The Game:
The first place Mets (79-61) begin a three-game series versus the second place Phillies (76-64) tonight at Shea Stadium, starting at 7:10 pm.
The Lineup:
- SS Jose Reyes
- LF Daniel Murphy
- 3B David Wright
- 1B Carlos Delgado
- CF Carlos Beltran
- RF Ryan Church
- 2B Luis Castillo
- C Brian Schneider
- P Mike Pelfrey
The Pitchers:
RHP Mike Pelfrey (13-8, 3.66 ERA) starts for the Mets. Pelfrey is 1-1 with a 4.80 ERA in three career starts versus the Phillies. Left-handed batters are hitting .315 versus Pelfrey this season. Pelfrey leads the team with 270 ground outs. He is 6-1 with a 2.17 ERA in his last nine home starts.
RHP Brett Myers (8-10, 4.40 ERA) starts for the Phillies. In seven starts since July 20, Myers is 5-1 with a 1.78 ERA. Myers has held opponent to eight walks over his last 50.2 IP. He is 2-7 with a 6.01 ERA in 14 road starts this season. The Phillies are 10-3 in Myers 13 career starts at Shea Stadium.
The Notes:
The Mets are 10-5 versus the Phillies this season, including 4-2 at Shea Stadium.
Carlos Beltran batted .387 with 3 HR and 10 RBI during the Mets recent road trip. He is 9-for-29 (.310) with 3 2B, 1 HR and 6 RBI in his carrer versus Myers.
The Mets have hit a homerun in 14 consecutive games.
Jose Reyes is batting .345 (20-for-58) with 3 2B, 4 3B and 9 runs over his last 13 games. He is batting .308 with 2 2B, 1 HR and 5 RBI in 39 career at-bats versus Myers.
The Phillies are 10-48 when trailing after seven innings this season.
J.C. Romero has allowed three runs over his last 21 appearances. He has allowed four runs in 10.0 IP against the Mets this season.
Jimmy Rollins is batting .463 (19-for-41) with 2 HR and 10 RBI in his last 10 games. Rollins has one hit, a homerunm in three career at-bats versus Pelfrey.
How To Catch It:
Today’s game can be seen locally on CW11 and heard on WFAN.
The Bleachers:
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…enjoy, and as always, Let’s Go Mets…
{ 616 comments }
Works for me. I know you all hate him, but doesn’t Castillo’s speed get buried hitting 7th in front of Schneider and Pelfrey? Whereas Murphy’s better power would fit better down there? nit-picking, but it’s there.
We can compromise, and bat Castillo 8th if the haters like. This allows Pelfrey to bunt him over, and Reyes to drive him in on a single.
I gotta agree with you. Luis should be hitting 8th especially with Schneiders recent power surge.
Although most will credit Willie’s departure for the turn in the season, the Mets inserted a hardnose second basemen named Damion Easley at second at the same time. This isn’t a coincidence and I’d love to hear the rational explanation why Easley is not playing in big games?
Im so pumped for this game–woke up at 6 am on my saturday so I could follow along from China.
I hope the Mets beat up Myers like he….well, you know.
Get the coffee brewing, dude and Enjoy !
I have Coffee brewing and alcohol ready just in case we get too big a lead too early ;-)
and…… here…… we…………… GO!
wow – didn’t realize this: ‘The Mets have hit a homerun in 14 consecutive games.’
Keep it up, boys. Let’s go Big Pelf and Let’s Go Mets !!
Kind of bummed this is on CW11 – no pregame show.
I don’t even think I’m gonna get the game. They shouldn’t be allowed to black games out.
You don’t get CW11? oh..because you’re out of market, but it’s on regular TV, so you don’t get it because you should watch on CW, but your affiliate doesn’t play the game?
Huh? You lost me. I do get CW11, btw.
You’re right – that sux.
I’m even more impressed with the incredible defensive run they’ve had. Not sure what it is right now but it should be something like 5 errors in 40+ games.
uhmm … easley is hitting .455 in 11 ABs against myers while castillo is batting .176 vs. him in 34 ABs????? why is castillo in the lineup? he better make some stellar defensive plays and walk, SB, etc…
Castillo’s just better, but this surprises me, usually Manuel is in love with matchups like that.
if the bottom 3 of the lineup can do something today… we’re golden.
Wife Beater’s due to get hit hard. This game is extra big because I still have no confidence in Pedro.
he actually has been getting hit hard in his last few outings and has had trouble locating his fastball.
I think we are going to blow him up today…
I can see why Philly fans hate Charlie Manuel.
Im listening to Eddie C interview him right now and he sounds like a yokel version of willie.
man i am so stoked for this series! LETS GO METS!!!
If Pelfrey could just drill Rollins on the 1st pitch of the game, he’ll be “one of us” forever.
“Gooble gobble one of us…”
freaks…nice…
LOL look at the game thread on beerleaguer: They bill this as a “Heavyweight Bout”
In that corner, Bret Myers. In the other corner…. Mrs. Myers.
This series is so more important for the phillies. We have no pressure on us at all. I have no doubt we will win 2 out of 3 cause we have seen no different this year.
Agreed. As long as we win one game we are fine.
Great, the idiot Philly announcers.
Screw you MLB Extra Innings.
man i hate that cw11 has this game…i’ve got the crappy phils pheed on lo-def with a phillies big moments at shea montage…oh well…LETS GO METS!!!!
I’m beyond excited for this game!
LETS GO METS!!! GO GET ‘EM BIG PELF!
they just showed the tatis walkoff…ahh sweet memories
They made the clips seem like it’s been back and forth all year, ah blatant homerism.
they made sure to show the reyes finger in the air, and they mentioned the mets celebrating twice…i hate everything about the girl horses…i won’t even eat campbells soup anymore because of them
They should use that thing from that movie with Ben Stiller when he said Just do it to say just win the division already on the jumbo tron lol
LET’S DO THIS!!!!!!!
what is it with the stupid chin beards on the girl horses? does everybody have one? i hate this team
Turn two boys. I can’t remember the last time the Phillies scored before us. Let’s not let them score.
I don’t know what’ll be better seeing Brett Myers looking distressed on the mound or hearing Harry Kalas depressed.
LOL @ U BURRELL
how did that get there
whatever, i bet kalas just wheezed at that
I’m starting to hate victorino more than any phillie
damn…
No doubt in my mind, I hate Victorino the MOST!
terrible throw.
Umm… isn’t Castillo supposed to be backing that up?
Forget about Castillo
Huh?
Does the 2nd baseman no longer back up on that play? I’m relatively pro-Castillo, at least as much as one could be. Gary/Keith/Ron didn’t really bring it up. Shouldn’t he be there?
I’m not sure myself. Probably, but he can’t necessarily vacate the hole until after the pitch either, and by then it’s probably too late.
Come on. Let’s score some runs
alright no big deal.
Gary ‘Can of corn at Shea’, homrun at CBP’.
