Mets 7- Phillies 4 May 1, 2009

I didn’t particularly like what I saw from Mike Pelfrey tonight but he did enough to win. He went 5.1 innings giving up 3 runs, but I didn’t like that he had 4 walks and 0 strikeouts. I also didn’t like that he had 104 pitches in 5.1 innings. He was actually better at the plate than on the mound. He was 1 for 2 with 2 RBI’s.

On offense Daniel Murphy got things going in the first inning with a 2-run homer off Chan Ho Park. The Mets were beneficiaries of 8 walks from Phillies pitchers on the night. A good sign was that David Wright was 2 for 4 with a double, an RBI, and a walk. He needed a night like that badly. Of course, Fernando Tatis was 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored. He just keeps on hitting in a tough role of not getting regular playing time. He looks pretty comfortable at first base too.

Once again, the Mets didn’t score runs late in the game. They didn’t score a run after the fifth. That’s been a recurring theme this season but it didn’t come back to bite them tonight.

The Mets get the important first game of the series in Philly. Tomorrow’s game is the Fox game of the week.

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Scoreboard
N.Y. Mets (10-12) « 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 9 2
Philadelphia (11-10) 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 8 1
Players of the Game
Philadelphia
R. Ibanez AB 4
R 0
H 1
HR 0
RBI 2
New York
M. Pelfrey IP 5.1
H 7
ER 3
BB 4
K 0
New York Mets
Jose B. Reyes, SS 4 0 0 1 0 0 4 .272
Alex Cora, 2B 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 .240
Daniel Murphy, LF 5 1 1 2 0 0 1 .315
Carlos Beltran, CF 2 2 1 0 3 0 0 .390
David Wright, 3B 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 .291
Ryan Church, RF 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 .292
Fernando Tatis, 1B 4 2 2 0 1 0 1 .370
Omir Santos, C 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 .286
Mike Pelfrey, SP 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 .143
Pedro Feliciano, RP 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000
Totals 32 7 9 7 8 2 15
BATTING
2B – C Beltran (5); D Wright (5); F Tatis (2); O Santos (2)
HR – D Murphy (2)
RBI – J Reyes (8); D Murphy 2 (9); D Wright (9); O Santos (5); M Pelfrey 2 (2)
SF – J Reyes (1); O Santos (1); M Pelfrey (1)
BASERUNNING
SB – C Beltran (2)
CS – D Wright (3)
New York Mets
Mike Pelfrey (W,3-0) 5.1 7 3 3 4 0 0 6.00
Pedro Feliciano 1.2 1 1 1 0 2 1 4.00
J.J. Putz 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.75
Francisco J. Rodriguez (S,5) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1.86
Philadelphia Phillies
Jimmy Rollins, SS 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 .198
Shane Victorino, CF 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 .281
Chase Utley, 2B 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 .347
Ryan Howard, 1B 4 0 1 0 1 1 3 .286
Jayson Werth, RF 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 .250
Raul Ibanez, LF 4 0 1 2 0 1 1 .354
Pedro Feliz, 3B 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .333
Chris Coste, C 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .182
Chan Ho Park, SP 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143
Greg Dobbs, PH-3B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .158
Miguel Cairo, PH-2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 34 4 8 4 5 4 13
BATTING
HR – C Utley (8)
RBI – C Utley (21); R Ibanez 2 (19); P Feliz (15)
BASERUNNING
CS – J Rollins (2)
Philadelphia Phillies
Chan Ho Park (L,0-1) 4.2 8 7 7 6 1 1 8.57
Chad Durbin 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4.50
J.A. Happ 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3.52
Clay Condrey 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.38

Mets 2009 Ticket Sales- June To October Games

Citi FieldOn Sunday May 3rd the Mets put their single game tickets for the rest of the season on sale. As we know, they’ve been playing games this year with their single game tickets hoping that the gimmicks will increase interest.

If you’re on the Mets email list you received the pre-sale code to start buying tickets today. If not, visit the Mets website on Sunday morning at 10:00 am. They put the April and May single game tickets on sale in March.

Game Preview: Mets at Phillies [Game 22] May 1, 2009

Philadelphia Phillies logoNew York Mets (9-12 Road: 3-6)  at Philadelphia Phillies (11-9 Home: 5-7) 7:05 pm

Mike Pelfrey (2-0 6.32) vs. Chan Ho Park (0-0 7.16)

TV: SNY  RadioWFAN

What to watch:  The Mets go to Philly after losing 2 of 3 games at home to the Marlins. The Phils have won 5 of 6 games against the Marlins and Nationals. Park has been pretty bad for the Phils, giving up at least 4 runs in his last three starts. But the Phils have won all of those games. Pelfrey had a solid start against the Nationals coming back from a forearm strain. We’ll find out this afternoon if Carlos Delgado (hip) and Luis Castillo (back) are healthy enough to play tonight.

Don’t forget to visit The Mets Report Live Game Chat during the game to chat with other Mets fans!