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As soon as the Mets seemed like they were getting hot, they got swept in a four-game series by the last place Padres.  The pitching was pretty good all series because they lost three games by a score of 2-1.  The offense couldn’t put up more than one run, which is absolutely pathetic, until yesterday when they scored six runs.  It was Wags who was brought in with two outs in the eigth inning yesterday who blew the save allowing four runs.  They are two games under .500 and will face the D-Backs tomorrow.  I’m still waiting for something to happen to get this team heading in the right direction.  Is Willie going to get fired before they get players with heart?  And when will it happen?  Hopefully not before it’s too late because I want to watch my boys in blue and orange playing October baseball.  I didn’t get to watch it last season because of the collapse so the Mets owe me one.

Mets.com:

Mets swept painfully in San Diego - Marty Noble summarized yesterday’s game between the Mets and the Padres.

Mets hoping for quick return of Alou - Jon Blau wrote a pregame analysis for tomorrow night’s game between the Diamondbacks and the Mets.

Castro out of lineup after late arrival - Marty Noble tells us that Ramon Castro, “was removed from the starting lineup shortly after noon, shortly after he arrived at PETCO Park for the 4:05 p.m. ET game against the Padres. His late arrival was neither excused nor unnoticed.”  Noble also stated that Casanova started in placed of Castro, and that Castro was embarrased and will be fined.  I’m certain that Willie wasn’t too happy about this.  Especially when the team got swept by the last place Padres and is rocking a 30-32 record.

Carp reels in six big RBIs for B-Mets - Steve Conley lets us know that Mike Carp, “slugged a grand slam and a two-run homer and the Binghamton Mets homered five times and pounded out 17 hits in a 17-4 rout of the New Britain Rock Cats at NYSEG Stadium.”

Newsday:

THIS DAY AT THE OLD BALLPARK - Newsday lets us know what took place at Shea Stadium and Yankee Stadium on June 9 of a year in the past.

Mets swept as Wagner gives up three-run homer - I can’t get on Wagner because he’s been great, but it was bad timing because Willie brought him in in the eigth inning because the Mets needed a win.

Pedro still not at his best - David Lennon discussed Pedro Martinez’s less than stellar outing yesterday.

New York Daily News:

Tony Clark’s pinch-hit HR off Billy Wagner gives Padres sweep of Mets - Adam Rubin summarized yesterday’s Mets-Padres game.

Surfing the Mets DVD contest (Part II)

Pedro claims squeeze was on

Mets minor league report

Ramon Castro arrives late, fined

New York Post:

DOOM AND BROOM - Bart Hubbuch summarized yesterday’s game between the Mets and the Padres.

CASTRO MISSES START

New York Times:

Good News: Mets Score More Than a Run. The Bad News: Don’t Ask. - Ben Shpigel summarized yesterday’s Mets-Padres game.

The Star-Ledger:

Wagner signals SOS in San Diego sweep

Castro checks in too late

Final: Padres 8, Mets 6 - Jeremy Cothran wrote up a game summary for yesterday’s game between the Mets and the Padres.

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The New York Mets (30-31) are playing Game 62 of the 2008 Regular Season against the San Diego Padres (27-37) at Petco Park.  It’s the final game of the four-game series.  The game began at 4:05 p.m., and it was aired on WB11.

Mets Lineup: Reyes, Castillo, Wright, Beltran, Easley, Delgado, Casanova, Chavez, Pedro Martinez (1-0).

Padres Lineup: Gerut, Ed Gonzalez, Giles, Adrian Gonzalez, Kouzmanoff, McAnulty, Greene, Carlin, Wil Ledezma (0-2).

