Category: Game Results

Beltran Slams Marlins; Mets Win 5-4

This game had some incredible moments in the ninth… The Mets put together a four run rally with two outs in the ninth. So much for the Mets not putting up offense late in the game. Then Luis Ayala almost gave the lead back in the bottom of the frame. What a game!

The Mets went into the ninth inning down 2-1 against the Marlins closer Kevin Gregg. Quickly down to their last out, the Mets put together singles by Luis Castillo, and David Wright, Carlos Delgado was hit by a pitch, and Carlos Beltran blasted the first pitch he saw into the right field seats. It was only the Mets second grand slam this season but couldn’t have been more timely.

After another solid game by Oliver Perez, 6 IP and 1 ER, Brian Stokes and Joe Smith held the Marlins lead in check going into the ninth. After Beltran’s fireworks, Luis Ayala the de facto closer came in to shut the door. He barely did it… giving up four hits and two runs in the inning. He also left two men on base and had several balls hit very hard that went foul. Talk about sweating out the ninth.

It turned out the be a great win though because the Phillies lost and the Mets extend their lead to 2 games in the NL East.

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Mets Rip Phillies Lidge For Big 6-3 Win

The Mets came away with a huge win tonight in Philly on an eighth inning rally off Rudy Saenz and Brad Lidge. What a game!

Carlos Delgado hit two solo homers and went 3 for 4 with 3 RBI’s in the game. Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran both had three hit games tonight too.

Johan Santana barely had a quality start going six innings and giving up three runs, all of them scored on two home runs.

These teams are really going at it like it’s October already. You gotta love that. The Mets and Phillies has turned into one of the best rivalries in baseball.

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Mets Lose To Phils 8-7 In 13 Innings

The Mets blew a seven run lead to go to extra innings and lose to the Phillies. Pedro Martinez didn’t have a good game at all giving up five runs over five innings, all in the fourth and fifth innings. Scott Schoenweiss gave up the game in the 13th on a sacrifice fly by Chris Coste to score Shane Victorino, a devastating loss.

The Mets had monster offensive games by Damion Easley (4 hits) and Fernando Tatis (4 RBI’s).

So the Mets lose a five hour game and the NL East lead at the same time. Ugly.

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Pelfrey CG Leads Mets Over Astros 9-1

It’s really amazing how Mike Pelfrey has progressed this season, going from 2-6 to start the season to 13-8 now. He threw his second consecutive complete game tonight, the first such occurance since Bret Saberhagen in 1995. He only gave up one run in the ninth inning on six hits with no walks and six strikeouts, another incredible performance.

The big offense came from Carlos Delgado hitting two 3-run homers in the game. Jose Reyes was 3 for 4 including a triple and a double with 2 runs and 2 RBI’s.Ryan Church was 2 for 4 in his third game back from the DL. And Luis Castillo took and o-fer in his return and heard about it from the crowd. Argenis Reyes and Damion Easley have become fan favorites here, so taking away their playing time is going to draw some boos for Castillo.

The Mets hold the NL East lead going into Philly tomorrow night with a great win.

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Mets Blow Lead, Lose in 10 To Astros 6-4

The Mets played a solid game until the tenth inning. Pedro Feliciano had nothing in the tenth giving up solo homers to light-hitters Darin Erstad and Brad Ausmus.

A tremendous two-homer game by Carlos Beltran was wasted. The Mets will be playing just to even the series at 2-2 tomorrow night.

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Maine Shelled As Mets Lose To Astros 8-3

John Maine had a really bad start going 5.2 innings and giving up 8 runs. He still doesn’t have the velocity on his fastball that he had in the first half of the season.

Ryan Church looked good in his comeback going 2 for 4 with an RBI and a run scored. And Brian Schneider hit another homer tonight. He’s really finding an offensive groove right now.

The Phillies won today so the Mets are only 1.5 games up in the division with a series in Philly coming up next week.

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Stellar Santana Leads Mets Over Astros 3-0

Mets ace Johan Santana (12-7) threw seven shutout innings giving up eight hits and one walk with five strikeouts. He had a few innings where he had to work out of trouble and ended throwing a season high 121 pitches.

All of the offense came in the first two innings on a David Wright RBI single and a two run homer by Brian Schneider in the second. The Mets only managed four hits in the game but really made them count. Roy Oswalt was outstanding for the Astros tonight pitching eight innings.

Ryan Church made his long awaited return to the team tonight going 1 for 3 with a run scored and hit seventh in the lineup.

Luis Ayala got the call to close the game tonight with Aaron Heilman pitching the eighth. Ayala has quickly moved up the ladder in the bullpen with two good outings.

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