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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| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 |
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| New York Mets | |||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | |
| 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 | ||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| 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 | |||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | |
| 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 | ||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| 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 |
There’s a new patch in town and it isn’t miserable like the ridiculous uniform patch that Citi Group designed for the team. This one will be on the caps for the 2009 season, which you can see on the left side of the post.
The Mets Report 