Sit down, Howard.
*homerun
Dude, I think we’re all smart enough to figure out you forgot the ‘E”. LOL
LOL – just trying to correct myself before those that love to correct mis-spellings and grammar jump all over me.
you forgot an ‘e’
idiot
j/k
whats a homrun?
Jesus Christ these announcers are horrible.
Only they could make this game feel like a Giants broadcast.
How is that an earned run? Retarded.
Okay, Myers has gotten hit hard in his last two starts and has had trouble locating his fastball. Ler’s put up a crooked number boys!!!
the campbell soup guy just called murphy dennis and ryan church is now brian church…at least learn the freakin names
The Phils guys are brutal…not quite the homers the Fish and Nats announcers are (and don’t get me started on teh D’bag announcers) but the Phils announcers are one step from the grave and do NO homework.
I gave up on them tonight and switched to MLB.tv. which has the NY feed.
here comes the wife beater
The “Hitting Machine”!!!!!!!
pat “the glove” burrell!
MURPHHHHHHHHH
How do I get that Pat Burrell dive flop flop on a continuous loop?
All right Murph. Get him home, David.
That was hilarious.
lmao someone has to post that on youtube
gary is really putting down the phils tonight
And reading the comments on Beerleaguer, they’re all over Gary for that – lol.
HAHAHAHAH i love watching burrell in left field. oh man thats high comedy
that 2-2 pitch was CLOSE
Crap.
Stupid CW11…now I have to watch the Philly feed on Extra Innings all night. Ugh.
Oh…good…..NY feed on MLB.tv
Phew.
You pay for both?
Of course…just for occasions like this. Also useful when at work I can watch the game live on my comp OR I can DVR the game on Extra Innings and watch later depending on the day/occasion and my other plans.
Plus the MLB.tv includes the MLB.audio for national blackout games.
Why not have both?
Neither are expensive.
well, ‘expensive’ is relative. I’d just run mlb.tv from my computer into my tv if I needed to.
Quality is better on the TV and I can DVR the Extra Innings.
The total for both was a couple hundred bucks – for a season of baseball. Heck, I made that much on a good day in my high school job. It’s really a pretty good deal, IMHO.
Just wish Extra Innings would let you choose which feed you want for the year, or always have home and away feeds available. Too many times I get home to settle in and watch a Mets game after a long day…only to have to endure the unprofessional hacks that populate the TV booths in Miami, DC, Phoenix, etc.
Damn
backwards k!
SIT DOWN!
i am sitting down.
im lying in bed and typing.
my bad…i didn’t mean to yell at everyone…you can lie down in you want
BIG PELF!!!
Looking good, Carlos.
Yea Beltran!!!!!!
NICEE CARLOS
It looks like pelf’s control is a little off…normally he always gets ahead in the count and last inning he fell behing 3-0 a couple times……im not complaining tho..he still has some dirty stuff
the gir horses are doing all they can to help him though…they’ve been swinging at nearly everything so far
wheres slappy mchomerton?
come luis one time
making him work
following this in the middle of the night from italy…don’t let me down luis…
i hate castillo
Don’t forget, this is ‘Slappy”.
thats not a strike
well, one good thing so far is that myers has thrown a ton a pitches, if we cant get to him we can definitely light up there bullpen!
wow…these guys are talking about schneider like he’s willie mays…i can’t believe they’re walking him in the 2nd inning of a 1 run game
Reyes leads off, good job.
works for us, well have the top of the order next inning instead of pelf leading off,
Nice that Castillo burned a bunch of pitches before getting out. That’s really the most you can ask for him.
The most you can ask of a $24M player? LOL
What? Do you really expect him to do any better?
You treat your players based on how they play baseball, not how much they’re getting paid. Having Castillo on the team sucks. But I’m glad to see him have a productive at bat, for him.
come on Big Pelf make him pay
myers over 40 pitches threw 2 innings, we will get to him sooner or later
42 pitches through 2 for the wife beater at least
don’t worry, he’ll throw 4 next inning.
he cant get pelf out with a fastball
so, the phillies get a gift first-inning run, and the mets blow two early chances. who else doesn’t like how that makes them feel on the inside?
honestly, im just as comfortable playing from behind. i hate the feeling i have watching this team against philly with a lead.
true!
Agree, let Phillies feel the pressure of having to hold a lead.
Exactly, no lead for the bullpen to blow, maybe they can actually win the first game of a Phillies series for once
I;m not saying I don’t think the Mets will win. I just would have like one of those runners to find their way home to tie it
I’m still not exactly sure why Reyes didn’t try to stop Schneider’s throw. I mean I know the simple answer is that he’s a moron, but you have to wonder if he thought the would hit Victorino or if he thought he had someone backing him up.
I’m still trying to figure out why Castillo wasn’t backing up. Someone mentioned above that maybe Castillo had to stay put to not move out of position.
to be honest i think he was scared that if he reached for it he would have colided with the baserunner and gotten injured…but he defenitely should have done whatever he could to block it
with utley up, castillo should not have been backing up
Yea Big Pelf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If Reyes can get on, I have all the confidence in the world that Murphy can have a productive AB.
I don’t understand people who talk on their phones at games
it’s simple, they’re as.sholes
I disagree. I think they are morons.
i think d****bags sums it all up
im liking pelf’s stuff right now, hes settling down into a good groove althought hes thrown almost as many pitches as myers. dont see him going to deep tonight
Oh, man…..
Why does Howard become Keith Hernandez every time he plays the Mets?
Gees, nothing is going their way so far.
howard makes one good play a year…why couldn’t he do that against the freakin braves or something?
robbed of a triple
Don’t like the karma so far.
i hear ya on that one!
damn! one of those days unfortunately!
The Mets dugout has to start a “wifebeater” chant and get this clown off his game
Great at bat. You are allowed to swing, David
hmmm….what was he looking at?
*sigh* David….
wright just doesnt look comfortable at the plate. how many times has he struck out in the last few games. wonder whats his deal.
and a rod wright with another K
horrid. simply horrid
DWright is completely lost at the plate.
made him work that inning.
