Mets Made a Statement Against Phillies
The New York Mets are playing Game 7 of the 2008 Regular Season against the Philadelphia Phillies at Shea Stadium. The game began at 7:10 p.m., and was aired on SNY.
Phillies Lineup: Victorino, Bruntlett, Utley, Howard, Burrell, Jenkins, Feliz, Ruiz, Kendrick.
Mets Lineup: Reyes, Pagan, Wright, Beltran, Delgado, Church, Easley, Schneider, Pelfrey.
On the Mound
Mike Pelfrey (0-0) was the starting pitcher for the Mets. In the Top of the 1st, Pelfrey sent the top of the lineup down in order. Pelfrey gave up 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 1 SO in the 1st Inning. In the Top of the 2nd, Pelrey struck Howard out swinging. Burrell grounded a one-out single up the middle. Jenkins grounded a single through the hole on right side which moved Burrell over to second. Feliz grounded to short, and Reyes (Error on Reyes) flipped it to Easley but it went into center field which loads the bases. Ruiz grounded an RBI single through the hole on the right side which scored Burrell. Kendrick grounded to first, and Delgado made the out at home plate. Victorino grounded to third, and Wright made the out at first. Pelfrey gave up 3 Hits, 1 Run, 0 BBs, and he had 1 SO in the 2nd Inning. In the Top of the 3rd, Pelfrey retired the side in order. Pelfrey gave up 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 1 SO in the 3rd Inning. In the Top of the 4th, Feliz drew a one-out walk. Ruiz grounded into a double play. Pelfrey gave up 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 1 BB, and he had 0 SOs in the 4th Inning. In the Top of the 5th, Bruntlett drew a two-out walk. Utley doubled with a gaper to left center which scored Bruntlett. Howard grounded out to first to end the inning. Pelfrey gave up 1 Hit, 1 Run, 1 BB, and he 0 SOs in the 5th Inning. Pelfrey pitched 5.0 Innings and allowed 5 Hits, 2 Runs, 2 ER, 2 BBs, and he had 3 SOs.
Randolph replaced Pelfrey with Jorge Sosa to begin the Top of the 6th. Sosa got three batters to ground out. Sosa allowed 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 0 SO in the 6th Inning. In the Top of the 7th, Sosa had another 1-2-3 inning. Sosa allowed 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 1 SO in the 7th Inning.
Randolph replaced Sosa with Pedro Feliciano to begin the Top of the 8th. Bruntlett lined a leadoff single into center. Utley flied out to left field. Feliciano struck Howard out swinging. Burrell grounded a single through the hole on the right side as Bruntlett advanced to second. Werth replaced Jenkins, and Werth drew a two-out walk to load the bases. Feliz popped up to shallow center to end the inning. Feliciano allowed 2 Hits, 0 Runs, 1 BB, and he had 1 SO in the 8th Inning.
Randolph replaced Feliciano with Carlos Muniz to begin the Top of the 9th. Muniz fanned Ruiz. Coste is pinch hitting for Seanez, and Coste lined a one-out double into the left field corner. Victorino grounded out to short as Coste moved over to third. Bruntlett popped up at home plate, and Schneider made the final out. Muniz allowed 1 Hit, 0 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 1 SO in the 9th Inning.
At the Plate
Kyle Kendrick (1-0) was the starting pitcher for the Phillies. In the Bottom of the 1st, Reyes drew a leadoff walk. Pagan grounded to the pitcher, and Reyes advanced to second safely as Kendrick made the out at first. Wright grounded to second base which bounced off of Utley (Error on Utley) and went into center field as Reyes came home to score. Beltran line out to deep right center. Delgado drew a two-out walk. Church drew a two-out walk to load the bases. Easley grounded to short, and Bruntlett made the out at first to end the inning. Kendrick gave up 0 Hits, 1 Run (Unearned), 3 BBs, and he didn’t Strike Out anybody in the 1st Inning. In the Bottom of the 2nd, Schneider drew a leadoff walk. Pelfrey dropped down a sacrifice bunt along the first base line to move Schneider over to second while Pelfrey was tagged out. Reyes grounded to first, and Howard flipped it to Kendrick at first as Schneider advanced to third. Pagan drew a two-out walk. Wright drew a two-out walk to load the bases. Beltran grounded out to second to end the inning. Kendrick gave up 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 3 BBs, and he had 0 SOs in the 2nd Inning. In the Bottom of the 3rd, Delgado hit a leadoff double that one-hopped the wall in left. Church lined a single to center which moved Delgado over to third. Easley grounded an RBI single through the hole on the left side to score Delgado and advance Church over to second. Schneider lined out to first. Pelfrey dropped a bunt right in front of home plate, and Ruiz (Error on Ruiz) attempted to make the out at third, but Feliz couldn’t make the catch so the bases are loaded. Reyes grounded to short, but Brutlett (Error on Bruntlett) couldn’t field the ball which led to Church coming home to score and the bases remained loaded. Pagan grounded an RBI double over the third base bag and into the left field corner which scored Easley and Pelfrey and moved Reyes over to third. Kendrick pitched 2.1 Innings allowing 4 Hits, 7 Runs, 1 ER, 6 BBs, and 0 SOs.
