Tag: Mike Pelfrey

On Deck- September 5- Phillies at Mets [Game 1]

Philadelphia Phillies (76-64 Road: 37-35) at New York Mets (79-61 Home: 41-25)

7:10pm

Brett Myers (8-10 4.40) vs. Mike Pelfrey (13-8 3.66)

TV: CW11  Radio: WFAN

What to watch: Inexplicably, the Mets and Phillies start their last series of the season against each other tonight. How could MLB create a schedule without these teams playing late in September? Anyway, the Mets continue to run one high performing starter after another. With the Mets up by three games in the division, this is a chance to all but put away the Phillies with a sweep.

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Mets and Marlins Empty Benches But Avoid Brawl

Cody Ross got hit by Mike Pelfrey in the arm during the second inning last night and didn’t like it. You could clearly hear him yell “God damn it!” during the broadcast and you could see him yelling “F*ck you!” at Pelfrey as he walked to first base.

The benches cleared and Mike Jacobs was the only player being restrained from going after someone. During the next few innings you could see Ross yelling at Pelfrey from the Marlins bench.

It didn’t look like Pelfrey was trying to hit Ross. My take is that Ross was trying to get the Marlins fired up after their devastating ninth inning loss on Friday night when Carlos Beltran hit a grand slam off Kevin Gregg. What was your take?

Mets Bullpen Fails Again; Marlins Win 4-3

Aaron Heilman blew up again in the ninth inning. He led off the inning by walking Hanley Ramirez, who went to second on a sacrifice, and went to third on a wild pitch. Cantu and Jacobs were intentionally walked,and Josh Willingham was given a walk-off walk on an inside pitch on 3-1. It was another miserable failure late in the game.

The good news is that Mike Pelfrey had another very good start, going 6.2 innings and giving up 2 runs. He ran out of gas in the sixth and seventh innings though. But that could be expected coming off two consecutive complete games late in the season.

Duaner Sanchez gave up a game tying homer to Jacobs in the eighth. He really looks like he has nothing anymore. The shoulder injuries have completely robbed him of his velocity and effectiveness.

As usual, all of the Mets offense came in the first three innings on a David Wright two-run homer in the first and a Luis Castillo RBI single in the third.

The Mets lead is down to one game with a Phillies win in Chicago.

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On Deck- August 30- Mets at Marlins [Game 2]

New York Mets (75-60 Road: 34-35) at Florida Marlins (68-67 Home:35-32) 7:10pm

Mike Pelfrey (13-8 3.70) vs. Ricky Nolasco (13-7 3.62)

TV: SNY   Radio: WFAN

What to watch: Excellent pitching match up tonight. The Mets send young gun Pelfrey to the mount coming off two straight complete game wins. Nolasco has been pitching really well too including a two-hit shutout against the Giants on August 19th.

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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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On Deck- August 25- Astros at Mets [Game 4]

Houston Astros (66-64 Road: 32-36) at New York Mets (72-59 Home: 40-25) 7:10pm

Brian Moehler (9-4 3.87) vs. Mike Pelfrey (12-8 3.86)

TV: SNY  Radio: WFAN

What to watch: The Mets try to even the series at 2-2 before leaving for Philly. Pelfrey has been terrific this season, throwing a complete game 3-hitter in his last start. Moehler has had a nice season for Houston, he’s won his last five decisions.

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