I totally agree I’m not liking the karma of this game right now.
not that big of a deal to strike out with 2 outs and nobody on
What could he possibly have been looking for right there? Jesus.
i agree, i’d like to think that in that situation I could even get a hit. i mean, you look at anything close to the plate and swing. even if you look like a fool, just swing. how can you not swing there? i just don’t get it. it’s as if he is thinking curveball and is waiting back and then it’s too late. bad, just bad
ball was right down broadway. I don’t get it.
but i’ll bet ya that if the mets are up 6-0 then wright will hit a HR. but not when we need him!
i’ll betcha that if the mets were winning you wouldn’t post!
i’;ll betcha you are wrong, and you are a moron
namecalling…the surest sign you’ve won an argument
sorry but i’m so tired of people on here commenting on OTHER people’s comments rather than on the game or the subject. it’s disgusting. just mind your own business
forgive me…i just get really tired of defending the team against it’s own fans. baseball players slump, it’s a part of the game, mays slumped, ruth slumped, gwynn slumped…everybody slumps. the guy who put the team on his back for over a season is slumping and the people here act like he’s the worst ballplayer on the planet. i didn’t mean to attack you personally and i’m sorry if you took it that way.
it’s ok and i usually like and agree with your posts. i was just thinking of you in the same light as therealsince86 who only posts on other people’s comments and NEVER on the subject. either way, i really wasn’t bashing wright, nor did I say that he is the worst ballplayer ever. just a comment on how poor he has been lately, especially in big spots. obviously he is a great player and has done great things…and he will again, soon I hope. either way, sorry for the rude namecalling. that was not cool. my bad.
thanks man, likewise…i think we’ll both be in a much better mood if the mets take the lead…
but i will always bash castillo…and you can’t stop me there! haha
yeah, you are right about that
agreed on castillo…might even join you on occasion!
what the heck is your deal anyway, i make a comment on the fact that wright has been simply horrible at the plate lately and i’m a negative poster…give it a rest dude, or should i call you therealsince86???
No one is allowed to say anything critical against David. He is having an outstanding season. He is allowed to have a bad 3 or 4 straight weeks.
Now we can look forward to some Wright defender chastising us because he leads the league in some convoluted stat no one has ever heard of.
He leads the league in leading off an inning after making a sparkling defensive play at third.
like 5th in RBIs? How convoluted does it get?
5th in RBIs with a bad RISP avg and not many of those being exactly timely. Didn’t say he wasn’t a very good player, just a tad overrated.
they need to get out of this next half quick and change the mo of this game or this is only going to get worse. very important to get past the middle this inning. the way they are looking right now, they may not be able to afford to get behind too much tonight
i think they’ll be ok. it’s only the 4th inning. the Mets still got some mo
meant to add, at least it is only a small deficit to this point, but they are looking real real bad against myers tonight.
man, walk to howard. bad news
manuel’s gotta sit david down and figure this out. extra BP or whatever but were gonna need david now more than ever
agreed. while the team is rolling along to this point with him really struggling, they will go nowhere without him.
David will be all right. better he gets this out of his system and then has a torrid last three weeks.
his saving grace is his great defense.
Not according to Mike Francessa, he says DWright is, and I quote, ‘Worst Defensive Third Baseman In Baseball.” End quote.
which is “the most moronic thing i have ever heard.” you can quote me if you want.
LOL. I will. Same here. So stupid.
Pelfrey looks good. That’s very encouraging amidst our slumbering bats.
the thing with howard is that he was actually somewhat of a defensive prospect (in addition to his bat) in the minors…I’m not saying he’s not bad first baseman most of the time…it just doesn’t surprise me that much when he does make a good play
i hear what you are saying…but i am still shocked. lol. that ball looked past him on the replay.
alright big pelf!!!!! now, get something started!!!!
I think it’s safe to say Burrell’s Met-killer status is in jeopardy.
dont jinx it! PLEASE!
No, it isn’t. Burrell has the most career homers against the Mets of any player. More than Bonds, and more than Chipper.
I’d LOVE to agree with you, but he’s earned a lifetime of hate from us.
Very nice, Mike.
im just praying that this doesnt turn into one of those “we wasted a good start from our pitching” you guys know what im talking about
Yea Big Pelf!!!!!!!!!
pelf looking like santana on the mound with his defense…give that kid a gold glove!
Wright was hitting as recently as Florida last weekend. Let him play his way through this. It’s not like we have some amazing 3B to play instead. His glove alone makes him our best 3B even if he’s an automatic out.
who said they wanted David off the team? it would just be nice if the Mets golden boy could be golden in a big spot every once in awhile
That was a response to all the “sit Wright” comments. One off day might help. But I think he generally needs to bat his way through this.
So far, Pelf is holding up his end of the bargain. Offense needs to do their part…and soon…
real soon. this is looking really bad to this point. they are only getting worse.
Not according to Mike Francessa, he says DWright is, and I quote, ‘Worst Defensive Third Baseman In Baseball.” End quote.
What a tool…
Exactly.
he should just eat himself
way to totally lose all patience. that is a bad sign.
Come on, even the Philly fans booed Mike Schmidt. Who cares what he thinks?
‘The Mets know you are better than them’.
Oh, and one other thing about Wright. All this “his RBIs aren’t timely” garbage has to stop. Yes, he’s been bad late in games.
But we’ve all (justifiably) complained about how the Mets’ offense shuts down in the 2nd half of games. Wright’s not hitting homers with the Mets up 6 in the 8th. He’s driving in runs early in the game.
Early runs are ALWAYS big runs.
judging by the first 4 innings of this game, the season is officially over, go home Met fans, start freaking out, we suck.
i am starting to really get concerned with this game. they are looking at strikes and swinging at balls, losing patience…just looking really really bad. they need to turn it around quick.
We’re in trouble cuz Myers pitch count cant be too high right now
They are making Meyers look real good here
jesus this is not good so far
if would be easier to swallow if the Phils didn’t score the way they did. if the Mets lose 1-0 that would be unfortunate
what’s myers’ pitch count? he’s cruising right now…
He’s at 61.
If my count is correct, 42 the first two innings, 19 pitches the last two…
Ugh, so many strikeouts…
And so few pitches the last 2 innings for Myers…we were making him work in the first 2…now he’s cruising…
Why can’t they hit this bum, it’s not like he’s throwing 99mph. Geeess.
There’s a decent chance that we’ll lose this game. Just wanted to get that out of the way, before everyone gets too panicky. It won’t be the end of the world.
We also might win. If we do, yay!
So you’re saying it’s 50/50?
Everything’s 50/50. Either it’ll happen, or it won’t.
Pedro pitching the next game worries me if the Mets lost tonight
Who is going for the female horses tomorrow? I know Sunday is Johan and Hamels.
Tomorrow’s probably going to be rained out too, for what that’s worth.
Moyer, but frankly, if Pedro is slightly off with his location, it doesn’t matter
Can it start raining right now!!!!!
as bad as it is right now, god, all they need are a few hits and a run on the board…..just get them already. maybe once they open the tap, the phillies won’t be able to shut it off
i meant to toss a “maybe” the phillies won’t be able to shut if off in there.
i’m only able to watch on gamecast but all these strikeouts ..ugh its killing me!!
im stuck at work on mlb gameday! sucks waiting to see the next pitch update!!!
we need to get to myers, hes thrown alot of pitches and we are wasting all these goose eggs pelf is putting up! we are not known for scoring late so im worried
If the Mets stay close, they will win. Not a jinx, just a probability.
we need a solo shot
couple of bloops, an error and a bomb. why not aim high? that said, i will take anything.
