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The Mets (41–45) defeated the Reds (43–43) by the score of 4 to 0 in Citi Field tonight.
For a recap and boxscore, click here.
The Least You Should Know:
- Johan Santana pitched seven innings, tossed 114 pitches, 77 of which were strikes, and allowed zero runs and five hits, while striking out five and walking just one.
- The Mets sent nine men to the plate in the first inning, and scored three runs, thanks to a dink from Jeff Francoeur and a dunk from Omir Santos.
- Pedro Feliciano and Francisco Rodriguez teamed up for three scoreless innings in relief to close out the game.
Misc., Etc., and Other Observations:
- In the eighth, Pedro Feliciano got a called strike on Joey Votto, to end the inning, which may have be one of the worst calls by an umpire I have seen in some time, but, oh well…
- The Mets have outscored opponents 40 to 20 in the first inning at Citi Field.
- Santana finally returned to pitching inside, while changing height with his pitches, which got a lot of awkward swings from the Reds.
- Angel Pagan was 2 for 4, with a triple and two stolen bases, or, as Gary Cohen put it, ‘a Jose Reyes-like night.’ By the way, the Mets are 29–15 when they steal at least one base.
- Maybe Jerry Manuel is right, if this team gets good pitching and plays strong defense, they’ll have a chance to win every night. Tonight, they did just that, plus got timely hits and were aggressive on the base paths. Well played game, and a good win.
The Mets conclude their series with the Reds tomorrow, in the final game before the All-Star break, when Mike Pelfrey takes on Aaron Harang at 1 pm.
Yaaaaaaa.
Lets go out tomorrow and win a series.
A little wake up call, and going out on a high note before the ASB.
New Blood! I like it. Weird to see him in the Uni. but who cares we need a spark.
Alex Cora looks like he could use three days off. He’s played a lot more than he ever expected to. His bat is just dragging.
I agree, we really can’t argue with what he’s brought to the team though considering his thumb and the fact he was supposed to be a bench player! He definetly needs a break no question.
pirates suck.
Don’t they have anyone else to close other than the awful Matt Capps?
Well, that sucks. A chance to pick up a game on the Phillies and they get 5 in the 9th. When was the last time we got 5 in the 9th to win a game?
This was a big win for this team… because, well, every win is big when you’ve lost this much. But it’s hard to get too excited because we pretty much have to win every Johan start we can because the rest of the rotation is a coin flip… at best.
off the top of my head, early 2007 vs the cubs in an afternoon game at shea
phils did this crap in 2007, 2008 and they’re doing it now
I have no idea why the league gives howard anything to hit, ever. That was a fat pitch. Stupid.
I realized tonight that I like seeing Pagan in the line up. He’s fast on the base pads, he’s above average in the field, and he usually hits well. His issue is he can only do those things while healthy. But all in all, he’s a nice small boost to the Mets.
I agree, I forgot how much I like watching him play. He uses every bit of the tools he has.
Lets not forget he was actually a starter at one point on last year’s team until he got hurt. Its a big pickup for us.
How bout Francouer going 2 / 4 with 2 RBI! I know it’s only one game and it wasn’t exactly a shot, but it got the done! Looks like CHurch went 0 for 4 with 2 left on in scoring pos. Santana PItched well, and finally get a win! Pirates could have helped us out some, but what can you do.
Ooops I forgot Pagan a good perfermance by him which is pretty much the norm, but we just gotta find a way to keep him healthy! Also nice game at the dish by Santos. BTW Who gets the game ball?
Frenchy!
We expect that type of performance from Santana
a bloop and bad baserunning gets him the game ball? I mean, happy it fell in, but that was more good luck.
COnsidering the trouble we have had with scoring runs I’ll take it! lol Fine split it in thirds 1 piece for Santana for his Stellar pitching, 1 piece for Pagan for the outstanding catch and offensive showcase,and 1 piece for Frenchy who had the game winning hit. Granted it wasn’t a tape measure shot, but at this juncture the way our season has gone, I’ll take it thank you very much!
Good enough for me!
Santana!
Can we all, as Mets fans, agree to ditch the nickname “Frenchie?”
“Frenchie” is what dumb Atlanta rednecks call a guy with a French last name. I think in New York we can do a little better than that.
Well by God,……. Dave give him a new nickname already, cause I (and many others on here can’t stand to try to type his last name! Suggestions please. lol
No-Walk-y? Toothy? Smiley? Grimace?
but seriously, glad he knocked two in.
Dave,….I’m waiting lol. Oh BTW when you come up with a name for him you might want to give Jerry Manuel a call, because evidently he can’t spell Francoeur either! lol Said so right on the lineup card.
Hack-y? Southie? Le Grand K?
Sadly so far I havn’t seen anything better than Frenchy.
wow, tough crowd. Though I guess those were all too obvious.
Fromage Blanc?
lol, SNiffin around Talking CHop just for giggles and would you believe they were still watchin Francoeur in our game.
Not surprised at all. I wonder how the Braves received RChurch, and how he greeted them…I’d love to be a fly on that wall.
Well they are none, too happy as he went 0 for 4 with four left on but I guess he just missed hitting one out so they are tempering they’re criticism thus far. It may very well turn out to be a good trade for both teams.
color me skeptical (but hopeful)
You want to know how bad things had been offensively? The guy we just imported from the braves is third on the team in RBI’s and Tied for 3rd in HR’s even with a .253 BA…….now that’s scary!
Yeah, are you sure Frenchie was a name the fans gave him and not the players?
I will think about it, but my first two suggestions in order of preference is:
Froto-Baggins, or
Frankenberry,
“F-Core”
“F-Corp”
“F-Troop”
I like F-Core a lot — it shortens his name phonetically, and also makes fun of the whole rotten “core” of the Mets, which is why he was brought here.
Hey, our core isn’t rotten! It’s just bruised! lol
I am very worried, we cany get much more behind and hope to catch the Phillies. As it is we have to jump the Braves and Marlins. The WC is gone as well, the only way we make it is to catch and beat the Phillies. We have to hang tough and fight for every game from here on. Lets stun the Phillies and NL East, like the METS of 1973 did, YA GOTTA BELEIVE !!