In the Top of the 1st, Castillo drew a one-out walk.  Wright also drew a one-out walk.  Beltran flied out to right.  Damion Easley lined a two-out RBI single into center which scored Luis Castillo, and Wright went to second.  Carlos Delgado lined a two-out 2-run triple into the right field corner scoring David Wright and Damion Easley giving the Mets an early three-run lead.  Casanova grounded out to short to end the inning with Delgado stranded on third.  In the Bottom of the 1st, Ed Gonzalez lined a one-out single into left field.  Giles grounded a one-out single through the hole on the right side, and Chavez threw out Ed Gonzalez as he tried to go from first to third.  Adrian Gonzalez lined a two-out single into center, and Giles went to second.  Pedro hit Kouzmanoff with the pitch which loaded the bases.  With McAnulty at the plate, Martinez was called for a balk which scored Brian Giles and advanced both runners.  Paul McAnulty dumped a two-out 2-run single into left scoring Adrian Gonzalez and Kevin Kouzmanoff.  Greene flied out to center to end the inning leaving McAnulty stranded on first and making this a tie game.  In the Top of the 2nd, Chavez grounded a leadoff single up the middle.  Martinez dropped down a sacrifice bunt towards the pitcher, and Chavez advanced to second.  Reyes drew a one-out walk.  With Castillo in the batters box, the Mets put on the double steal and both runners arrived safely.  Luis Castillo hit a sacrifice fly to center as Endy Chavez tagged up and scored, and Reyes tagged up and went to third.  Wright flied out to center to end the inning with Reyes stranded on third, but the Mets added on another run giving them a 4-3 lead.  In the Bottom of the 2nd, Gerut grounded a two-out single through the hole on the left side.  With Ed Gonzalez at the plate, Gerut beat out the throw by Casanova as he stole second.  Martinez fanned Ed Gonzalez to end the inning leaving Gerut stranded on second.  In the Top of the 3rd, Easley dropped a one-out blooper into center for a double.  Ledezma fanned Delgado.  Casanova drew a two-out walk on four pitches.  Chavez grounded to second, and Ed Gonzalez made the out at first to end the inning leaving runners stranded on first and second.  In the Bottom of the 3rd, Giles lined a leadoff single into left.  Adrian Gonzalez flied out to center.  Then Kouzmanoff flied out to center.  McAnulty popped up to shallow center, and Reyes made the final out of the inning stranding Giles on first.

In the Top of the 4th, Reyes lined a one-out double off of the wall in left field.  With Castillo at the plate, Reyes beat out the throw by Carlin as he stole third.  Luis Castillo dropped a one-out RBI single into center which scored Jose Reyes.  With Wright in the batter box, Castillo stole second safely beating out the throw by Carlin.  Wright hit a sacrifice fly out to right, and Castillo tagged up and went to third.  Ledezma fanned Beltran to end the inning leaving Castillo stranded on third, but the Mets were able to tack on a run and take a 5-3 lead.  In the Bottom of the 4th, Greene dropped a leadoff single into center.  Carlin grounded to first, and the Mets only got the out at second on the double play attempt.  Huber is pinch hitting for Ledezma, and Huber grounded a one-out single through the hole on the left side, and Carlin moved over to second.  Jody Gerut lined a one-out RBI single into center scoring Luke Carlin, and Huber went to second.  Ed Gonzalez flied out to right.  Giles flied out to the warning track in right to end the inning with runners on second and third.  In the Top of the 5th, Black replaced Ledezma with Hampson.  Delgado lined a one-out single into shallow right center.  Casanova grounded a one-out single through the hole on the left side, and Delgado went to second.  Chavez grounded to second, and both runners advanced a base.  Martinez grounded to third, and Kouzmanoff made the out at first to end the inning stranding runners on second and third.  In the Bottom of the 5th, McAnulty drove a two-out double to the gap in right center.  Greene lined out to the wall in left to end the inning with McAnulty stranded on second.  In the Top of the 6th, Black replaced Hampson with Meredith after Hampson retired the first two hitters.  Wright drew a two-out walk.  Beltran grounded to second, and Ed Gonzalez made the out at first to end the inning stranding Wright on first.  In the Bottom of the 6th, Randolph replaced Martinez with Vargas.  Gerut grounded to first, but Delgado botched the ball so Gerut beat it out giving the Padres a two-out base runner.  Ed Gonzalez grounded towards first, and Delgado fielded the ball and applied the tag on Ed Gonzalez to end the inning.