I’d rather see ‘em string together some base hits…
i agree, but i just want runs, i don’t truly care.
well, pelf is doing his job. wish he wasn’t getting the Santana treatment…
wifebeater exerted more energy running to first than his last two innings pitching combined
Easy inning for Pelf there…
Lets make it a hard one for Myers in the bottom of the 5th…
Yea Big Pelf!!!! Can we score some freaking runs please.
It’s a one run deficit. Mike is pitching good. As we’ve seen lately anything can happen in the later innings.
agreed, it is just always better on the side with the one run lead…
They have to win this game otherwise the Phils have a better chance of winning this series and I will start having flash backs of last year
mentally, for us at least, it would be much better to win this one to start this series
honestly, with myers pitch count i think one big hit or solo shot will open the flood gates. then we can light up the bullpen
dude, i know you said you are on gameday, but you do realize hes starting the 5th at around 60 pitches? nothing big about that count
Where are all the Mets fans Shea sounds like a funeral
If we lose 2 out of 3 its not the end of hte world…if we cant win games against other teams we arent making the playoffs either way
wait, its not the end of the world? I thought for sure the season ended if we lost 2 of 3 and we wouldn’t even be allowed to play the rest of the games!
this “September demons” crap is so overplayed. Last time I checked, Glavine is off the team, Delgado is an MVP candidate, and Willie is home scratching lottery cards right now
You forgot perhaps the biggest reasons…Mota and Sosa.
Come on Mr. so-called OBP.
fastball. curveball. get him already.
walk here would be huge
this ump blows
NO WAY
I cannot wait to eat this dude’s contract. He’s just completely useless.
thats an AWFUL call on a bad pitch that was supposed to be away
this is horrid to watch. it doesn’t help that now myers is getting more pitches.
He must have 9:30 dinner reservations.
HOW MANY STRIKEOUTS LOOKING CAN THEY HAVE? can someone tell me if they actually are strikeouts or if the ump blowS?
2 Backwards K’s for this Jagov!!@!
someone just hit the ball hard…..or at all
slappy is killing me, we should have easliy or reyes in!
look at it this way, if the Mets come back after this pitching performance, it will sting even more for the Phillies
freakin ryan howard…
its alright Reyes is gonna lead off with a triple next AB
he already did that, except for that stupid play by keith howard, or perhaps ryan hernandez
Picked right up where he left off in the minors (1-24)
**Castillo**
did the Mets forget that they didn’t score in the first or do they not bother showing up offensively 2-7?
Give Myers some credit here. Yea I hate him too but he’s been pitching like this for a while, it’s no fluke.
jesus, if the Mets are going to lose at least tack on some runs Philly
well, this could be the game this time through. got to hold them again.
GAMES OVER, SEASON’S OVER, GO HOME MET FANS, CRY TO YOUR MOMMY’S LIKE YOU KNOW HOW TO DO SO WELL.
????????
The phillies are a garbage team
must get rollins here
Key batter.
how many times this yr have u heard gary cohen say “and now that is 9 batters in a row set down by (opposing pitcher’s name)”
TOO MANY TIMES!
its still ok, but we gotta do something here in the 6th with the top of the order coming up
We will.
well, top of there order next inning. one more 1-2-3 inning from pelf and lets start hitting myers hard. COMMON METS!!!
agreed! let’s go!
well, this is trouble
check that. great great move!
HAHAHA – Sit down, Rollins!
NICE!!! KILLED THAT THREAT REAL QUICK!!!
Relax. You guy’s think the Mets are out of this game? It’s 1-0. If we were winning 1-0, more people would be talking about good Pelfrey is doing. Jerry has to shake things up. You can’t allow Church to keep going up there. He’s struck out 10 out of 18 times in his career against Myers. Bring in Tatis even if he is righty. He always seems to do something. Bring in Easley. The lefty-righty things don’t matter when you aren’t hitting. Easley went like 4 for 5 in a game against the Phillies like two weeks ago.
Luis Castillo isn’t doing anything either. He takes strike three. He’ll do it again tonight. A close pitch is coming on a 2-2 or full count. He’ll get mad at the ump even though he should see it coming. The guy slaps at the ball. He has not one ounce of power from the left side of the plate. He steps in the bucket to the point that he cant even foul balls out of the infield.
HAHAHA!
can’t you see a kid 30 years from now looking down a list of past MVP winners and wondering, “who the hell is Jimmy Rollins?”
PICKED OFF!!!!
pelfrey should dance on the mound
hahaha F u rollins
Where’s your big smile now Jimmy? Could this be a turning point in the game?
Victorino is someone you just want to punch
OVER AND OVER AGAIN
hate that punk
maybe that’s why he wears the double flapped helmet
He is isn’t he.
Jimmy didn’t like Pelfrey’s body language after he picked him off
oh, come on. myers, that would have been strike 3
I might be in the minority but this game is extremely important from a Mets psyche persepctive. Last year all they needed was one win against the Phillies in their last series and they got swept.
Remember the Mets were playing extremely well prior to the series against the Phillies that began the 7 with 17. If they win today they will be even more relaxed the next two games and will give them that sentiment of we can beat this team late in the season.
Mets have to win 1 game and this series is essentially nullified. Of course, that’s not the first time I’ve said that in a Mets/Phillies series
i agree to a point. if anything, it takes a load of pressure off of them, perhaps allowing them to go after the next two with a more clear head.
it would hurt for all of us either.
Lets Score some runs please and can someone kidnap slappy after the game
when do mets playoff tickets go on sale
anyone know?
My boy got something in the mail about having to give money for playoff tickets by September 15th.
These kinds of games remind you why you want to get on top even if it’s a 1-0 game. I bet if the Mets were away in this game, they would have scored in the top of the 1st. They should have scored in the 2nd. You got a runner on second with no outs. They had a runner in scoring position the inning before. They got to play small ball. That means if Ryan Church has to bunt, he has to bunt. Egos go bye bye. That’s how your win games.
Victorino’s face reminds me of Heffer from Rocko’s Modern Life.
perhaps the single greatest show ever to air on nick
Mets need to start trying to drag bunting and hitting and running now, Mets can’t wait around when they get a runner on base in this game, Myers is dealing.
Big Pelf is the man.
pelfrey is a good pitcher
for some reason this made me spit out my drink. hilarious
Man, just how good is Big Pelf.
They need to get him some runs.
come on Mets, just get ONE FCKING RUN
Nice work Mets! All Pelf has to do is keep it close to give the Mets a chance.
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No More K’s
it was supposed to be in the shape of a K, dont mind me
agreed.
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more met hits leading to met
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in turn leading to met
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come on jose!!!!!!!!!
Can we score some freaking runs for the Big Pelf Please!!!!!
Mets will need to start playing small ball and hope that Myers starts wearing down soon.
man you just cant ask for a better start, way to go PELF!!! now we gotta take advantage!
