, Matt, the Mets got a hit in the 5th inning.
Correct, they had one hit between the 1st and eight innings.
Could have fooled me :)
It can’t get any better with the Yankees losing. If they someone win that division 11 out with 30 something to go, I’ll be convinced the umpire’s are pulling a Donaghy.
It could be better with a Phillies loss. Who cares about the Yanks…
Actually it could. I’d much rather see the Phils lose. I couldn’t care less about the Yankees at this point.
i win =)
Yeah, can’t wait to see Yankee fans personally dismantle Yankee stadium themselves, they don’t need a construction crew to take it down. lol
Matt, with the way the bullpen has been how can you blame Jerry for making sure he’s prepared in case of a sudden bullpen blowup? Its only a 4 run lead, you put a couple on and you are staring at the tying run soon.
R.I.P. Leroi Moore.
SARCASM!
Again, that didn’t appear to be sarcasm at all. Matt acknowledged a reason for Manuel’s concern, but said he was more concerned with wearing out the relievers by warming them up with a 4-run lead in the 9th.
Well, that’s just a matter of New York competition. The way the central is, it’d seem impossible that the playoff’s would be big enough for the Mets and Phillies to get in. You’re right though. A Phillies loss would have been big. Who ever doesn’t take advantage of playing Washington isn’t even worthy of any attention in my mind. I think the Nats can pick up maybe one out of these next two though. At one point or another, Lidge will begin to crunch under pressure. Billy’s ability to handle it was better in Houston than Lidge’s, but it’ll eventually catch up to him in Philly like the fans got on Wagner there. Wouldn’t shock me if Lidge ends up a Met one day or if Russell Martin does the way how the Mets get good Dodger catchers.
Eventually, the Nats have to win again, so we do have the law of probability on our side. Still, it’s no guarantee that the next win will come in this series against Philly. Hopefully it will, though.
Ryan Church played 7 innings tonight, 1 for 3 with an RBI double.
Closer and closer…..
Awesome, can’t wait to seem Church back. :)