Tag: Pittsburgh Pirates

Pirates 3 – Mets 1 June 2, 2009

The Mets lost their second straight to the lousy Pirates team. There just wasn’t much offense to support Johan Santana. But Zach Duke did a good job for the Pirates. Santana gave up 3 runs in 6 innings to raise his ERA to 2.00. He’s been victimized by a lack of support in most of his starts this season.

There wasn’t much offense to speak of tonight for the Mets. They only had 8 hits and three were by Jeremy Reed who was starting for Carlos Beltran again. Beltran is still too sick to play since he came out of Saturday’s game with the flu.

The only run for the Mets was scored by Ramon Martinez in the fifth inning on a sacrifice fly by Luis Castillo. While sliding into home Martinez dislocated his pinky finger. He’s heading back to New York to get it looked at as the walking wounded total continues to increase.

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Pirates 8 – Mets 5 June 1, 2009

The story of this game is that the Mets were hitting and scoring early, but the bullpen blew the game in the eighth inning. It was reminiscent of a 2008 game. Livan Hernandez was back to his average self again going 5.2 innings and giving up 3 runs to raise his ERA to 4.33.

The Mets put up 5 runs in the first three inings and looked like they were on their way to a beat down of the Pirates. But they only got one hit after the third inning. We should’ve know it was a sign of trouble when the offense was led by Jeremy Reed and Wilson Valdez with 2 hits apiece.

J.J. Putz was awful again giving up 4 runs without getting an out on four straight hits. He was out early before the game working with Dan Warthen but it didn’t help at all. Supposedly, they’re trying to get him to stop tipping his pitches. They need to work on finding the velocity that he’s lost before the pitch tipping issue. He’s just been terrible.

The Pirates scrapped their way back from being down 5-0 in the third inning. This was a really ugly loss.

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Mets 8 – Pirates 4 May 10, 2009

The Mets got their seventh consecutive win and their third consecutive series sweep today. The team is really clicking now. Livan Hernandez had some good numbers on the day going 6 innings giving up only 2 runs. But he was teetering on the edge of trouble for much of the early going. The Pirates inept offense is the only thing that kept him from having serious trouble.

The Mets offense kept plugging away again today with Jose Reyes, Luis Castillo, and Omir Santos having 2 hits apiece. But they did leave 17 runners on base, a common theme this season that could bite them against better competition than the Pirates.

Of note in the game was manager Jerry Manuel back at the reins after serving a one game suspension. Also, Reyes had his 10th stolen base of the season which was also the 300th of his young career.

The Mets now stand alone in first place in the National League East, one game ahead of the Florida Marlins.

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Game Preview: Pirates at Mets [Game 30] May 10, 2009

pirates-logo2Pittsburgh Pirates (12-18 Road: 5-11) at New York Mets (16-13 Home: 10-6)  1:10 pm

Ian Snell (1-4 4.50) vs. Livan Hernandez (2-1 5.53)

TV: WPIX   Radio:  WFAN

What to watch:  The Pirates have lost seven straight games and the Mets have won six straight. The Mets have a chance at their third consecutive series sweep today as well. For the most part, Snell hasn’t pitched badly this season if you look at his game log. He’s taken a few tough losses when he pitched well. Hernandez has been up and down for the Mets. But he pitched an excellent game against the Braves on Tuesday.

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

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