TOP of the order…COME ON GUYS HE BEATS HIS WIFE, USE THAT AS MOTIVATION!!!
wouldn’t mind seeing the following tonight:
Bottom 9th, Phils up 1-0, and Lidge blows his first save of the season by giving up a grand slam single to Jose Reyes.
Mets 2-1 win.
ball 2
STOP SWINGING AT THE CURVE IN THE DIRT!!!!!!!!!!
85 pitches from pelf, hopefully he can go 7 but 8 would be a bonus!
It’s like the Mets realized Pelfrey is good, so they started giving him the Santana treatment.
lol
Meyers is pitching like Johan
if you’re not going to hit the guy, at LEAST make him pitch
he’d be in jail
whoops, wrong response
It should be 0-0….soooo frustrating!
If Brett Myers weren’t a baseball pitcher, what would he be doing for a living? lol
Myers is making the Mets anxious, Mets might not see a base again. lol
that was a strike
MURPHY !!
Can the fans at Shea act like they are at a game instead of church
Because you can really tell if you’re not there. They’re making noise, just not a lot to do it about.
nice hit danny boy!!!
great AB from Murphy….works the pitch count…makes myers throw a lot of pitches then gets a base knock
2 base knock
Danny boy. One Jacksonville guy ropes it off another.
its 8:40 and its the bottom of the 6th, slow down guys
got to get murphy in here
let’s see what you can do wright
DAMMMMM that needed to be a homerun…unless wright can get a clutch single…ummm nevermind thats not possible
Can we score a damn run now? That’s why Danny is a table setter. Maybe David can come through. Or Delgado.
Let’s get one in please! get em’ in!
We’re watching a future super star in the makings folks. A pure hitting machine!
ok David, let’s try this for once, get ahead in the count, and get a clutch RBI
how can you not LOVE this kid murphy???
And Muph can actually slide feet first – successfully. Don’t see that too often from his team mates. A lot of fans of the head first slide….
murph … see just hit the ball toward burrel, he has no idea where it’s going!! put the damn ball in play
toss cholly too…and myers…and rollins…and victorino…and utley…and werth…and everybody dressed in red!
WHO GOT TOSSED??? come on, i’m watching gamecast here!
dooby…the pitching coach for the girl horses
i think that’s his name…probably wrong though
big spot wright, here is your chance to silence everyone…
why delay? still at work
0-2, what a shock
wow not lookin like a good AB already
if wright didnt foul that off murphy was dead at 3rd
did u see those numbers for wright with risp: .238
Come on Wright
Wright is becoming the A-Rod of the Mets
what a surprise!
typical ab by david
if by typical, you mean poor. so it has been lately. hopefully, he turns it around or the season will be over soon enough
Sigh….
Not a time for a big time slump, David.
While you don’t want it to happen against the Phillies, it’s probably a perfect time for it. They’ve got a lead, and when he breaks out of it, he’ll be good to go for the next 5-7 weeks.
how did a pitching coach get tossed??
Wright defenders…?
chirp, chirp, chirp
well, there goes all the mo
Oh for goodness sakes Wright.
Jesus Wright!!!!! Come on!!!!
Im surprised Wrights .238 with RISP…seems more like .138
boy oh boy oh boy
Wright is seriously the only thing keeping the Mets from having a huge winning streak right now
this is very true
Wright is saving it for a walk-off.
here comes the k
curveball, strike 3
if they ejected manuel, the phils would bring lidge in in the 9th instead of seanez
I take it back my church is louder then Shea
96 pitches for myers
Nice take Delgado Let’s get a hit!
Boy it would s…ck to lose on an un-earned run.
This is F***ing rediculous now….they cant score a run..murph is the only one who can hit…the guys making millions of dollars arent hitting and the man making barely anything is doing all the hitting
it’s getting to the point now, where if Wright somehow won the MVP, I’d write in to protest.
Phhht.
Pelfrey is gunna throw a complete game 8 inning loss allowing 0 earned runs
psssst they are at home, no complete game 8 inning games here! Thanks!
o my fault i got confused thanks
96 pitches for myers through 6
It’s okay. Everyone knows something, right? The 8th inning is a haunted inning to the Phillies. If we can get Brett Myers out of there before Brad Lidge comes into the game, we’ll have them beat. Give up J.C. Romero or who ever. Anyone know what his pitch count is?
I really hope someone is speaking to David. I gotta believe he’s working on this. I think he’s just getting anxious in tight situations. A bloop single scores a run there. No need for a HR.
it just doesn’t LOOK like it, but you have to tink so
This freaking sucks.
Wright MVP? Most valuable P…….usy. Sorry David, Don’t really mean that.
Mets either score a run or the Phillies tack on, this game CAN NOT end 1-0 because of Reyes’ brain fart
Keep it right here Pelfrey
i’m out. hopefully, my leaving here will change the karma. this game is theirs, they just need to take it already
this is a pathetic offensive effort. just terrible
Give the pitcher some credit man.
the question is if the mets will finally break through against the phillies bullpen
they have to face the bullpen first
myers has 96 pitcher already
*pitches
can he hold it seems to be a good one too
here comes the 2 run homer by burrell
This is how the game is going to play out Pelf or the bullpen will give up a few more runs and the Mets lose 5-0 I hope I am wrong
It’s only one run. That’s where we need to keep it. Scoring more than one will be a challenge. They can score one and keep this game going. They got last licks. That’s the advantage of being home. It’s not like the Phillies have done much with the bats since the 1st either.
I’m with you. If we’ve learned anything as Met fans, it’s you cannot predict how any of these games will end. Some come down to the last pitch…..
i can’t believe this. i mean 3 doubles with <2 outs and NOBODY comes close to scoring!!
Can we get Tatis in the game….please
This game couldn’t be anymore frustrating.
Help the Mets for once Burrel, hit into a doubleplay
Why is it so impossible for Jerry Manuel to consider the idea of taking David Wright out of the 3 hole? I don’t get it. Because the Mets are winning? I guess that’s somewhat of a reason but it doesn’t mean we can’t score more. Beltran used to hit 3rd. He’s turned it on. Delgado’s been doing well. I don’t get it. Maybe a day off soon? Give Tatis a start at third?
hey…listen everyone..i know wright has had a great season. but knowone has even mentioned what he did with his swing. does everyone remember when he use to just roll over his ankle when he took his swing….his leg kick i think is whats killing him..he went the other way naturally in 06and part of 07 and even though hes having a great year now hes still not hitting the other way for any power at all which he use to do a lot in 06…not one person said anything about this..maybe its just me but i think he just ruined his swing. people say that players as they get older learn to pull…well wright learned to pull a little to much ..he needs to become that all around hitter like he use to be. but you guys prob don’t agree with me…just a though….
Just get Church and Castillo out of there. Church isn’t going to figure out Brett and Luis would step in dog crap if you placed three feet away from his right foot when he swings. Even if he struck out.
I don’t want to see Werth up with two men on.
