Daily Archives: May 10, 2009
The Mets beat the Pirates, 8-4, at Citi Field this afternoon for their seventh straight win. They improved to 17-13 with the victory. It was the eighth consecutive loss for the 12-19 Pirates.
For a full recap and boxscore, go here.The least you should know:
- Livan Hernandez allowed 11 baserunners over six innings, but held the hapless Pirates to two runs. He also knocked his first hit of the season on a soft liner to left in the bottom of the fifth.
- The Mets’ offense started slow against Ian Snell, but rallied for three runs in the bottom of the fourth when Snell started falling behind in counts. They blew the game open with four more runs in the eighth in a rally capped by Carlos Beltran‘s double to left.
- Jose Reyes had his third straight multi-hit game, picking up a hustle double in the third and a single in the seventh. He also made a couple of nice defensive plays, including an outstanding throw from the hole in the fourth.
Random Thoughts:
- What a difference a week makes.
- Pedro Feliciano made his 17th appearance of the season with a scoreless seventh, as did J.J. Putz with a scoreless eighth. Gary Cohen referred to Feliciano as ‘Perpetual Pedro’ the other day, and I think it’s a solid nickname. ‘Perpetual Putz’ sounds significantly less flattering.
- Sean Green once again did not look so great, walking the first batter he faced in the ninth then allowing a two-run bomb to Nate McLouth. He settled down to get the next three hitters and finish the game.
- Omir Santos contributed to the fourth-inning rally with two RBIs. Mets catchers this year, by BA/OBP/SLG: Santos, .300/.310/.500; Ramon Castro, .292/.358/.479; Brian Schneider, .143/.250/.190; Those are all in small samples, and to Schneider’s credit, he was apparently hurting, but with Santos and Castro hitting like this, is anyone eager for Schneider’s return?
- Daniel Murphy appears to be growing a beard.
- Winning streaks are awesome, but the Mets will probably not win every game for the rest of the season. Whenever they next lose, remember this game and keep in mind that it could be worse: You could be a Pirates fan.
The Game Ball:
- Today’s game ball goes to mothers everywhere, and especially to Isabel de Rodriguez, K-Rod’s grandmother and his ‘everything.’ For more on that, check out Peter Botte’s excellent story in today’s Daily News. Tagged Ted Berg |
- The first place Mets (16-13, 10-6 Home) look to sweep their three-game series versus the Pirates (12-18, 5-11 Road) today at Citi Field, starting at 1:10 p.m. EDT.
- RHP Livan Hernandez (2-1, 5.53 ERA) will start for the Mets.
- RHP Ian Snell (1-4, 4.50 ERA) gets the start for the Pirates.
- Jose Reyes, SS
- Luis Castillo, 2B
- Carlos Beltran, CF
- Carlos Delgado, 1B
- David Wright, 3B
- Daniel Murphy, LF
- Omir Santos, C
- Ryan Church, RF
- Livan Hernandez, P
- Today’s game will be broadcast locally on PIX11 and heard on WFAN.
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