Month: April 2011

Preview: Mets at Phillies April 30, 2011

New York Mets (11-15) at Philadelphia Phillies (17-8)  1:10pm

Jon Niese (1-3 5.10) vs. Roy Halladay (3-1 2.41)

TV:Fox            Radio: WFAN

What to watch: The Mets will have a tough time trying to shake off their embarrassing loss last night against Halladay. He was vintage in his last start against the Padres going 8.2 innings and allowing 1 run with 14 K’s.

Niese also had a good start his last time out against the D-Backs going 7 innings and only allowing 2 runs for his first win of the season. He has 4 career starts against Philly for a 1-2 record with a 3.96 ERA. In Philly, he’s 1-1 with a 4.00 ERA.

Phillies 10 – Mets 3 April 29, 2011

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The Mets got rocked in this game even worse than the score indicates. They were down 10-0 going into the ninth inning. Ike Davis and Jason Pridie hit homers in the ninth to make it somewhat respectable. Mike Pelfrey looked decent after overcoming a nasty flu but lost it in the fourth and fifth innings and ended up allowing 4 runs in 4.1 innings.

Dillon Gee had a bad debut out of the bullpen too. Ryan Howard ripped a grand slam off Gee for his second homer of the game. It was ugly all the way around for the Mets tonight.

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Preview: Mets at Phillies April 29, 2011

New York Mets (11-14) at Philadelphia Phillies (16-8)  7:05pm

Mike Pelfrey (1-2 7.23) vs. Joe Blanton (0-1 5.92)

TV: SNY Radio: WFAN

What to watch: The Mets already lost a series in Philly in the first week of the season. Pelfrey had his worst start of the season in that series, and that’s saying something. He only went 2 innings and allowed 6 earned runs.

The Phillies are just half a game behind the Rockies for the best record in baseball. They’re coming off a west coast road trip where they swept four games in San Diego and then lost two of three to Arizona. Blanton has pitched really well in his last two starts after a rough beginning to the season. He’s only allowed 4 runs in 14 innings in his last two starts.

Nationals 4 – Mets 3 April 28, 2011

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The Mets six game winning streak finally came to an end tonight in a close game in DC. The Mets offense was inexplicably stymied by Livan Hernandez for 8 innings. He only allowed 7 hits and 2 earned runs. The Mets made a nice comeback attempt against Drew Storen in the ninth but it wasn’t enough.

Chris Capuano had a very shaky start and isn’t showing that he can consistently give a solid starting effort. He allowed 10 hits and 4 runs over 5.2 innings. Pedro Beato had another fantastic effort going 2 scoreless innings and still hasn’t allowed a run this season.

The Mets head to Philly for a three game series starting tomorrow night.

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Preview: Mets at Nationals April 28, 2011

New York Mets (11-13) at Washington Nationals (10-13)  7:05pm

Chris Capuano (2-1 5.95) vs. Livan Hernandez (2-2 3.48)

TV: SNY Radio: WFAN

What to watch: The Mets are going for the sweep tonight in DC. Capuano’s last start against the Astros was fantastic. He went 7.1 innings and only http://www.mindanews.com/buy-accutane/ allowed 1 run.

On the other side, Hernandez got hit hard in his last start against the Pirates. He gave up 4 earned runs in 6 innings. Frankly, I’m surprised that Hernandez is still in the league.

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Mets 6 – Nationals 3 April 27, 2011

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The Mets won the series with tonight’s exciting late inning finish. R.A. Dickey was really solid going 6.2 innings and allowing only 2 runs. He gave up 8 hits and 1 walk so he was working around trouble frequently. But it was a good sign that he kept the walks to a minimum tonight.

The excitement started in the eighth inning when Daniel Murphy hit a pinch hit solo shot to tie the game at 2-2. Then the Mets had some sloppy fielding by Murphy, who stayed in the game at second base, and by Josh Thole allowing a passed ball. Those two miscues allowed the Nats to score a run on Wilson Ramos’ sac fly.

In the ninth, the Mets scored 4 runs highlighted by Murphy’s 2-run double. It was an exciting finish and showed that the Mets won’t roll over late in the game when they’re down.

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Preview: Mets at Nationals April 27, 2011

New York Mets (10-13) at Washington Nationals (10-12)  7:05pm

R.A. Dickey (1-3 4.10) vs. Tom Gorzelanny (0-2 4.96)

TV: SNY Radio: WFAN

What to watch: The Mets go for their sixth straight win tonight and the series win in DC. But the Mets have lost the last three games that Dickey started including to the Nats on April 8. In that game Dickey went 5 innings and allowed 3 runs.

Gorzelanny lost to the Mets on April 9 when he allowed 5 earned runs over 5.1 innings. His last two starts against the Brewers and Cardinals have been pretty good though. He’s allowed 4 runs over 11 innings in those two starts.