I was thinking the other day that i cant remember the last time Wrights hit an opposite field HR
probably around the same time he got a hit worth a sht
read my comment …..atleast you kinda agree with me sort of
Finally. Pelf won that battle.
If this game ends this way, the goat of the game is Brian Schneider. Best defensive catcher since Jerry Grote my rear-end.
Reyes should have had it
I think us Mets fans just get heated and look for a scapegoat. One guy to blame everything on. It used to be Delgado when he couldn’t do anything. For a while it was Beltran because how ”not clutch” he is. Wright wasn’t doing that great either at the time. Than Beltran turns it up and Wright’s the man to blame.
We are on a 4 game winning streak guys. We’ve won 6 out of 7. In that game when we beat the Marlins on Beltran’s grand slam Wright got a base hit with 2 outs to keep the inning going. Could he really be that bad?
well said
No. He’s just struggling big time lately with RISP.
The Mets make me wish I never quit smoking
bad day to quit sniffing glue
Atta’ boy Pelf!
Even if Reyes had it, it’d be 0-0. Eventually the bullpens will be the one’s controlling the game. It’ll probably be when a bunch of runs are scored on both sides. Let’s get over it. For a while on the second game of that series I didn’t think they had a shot. But out of no where Delgado hit two home runs. I knew they’d win the game even when it was tied.
You got to score to win. 0-0 is as good as 1-0 if you can’t get it together. This isn’t the NFL where you can tie. Phillies bullpen versus Mets pen – even when they’re showing progress? You make the pick. They got Lidge. We got Ayala.
Crap.
Dobbs murders this team….he murdered them during the collapse and he’s doing it now.
september 07 all over again
Son of a monkeys ….
damn…though church had it
OMG………….ok church has no ups at all
f*&k
3-0 I guess the Phils win this battle
that’s been the trend… too bad it has to be a double-header on Sunday.
Okay. I give up. Burrell’s hair is hideous and people with Comcast had to hear Harry Kalas say addda here like 3 times because he didn’t know if Church caught it or not.
just win one game this series Mets, that’s all you have to do, win ONE game
guess that’s that
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Endy gets that.
2 innings left…cmon mets…wake up the bats…
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thanks…meant to say 3…as in times up
Mets seem like they are not going to touch Myers, only if the Mets had a few Daniel Murphy’s playing for them they might have a chance. lol
gotta pinch hit for scheider and pitcher if it comes to it in this inning.
CASTILLO IS A JOKE
bad thing is, if the mets lose, we’ll have to sit on it for 2 days, since tomorrow will be a rainout. that sucks. it’s so much better after a loss when in just a few hours they are back on the field to hopefully redeem themselves. not gonna happen tomorrow though. we can only hope they split on sunday.
and so the choke begins…………
That HR was like a kick in the stomach. Why does Dobbs kill this team? He’s a reserve yet he has like 5 HRs vs. us in the past two seasons.
well…according to this years history, we shouldn’t worry because if we lose we will just bounce back tomorrow…..hopefully Pedro wont die on the mound or something
So it’s September 07 all over again because of one game? I suppose that is what was said last Monday too when the Mets lost after being up 7-0. The Mets were never winning this game. They were never in command. They should have had that game wrapped up last Monday. But look – we won 6 out of 7 since than.
The Phillies will probably win this game. It’s not over, but not looking good. The 8th is the 8th for the Phils though. If we win one out of two, we would have only lost one game in this series. That’s not that bad. We’d still be 7 out of 10. If they lose tonight, tomorrow is a must win. I don’t know what’s going on with Pedro but I don’t want to see Jon Niese throw in this series. Maybe the extra day off will help.
stop with the F#%#%# pop outs!!!
I really hate the Phils more then anyother team they act like they won a few World series
When did the Phillies sign Sandy Koufax?
Reyes and Castillo set the tone by making no effort on the bad throw in the first. way to go guys. that’s the way to play in a big game. can’t wait to see the rest of this month.
Even if we lose the game, here’s a positive way of looking at it. The Phillies lost 2 out of 3 to Washington. What good team is supposed to do that? That game was a gift to the Mets. I’m not sold on believing this one is over yet though so I’ll save that thought for a couple hours from now.
Im sick and tired of seeing people tlaking about playoffs and how well we are playing one game during a 3 game winning streak and then hte next game down 3-0 to the phillies on our way to 1 single loss and seeing people saying how the seasons over…im sick of it….its 1 game and the game isnt even over yet..if you’re gonna say how the mets are chokers and the seasons over…DONT post anything positive about them when they win a game
how many times is castillo gonna watch strike 3?….
Can we please bench this piece of crap Slappy Castillo, I ‘m tired of watching him suck.
Where are the Castillo defenders tonight?
one win is all they need and santana is the difference from last year, but hamels is going that game too.
have the mets come back from a 3 run deficit all year?
How can a MLB player go down looking 3x in one game? I don’t care about his high OBP, or his history of doing well…he is downright bad and he is the definition of the word cooler. Even if they can’t trade him, I would just waive him and eat his salary. Getting nothing is better than his presence on this team.
why does castillo bring a bat??? all he does is hope for the walk. i called this when lineups were announced. easley is batting .455 against this guy, while castillo is batting .176. i love manuel, but this was a bonehead call all the way.
That was just horrible. Mets will have to hope Pedro is up for the task on saturday or sunday.
Here is something positive we have Slappy for 3 more Years
you mean watchy?
LOL.. Like that.
Thanks, I do feel better now!
Slappy McWatchy!
nice!
he really does blow…for real, they need to never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever play him again. i mean, keep the a reyes/easley platoon. forget this bum castillo.
“Oh, but he’s a terrific bunter!” No, he is not. Maybe he was 5 years, 30 lbs and 2 healthy knees ago, but he is downright bad at that too. He’s terrible and needs to go.
I almost miss how Slappy would at least slap the ball harmessly to second or short. Better than striking out every single FREAKIN TIME!!!!!!
What a shame that Pelfrey is going to lose this game. Gives up 2 earned runs.
shouldn’t be two runs … i could’ve caught that ball dobbs hit
What did slappy every do for Omar to give him a 4 yr contract?
The only guy who could answer that is Omar and he’s never explained why. Probably because he’s getting some sort of kick back or his agent is his secret lover.
I would tell you but I would almost for sure get banned from this site.
OK Guys, thanks to khmustache we have a new tag name for Castillo………………
Slappy McWatchy
Castillo in no way is a good bunter. I remember the Mets got much better production out of Endy Chavez as a 2 hitter for a couple months than they could with Luis.
Every game separates two in the column so these next two games are big. You have to mentally approach it like the last series in Philly that was a 2 game set. I’m very happy that was only a 2 game set. The Phillies may have won the third one. I know beating up on Washington’s always awesome, but playing them in a 2 game set isn’t such a bad thing either next week. The less games, the less time you give a team to figure it out.