Manuel replaced Kendrick with Chad Durbin with one out in the Bottom of the 3rd. Wright grounded an RBI single under the glove of Bruntlett (Error on Bruntlett) on the left side to score Reyes and moved Pagan over to third. With Beltran in the batters box, Durbin threw a wild pitch which led to Pagan scoring. Beltran drew a one-out walk. Delgado lined out to right field. Durbin struck out Church to finally bring the inning to a close. Durbin allowed 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 1 BB, and he had 1 SO in the 3rd Inning. In the Bottom of the 4th, Durbin retired the bottom of the lineup in order. Durbin gave up 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 1 SO in the 4th Inning. In the Bottom of the 5th, Durbin sent the top of the lineup down 1-2-3. Durbin allowed 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 1 SO in the 5th Inning. In the Bottom of the 6th, Durbin retired the side again. Durbin allowed 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 1 SO in the 6th Inning. Durbin pitched 3.2 Inning allowing 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 1 BB, and he had 4 SOs.
Manuel replaced Durbin with Clay Condrey to begin the Bottom of the 7th. Easley drew a leadoff walk. Schneider lined a single into right which moved Easley over to second. Anderson is pinch hitting for Sosa, and Anderson flied out to the gap in left center, and Easley moved over to third. Reyes grounded to second, and Schneider stalled running to second which allowed Easley to score before the double play was complete. Condrey allowed 1 Hit, 1 Runs, 1 BB, and he had 0 SOs in the 7th Inning.
Manuel replaced Condrey with Rudy Seanez to begin the Bottom of the 8th. Pagan drew a leadoff walk. Wright lined out to short. Beltran flied out to right field. Delgado flied out to left. Seanez gave up 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 1 BB, and he had 0 SOs in the 8th Inning.
Final Score: Philadelphia Phillies 2 - New York Mets 8. The MLB.com Box Score is attached. Mike Pelfrey (1-0) got the win, and Kyle Kendrick (1-1) got the loss.
I’m very happy that the Mets sent a message to the Phillies by beating them 8-2. Prior to the game, I was very concerned about Pelfrey. Pelfrey looked really good tonight. One of the runs he gave up in the 2nd Inning was the result of an error on Reyes which should’ve resulted in at least one out and maybe a double play. The Bullpen put up the goose eggs today which does not follow the early trend. The Mets only had 5 Hits today, but they cashed in on 9 BBs and 4 Errors. With the Mets winning tonight, at least they have a shot at winning the series tomorrow with Maine on the mound. The Mets need to win the series against the Phillies since they lost the last series to the Braves. Last, the Amazins’ finally ended the 9-game winning streak that the Phillies were on…which is huge!
Unfortunately, the Mets fell to the Marlins this afternoon. Even though the Mets did pretty well in Spring Training, it doesn’t mean anything. Only 5 Days until Opening Day.
So even though the Mets have been devastated by a wrath of injuries, they managed to win 5 straight games. It kind of went unnoticed. Most of them came from late inning heroics. The Mets are losing to the Indians right now by a score of 8-6 in the 8th inning. Oliver Perez got the start, and didn’t pitch so well. Maybe the Mets have another comeback in them…
I have expressed my concerns regarding the Mets already as we head into ’08. On of my biggest concerns is this guy, Duaner Sanchez. I was thrilled to hear that Sanchez was able to pitch today, and he didn’t give up any runs in his first outing since ‘06. Duaner is the one player that I’m going to zone in on more than any other. The biggest reason why the Bullpen was so much better in ‘06 then in ‘07 was primarily because of Sanchez not being there. Bradshaw was also very successful, but Omar let him go so it’s not worth arguing that point. It is very infrequent when pitchers come back from injuries and pitch as well as they used to. So what we will get out of Duaner? Your guess is as good as mine, but I’m looking forward to watching him. If he can hold down the 8th inning like he used to then the Mets are going to have a great season.
