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Mets 5 – Nationals 3 July 2, 2010

New York Mets starter Jonathon Niese pitches against the Washington Nationals in the first inning of their National League MLB baseball game in Washington, July 2, 2010. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL)

http://view.picapp.com//JavaScripts/OTIjs.jsThe Mets got another outstanding start from Jon Niese going 7 IP and only giving up 1 run. He also had a career high 8 strikeouts and no walks. He’s really become such a consistent solid presence in the rotation. He also helped himself at the plate. He went 1 for 3 with an RBI double.

The Mets offense had 8 hits and 2 walks tonight. They were led by David Wright going 3 for 5 with a double and a run scored. Alex Cora had a bases loaded triple in the 4 run fourth inning that broke the game open.

The game got interesting in the bottom of the ninth when Elmer Dessens gave up a hit and a walk with two outs. K-Rod came in and gave up 2 hits allowing both inherited runners to score. Oddly, the game ended when he picked off Roger Bernadina at second base. It was one of the biggest bonehead plays I’ve seen in a while by Bernadina.

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Preview: Mets at Nationals July 2, 2010

New York Mets (44-35) at Washington Nationals (35-45) 7:05 pm

Jon Niese (5-2 3.84) vs Luis Atilano (6-4 4.33)

TV: SNY   Radio: WFAN

What to watch: The Mets try to tie up the series behind Niese who had an excellent start against the Twins in his last outing going 6 IP and giving up no runs on 4 hits. The Nats have lost 4 of the last 5 games that Atilano started. He’s been inconsistent lately. Tonight’s game is a good chance to get a win before they face Stasburg on Saturday.

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Nationals 2 – Mets 1 July 1, 2010

New York Mets starter Johan Santana pitches against the Washington Nationals in the first inning of their National League MLB baseball game in Washington, July 1, 2010. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL)

http://view.picapp.com//JavaScripts/OTIjs.jsThere actually was some good news in a night when Jose Reyes, Angel Pagan, and Jason Bay didn’t start the game. That news? Johan Santana pitched really well after four really bad starts in a row. As usual, the Mets didn’t back up Santana with any runs. The just couldn’t do anything against Livan Hernandez. Santana went 7 strong innings giving up 1 run on 98 pitches. It looked like he made an argument to Jerry Manuel to stay in the game but lost the argument.

The Mets offense was weak against Hernandez and the Nationals with only 8 hits and no walks. Henry Blanco and Jesus Feliciano had two hits apiece but all 8 Mets hits were singles.

The game was 1-0 until the bottom of the seventh when the Nats tied it off Santana. It was lost in the bottom of the ninth when Pedro Feliciano loaded the bases and Ryan Zimmermann hit a sac fly off Ryota Igarashi.

Box score

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Preview: Mets at Nationals July 1, 2010

New York Mets (44-34) at Washington Nationals (34-45) 7:05 pm

Johan Santana (5-5 3.55) vs Livan Hernandez (6-4 3.10)

TV: SNY   Radio: WFAN

What to watch: Who would’ve ever thought Livan would be having a better season than Santana? That’s the case. But the Nationals have lost six of seven games now. Santana has lost two straight games in pitched poorly in four straight. The Mets need him to turn it around quickly.

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Mets Road Trip Preview: June 28th- July 5th, 2010

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Last time we joined you for a road trip preview, even though the teams on the schedule featured lower-talented rosters, the Mets’ 8-18 record on the road at the time gave all skeptics some fuel for the thought of another horrible road trip for the Amazin’s.

The Mets posted a more than impressive 7-2 record on that road trip, pushing their overall road record to a respectable 15-20.

It only gets harder this time around, as they face off against the rival Florida Marlins and Washington Nationals. They may be the two worst teams in the division record-wise, but the Mets are currently 3-8 this year on the road against divisional opponents. That will need to change quickly in order for the Mets to have a successful road trip.

Monday, June 28th: Mets (Dickey) vs. Marlins (Nolasco) 7:10 PM ESPN2
Tuesday, June 29th: Mets (Takahashi) vs. Marlins (Robertson) 7:10 PM
Wednesday, June 30th: Mets (Pelfrey) vs. Marlins (Volstad) 7:10 PM ESPN2
Thursday, July 1st: Mets (Santana) vs. Nationals (Hernandez) 7:05 PM
Friday, July 2nd: Mets (Niese) vs. Nationals (Atilano) 7:05 PM
Saturday, July 3rd: Mets (Dickey) vs. Nationals (Strasburg) 4:10 PM FOX
Sunday, July 4th: Mets (Takahashi) vs. Nationals (TBD) Continue reading “Mets Road Trip Preview: June 28th- July 5th, 2010”

Mets 10 – Nationals 7 May 20, 2010

New York Mets starting pitcher John Maine delivers a pitch to the Cincinnati Reds in Cincinnati

http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/PicAppPIS/JavaScript/PisV4.jsThe Mets finally got some offense for a change but the game started with a bizarre episode involving John Maine. He threw 5 pitches to the first batter and got pulled from the game. His fastball was at 85 mph and it looked like something was wrong. He and Jerry Manuel argued in the dugout. Maine appeared to have wanted to stay in the game.

Raul Valdes was warming up right from the start of the game. So the Mets knew something was wrong with Maine. Valdes did an unbelievable job going 5 innings and giving up 3 runs. You can’t ask for a better long relief job than Valdes did tonight. I was really impressed.

On offense the Mets put up 15 hits and only had 3 strikeouts. Talk about a turnaround! Jason Bay and Ike Davis both had 3 hits and Rod Barajas had a home run, his 10th of the season. David Wright even got in on the act with a bases clearing double in the first inning.

The Mets head home to face the Yankees this weekend.

Box score

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Preview: Mets at Nationals May 20, 2010

New York Mets (19-22) at Washington Nationals (21-20)  7:05 pm

John Maine (1-3 6.13) vs Luis Atilano (3-0 3.90)

TV: SNY   Radio: WFAN

What to watch: The Mets try to avoid the short series sweep tonight behind Maine. He got destroyed in his last start in Florida and is 0-2 with a 8.53 ERA in road games this season. Atilano got a win against the Mets on May 10 throwing 5.1 shutout innings.

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