The main focus was don’t come out worse than you came in. Unfortunately, that may not happen. One game at a time and by the end of the series the Mets could be up 4 games. It’s all about confidence. Look at what we did to Moyer last time.
i really hate victorino…almost as much as I hate larry… his ugly mug makes me sick!
Can’t be any uglier than Castillo’s mug.
yeah, that’s true
totally 10000000000% agree….disney would draw him as a weasel
i hate him much worse than larry. at least larry is a future HOFer. this guy is an annoying little pest, like eckstein, but with an attitude much bigger than his play should allow. he blows.
come on though, you CAN’T hate him more than larry…
it helps that the braves suck….he might hit .500 at shea now, but the braves aren’t gonna win. i think his point was that larry killed the mets and acted like it. victorino had one good game against the mets and he acts like he owns shea. the kid is a punk and larry is a ball player…with bad teeth and illegitamete children of course
i can’t spell..i know
I don’t understand why it’s hard for people to believe Damion Easley is just purely better than Luis. It doesn’t matter against lefty or righty. Weren’t we rolling with a combo of Damion and Argenis? They don’t need this guy.
Slappy the Plague. He’s not worth having. He’s a problem no matter where he is in the line up. I don’t understand why Damion just can’t start the majority of the games. He gets it done. Murphy’s an idea at 2B, but why not Tatis? Valentin can do it, but he can’t? They’re both natural IF.
Castillo gets a hit once a week if the Mets are lucky and his bad knees make him just about worthless to the Mets. At this stage of his career he is a bench player but won’t sit because of how much he gets paid and what he has done 5 or so years ago. He’s not going to get younger.
Marlon Anderson on deck….waving the white flag I guess?
You know if Meyers was pitching for the Mets tonight he would of given up 6 runs by now
Boy, he really is making it very dificult for the Castillo ‘Apologists” on here to keep backing him up. Ceetar? Gina? The real? LOL
Sorry guys, don’t mean to single you out. (Yes I do) LOL.
at least we’ll get to see Parnell… hopefully not Muiz
Mets got tired of striking out so they decided to switch up their gameplan and going for the pop ups.
This is last year all over again
No, it’s really not.
What a great job by the Mets offense not showing up tonight.
guess myers wife is safe tonight
i was gonna say that
i was gonna say that
UGH
Meyers better piss in a cup after this game because he is really not THAT good.
c.mon, bring in parnell… he’s got freaking sanchez in the pen after rincon
The Phils are not that great of a team Lets go already
i get to watch so few games … really glad this was one of them
Parnell Aint pitching
is wright going to have a reyes’ 07 type september?
nice swing reyes…tonight looks eerily similar to the sept. 07′ mets. that’s not good! and i know many factors go into this sort of thing, but i have to say…castillo back=lack of fire. something about him that has changed this team. please, Jerry, just bench this turd!
watch the movie The Cooler with William H. Macey and you’ll understand Castillo’s effect. Granted, Mets have played very well recently but sometimes it takes a while for the bad luck to rub off.
ya know, you really are right. i’ve seen that movie, and castillo truly is the cooler. no kidding. damn jerry, see this movie already and bench the guy!
What worries me is that tomorrow’s game is definitely going to be rained out. It’s tough winning both games of a day-night DH.
Guys,
We’ve run into a VERY filthy in a great groove tonight…it happens…
No need for Mets fans to call their therapists…
Hate to harp on it (no I don’t) but today’s peformance by Castillo should warrant a permanent seat on the bench. I don’t care if some of those calls were questionable. He needs to swing the bat with two strikes on anything close. Granted, he wouldn’t hit it out of the infield, but still. He has earned himself a spot as the very last (as in when Mets have a huge lead) hitter on the bench.
Agree.
who the heck is this guy???
guys we have Murphy Wright Beltran in the 9th…we are winning this game
I hope u r right, cuz Wright is been pressing way too much, as it is right now, I don’t want to see him hitting with the game on the line, he is pulling too much, and forgot that the field has center and right field, every year he has became more of a pull hitter. He is my favorite player but he has to go back to the 2006-07 approach.
Rincon needs a 1,2, 3 inning Mets are going to have a tough time as it is.
I have two words for that washed up has been Luis Castillo…….ready..here it goes…….ROBERTO ALOMAR!!! nuff said
at least alomar, despite his awfulness with the mets, is a borderline hall of famer. Castillo shouldn’t be allowed near Cooperstown.
One Day Slappy is going to get a slap hit and we will all be sorry when he does
I agree. One day he will get a slap hit.
Then a week later he’ll get another…
I guess we’ll have to wait until next week for Castillo to get a hit.
He’s going to need to break Joe DiMagio’s 56 game hitting streak to get me to like him! LOL
Castillo has Roberto Alomar written all over him…switch hitting second baseman that comes to the Mets and is all washed up…maybe the White Sox will take Castillo off of our hands like they did Alomar
you know i totally forgot what happend to that guy…i have tried very hard to erase him completely from my memory
At least Alomar could hit the ball to the OF once in a while, this bum needs to hit the ball three times to get it out that far.
Rincon’s nastyyyyy. where has he been all this year
come on. nobody’s as bad as alomar.
That is a very nice slider by Rincon.
Ok, someone needs to tell the Mets Myers is out of the game, it’s ok to come out and hit. Lidge is no scrub but they have to figure out a way to hit him somehow.
funny how it’s been like a half hour and we are still dogging on castillo…please bench him jerry
We can reach 1000 plus posts just on Castillo alone.
I will dog him until he’s finally off this team. I will be relentless and will not stop until he’s gone. It’s my new mission in life.
Just kidding. LOL
Mets bullpen shining
Can we officially make Rincon our setup guy over Shoenwies, Heilman, and Feliciano
lets not get crazy now…
Can we score 4 ????? I want to see slappy at bat agian tonight that would mean good things
Wow, I’m surprised the Padres scored one off of Sabathia.
yost will protest it
Alright let’s get this thing started!
Here we go
LETS GO METS!
Did this team even pay attention to what Myers has been saying about them the past few years about how much he hates the Mets and loves to beat them??……that should be motivation enough to beat this scumbag all over the yard…apparently, they allowed for that to go by the wayside
Can we pinch hit Tatis for Wright
i said it earlier in the game, but the amount of chin beards on the fillies is ridiculous
earth to jerry…argenis and easley for the remaining 21 games
You do realize if the Phillies hold on and win this game, they won the first game of all six series between the two teams this season. To this point, the Mets have won all the other games.
No, didn’t realize it but I’ll take 2 out of 3 in this series!
Good at bat by Murphy yet again.
BIG pitch here
ugly
Try something new Wright, stop chasing a pitch!
helluva an AB by Murphy…even if it was an out
finally….lets go mets…get him home
alright Wright!
C’mon Beltran!
or Delgado!
interesting route there, shane
that was a HUGE mistake by lidge. anything away and wright is gone.
Take those pitches Delgado!
The fans woke up maybe the Mets can
hillary swank is a mets fan? the next karate kid…who knew?
