Tag: Oliver Perez

Delgado Homers Twice Again In Win Over Nats 10-8

It’s incredible that a guy who couldn’t hit his weight for the first two months of the season in now being talked about in the NL MVP conversation. But Carlos Delgado did it again tonight with two homers (35 for the season) and back to back with Carlos Beltran in the sixth inning.

Oliver Perez reverted to his early season form giving up seven runs over 3.1 innings. An ugly game for Perez tonight, it was reminiscent of his early season beatings he took with regularity.

The bullpen held on with only Brandon Knight allowing a run in the fifth. Luis Ayala got a chance to close out a game against his former team. That must’ve felt good.

The Phillies lost so the Mets lead goes to 2.5 games with the magic number at 16.

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On Deck- September 9- Nationals at Mets [Game 1]

Washington Nationals (56-88 Road: 25-48) at New York Mets (80-63 Home: 42-27) 7:10pm

John Lannan (8-13 3.88) vs. Oliver Perez (10-7 3.86)

TV: SNY  Radio: WFAN

What to watch: The Mets start a two game series with the cellar dweller Nationals. Lannan has been one of the few bright spots for the Nats so this game won’t be a cake walk. Perez has had two very good starts in a row now. The Mets are up by two on the Phillies who start a series at Citizens Bank with the Marlins.

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On Deck- September 3- Mets at Brewers [Game 3]

New York Mets (78-61 Road: 37-36) at Milwaukee Brewers (80-58 Home:41-26) 2:05pm

O. Perez (9-7 3.90) vs. D. Bush (9-9 4.12)

TV: SNY   Radio: WFAN

What to watch: The Mets go for the sweep in Milwaukee today before coming home to an off day. Perez has been tremendous for the Mets and won his last two decisions.  Bush has been excellent recently for the Brew Crew winning five of his last six decisions. The Mets are currently 5-2 on this road trip and going for six wins today.

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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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On Deck- August 29- Mets at Marlins [Game 1]

New York Mets (74-60 Road: 33-35) at Florida Marlins (68-66 Home:35-31) 7:10pm

Oliver Perez (9-7 4.00) vs. Chris Volstad (4-3 3.42)

TV: SNY   Radio: WFAN

What to watch: Volstad is the Marlins hot-shot rookie pitcher that’s looked pretty good in eight starts this season. Perez didn’t pitch all that well in his last start at Shea against the Astros. But he’s had a great second half this season. It should be a good match up in Miami.

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On Deck- August 24- Astros at Mets [Game 3]

Houston Astros (65-64 Road: 31-36) at New York Mets (72-58 Home: 40-24) 1:10pm

Randy Wolf (8-11 4.81) vs. Oliver Perez (9-7 3.93)

TV: CW11  Radio: WFAN

What to watch: Perez is 3-1 in his last four decisions. He’s been surprisingly consistent in the second half of the season. Wolf got rocked in his last start in Milwaukee giving up six runs in four innings of work.Apparently, Luis Castillo won’t be returning to the active roster today either but he can’t play in anymore rehab games. So he’s in limbo right now.

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Mets Come Back For 7-3 Win Over Braves

The Mets scored five runs in the eighth inning to shock the Braves. The key hit was Carlos Delgado’s double with the bases loaded to score two runs and take the lead for good.

Oliver Perez didn’t have it tonight. He got a quality start, for what that’s worth, going 6.1 innings giving up three runs. But he didn’t have good control and was in trouble for much of the night.

The Braves bullpen completely imploded in the eighth. It was good to see that can happen to someone beside the Mets for once.

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