WALK PLEASE
Walk walk walk!!
here we go
O.K., O.K. up to you, Beltran.
I’m afraid to watch…..
Another huge hit for Beltran, perhaps?
YESSSS!!!! And Beltran is as hot as it gets!
nice job Delgado!
Come on Beltran!!
Walk walk walk!!!
dang that was ball 4…cmon churchie
COME ON
Damn, that would have been ball 4
at least no shutout….
C’mon Church!
Drats Mets need to go to CHURCH!
LET’S
GO
METS!
damnit
I’m just waiting for some idiot to come on and complain about how Beltran never comes up big.
Beltran doesnt come up big….is that not true?
Either you’re being sarcastic or you missed his ninth inning two out Grand Slam last weekend in Florida.
So Beltran gets 1 clutch base hit and 30 failures hes somehow clutch? You’re ridiculous….he also just swung at ball 4 which is worse than making an out on a strike
I forgot. To Met fans, you’re a failure if you don’t come through 100 percent of the time. Nevermind, he came up big for the Mets all over the last road trip at the plate and in the field. Baseball is a game where as a hitter you’re a success if you fail 70 percent of the time.
DAMN !!
victorino, that c*nt
sit church too while we are it….they were better without him and castillo in the lineup…and when did Lidge become Eric Gagne circa 2004?
yes, sit church….he hasn’t hit any grand slams or anything lately.
Wasn’t like it was a line drive to the deepest part of the ballpark that almost got over Victorino’s head.
Victorino catches everything in this park…..he gets good reads and runs hard after everything…still think he’s a prick though
wow..he has one good hit…..other than that what has he done since he came back???….nothing..nada zero zilch…..they won without him and castillo….don’t need him now either
crap….tough game…wife beater pitched out of his mind…pelfrey looked good as well….hope the offense shows up tomorrow (or sunday)….
that was ball 4 on beltran but oh well…we made it exciting.
Meh, Mets did hit Lidge, Mets need to go get em’ tomorrow or sunday.
This Blows.
Gameday sucks. Originally said Beltran hit a sac fly, scoring Wright. Now it doesn’t appear that way? Thought we avoided the shutout, but I guess not.
I hate the Phillies aleats when the Braves were good they had all-stars this Phil team is nothing great
horrible hitting all the way around..they better hope to high hell that they win tomorrow because there is no way this offense is even gonna touch Cole Hamels, since they just got shut out by Myers
Mets need to throw this one away….hopefully Pedro has his A Game and hopefully..hopefully Wright can build on his double…..
i hate the phillies, but coste is a sharp guy. speaks like a manager would speak…future career??
who cares
for real
yeah, you’re right
Probably won’t be a game tomorrow. Day/night DH Sunday. In a way, as long as they don’t get swept, it’s not a disaster.
I know this is a little bit of outside thinking but I think the psyche of this game was that we didn’t have to win. I honestly believe if the Mets were up either one or two, they would have made a more respectable effort in this game. The reason is because in this three game set, it’s impossible for the Phillies to get ahead of the Mets. They can tie us. I give credit to Brett because he threw a good game, but this team just didn’t cash on it’s chances. Holding a team to three runs isn’t bad. Pelfrey gave us a quality start.
The Mets are more than able to touch Moyer. They’ll score a couple on Hamels. The Phillies will have trouble with Johan. All we need is one game. If we are to get one I really hope it’s tomorrow because it gives us a better chance on Sunday. Plus it takes the pressure off. Back to back losses can leave a sting.
I ssay a Day/night sweep of the phils. Do like you’ve done every series when thr Phils take the 1st game, boys!
I really hate Dobbs…I still have nightmares of that Grand Slam he hit last year at this time during that horrible 5 or 6 error game. I am still optimistic things will turn out well this season, but I really hope this isn’t Dobbs coming back to haunt us again……his grand slam was the start of that sept. swoon….
We’re still 10-6 on this team for the season. A big chance from last season. It’s the reason why we’re ahead. If we had been 8-8, it’d be a tied division. People say what does one game really matter? That game in Pittsburgh we were up 5-0 in the 7th and lost mattered. The game against the Phillies that we were up 5-2 with the bases loaded mattered. So did that one last Monday that we were up 5-0. And what about that 2-0 game when two guys slid into Ramon at the same time that we lost in extra innings thanks to Billy? Out of those 4, if they could have even won one against Philly out of the two and one of those other two – we’d be up 5 games.
To play Devil’s Advocate, they’ve also pulled some games out as of late that I’m sure most of us thought were losees. 2 or 3 on the last road trip alone. (One in each city)
Beltran should have known better to have swung at a 3-1 slider out of the zone…Lidge knew Beltran was thinking 3-1 fat fastball and was gonna swing for the homer…and simply outsmarted Carlos and threw him offspeed down in hte count…ridiculous
I hope it does not rain on Saturday but maybe an extra day for Pedro can help we need to win 1 game
Hey this might be the first loss they’ve had in a month that didn’t involve blowing a lead. You get beat by a guy on his game, I can live with it. Its just a shame they didn’t catch any breaks int he ninth because they were on Lidge big time. It would have been perfect to give Lidge his first blown save and demoralize the phils in the process. Oh well, go get them on Sunday
Exactly. This game was simply the Phillies. A legit loss feels so much better than a punch in the stomach. Than again, the punch in the stomach gets our feet moving. Here is how I see it. The Mets do have there share of games against the Cubs coming up, but next week says a lot. The Mets are off 2 days next week. They play 2 against the Nats and 3 against the Braves at home. The Phillies are home too although with no days off and get the Marlins for 3 and Brewers for 4.
Let’s say the Mets win one of the next two. I think it’s realistic. Of those 5 next week, I think the Mets can pull of 4. I’ll say the Phillies split with Milwaukee. Even if they take 2 out of 3 against the Marlins, the Mets would be up 3 on the division.
its as simple as this….brett meyers has been very good lately…tonight he was fantastic…and u can tell it wasnt the mets offense because the bats came alive when they changed pitchers with lidge…if the mets scored 4 or 5 runs, pelf would be talked about a lot more..he pitched a great game too.
As much as this game does matter, we need to win at least one of the next 2 games.
win 1 game = 2 games up
win both games = 4 game lead
lose both = tied
That is why it is very important to win at least 1 game
They were all over Lidge tonight and also the last time they faced him in Philly last week. He didn’t get the loss or a blown save that time because he entered with the winning run on base in a tie game but they did hit him hard.
i also dont think his slider is as sharp as it was toward the beginning of the season…his slider is his main pitch and it just seems like it hasnt had that mush break on it the last couple of weeks
He had a couple of stolen bases early in the season even with injury-recovering knees. Either way, he gets on base, and the best way to convert that into runs is to drive him in..Pelfrey and Schneider aren’t very likely to do so.
Id pull a Larussa and bat Castillo 9th, Pelfrey 8th.
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