In the Top of the 7th, Delgado drove a one-out double off of the wall in left field.  Casanova grounded to second, and Ed Gonzalez made the out at first as Delgado went to third.  Chavez bunted towards first, and Adrian Gonzalez could not field the ball properly so Endy Chavez was safe and Carlos Delgado scored.  Nunez is pinch hitting for Vargas, and Nunez popped out to short to end the inning as the Mets tacked on another run giving them a 6-4 lead.  In the Bottom of the 7th, Randolph replaced Vargas with Schoeneweis so this can get very scary.  Giles led off by grounding a single up the middle.  Adrian Gonzalez grounded to second, and the Mets turned the double play.  Kouzmanoff flied out to right to end the inning.  Thank God Schoeneweis did not give up any runs.  In the Top of the 8th, Black replaced Meredith with Guevara.  Guevara pitched a 1-2-3 inning.  In the Bottom of the 8th, Randolph replaced Schoeneweis with Sanchez.  Stansberry is pinch hitting for Meredith, and Stansberry dropped a leadoff single into left.  Sanchez fanned Greene.  Carlin drew a one-out walk.  Hairston replaced McAnulty, and Sanchez fanned Hairston.  Randolph replaced Sanchez with Wagner.  Jody Gerut grounded a two-out RBI single through the hole on the right side which scored Craig Stansberry, and Carlin advanced to second.  Clark is pinch hitting for Guevera, and Tony Clark crushed a two-out 3-run homer scoring Luke Carlin and Jody Gerut.  Wagner fanned Giles to end the inning after the Padres put up four runs and took an 8-6 lead.  In the Top of the 9th, Black replaced Guevera with Hoffman.  Hoffman retired the side in order.

Final Score: New York Mets 6 - San Diego Padres 8.  The MLB.com Box Score is attached.  Billy Wagner (0-1) took the loss and Carlos Guevera (1-0) got the win.

Game Notes:

• Pedro Martinez was not very good today.  He pitched 5.0 Innings allowing 10 Hits, 4 Runs, 4 ERs, 0 BBs, and he had 4 SOs.
• Billy Wager gave up a 3-run jack to former Met Tony Clark which won the game for the Padres.
• Luis Castillo actually had 2 RBIs.
• Carlos Delgado was a homer short of batting for the cycle and had 2 RBIs.

Series Notes:

• The Padres swept the Mets 4-0.
• The Padres beat the Mets by the score of 2-1 in the first three games of the series.

Other Notes:

• Since June 1st, this is the Mets trend: w-l-w-w-l-l-l-l.
• The Mets are currently 2-5 on this road trip.
• The Mets are two games under .500 with a 30-32 record.

No, the Padres didn’t beat the Mets 2-1 again.  But the Padres won again.  Swept by the Padres, how do they let that happen?  The Padres are a last place team.

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Last night, I had to go to a dinner.  I got into the car around 1 a.m. and turned on WFAN, they said that it was tied 1-1 in the Bottom of the 10th.  I said, “Oh no.  The Mets are going to lose to the Padres 2-1 again.”  On the next pitch, Scott Hairston hit a walkoff homer to win the game 2-1.  Now that was frustrating.

Mets.com:

Mets lose third in symmetrical fashion - Marty Noble summarized last night’s game between the Mets and the Padres.

Mets hope Pedro can salvage Game 4 - Marty Noble wrote up a pregame analysis for today’s Mets-Padres game.

Church’s situation not encouraging - Marty Noble reported that Ryan Church, “experienced a pulsating sensation on both sides of his head, his situation had reverted to where it had been several times since the concussion, to a point of uncertain prognosis and discussion of assigning him to the disabled list.”  I’m very concerned about Ryan.  He should go on the DL if he is still suffering symptons.  It is a tough blow to this Mets team because he was performing better than everybody else, but the Mets have to do what’s right for their players health.

Johan expects to make next start - Marty Noble reported that Johan Santana, “seemed relatively confident on Saturday that the bruised left shoulder he sustained on Friday wouldn’t prevent him from taking his next scheduled turn in the Mets’ starting rotation on Thursday. “  That’s great news because he’s the last person we need to lose to injury.

Newsday:

PADRES 1, METS 1: Church is using his head - Newsday summarized last night’s game between the Mets and the Padres.  For some reason, the score is incorrect.

Mets’ Church done for weekend; could go on DL

New York Daily News:

Mets offense sputters again, fall to Padres 2-1 for third straight game - Adam Rubin summarized last night’s Mets-Padres game.

Ryan Church still suffering from post-concussion symptoms

No worry on Johan Santana’s shoulders

New York Post:

IT’S SAME ‘O’ STORY - Bart Hubbuch wrote up a game summary for last night’s Mets-Padres game.

BELL RUNG, CHURCH OUT TWO DAYS

RED LETTER DAY - This article is part of the ‘25 Greatest Moments at Shea’ series.  It is No. 16 when Tom Seaver returned on August 21, 1977.

SAVES OF ANOTHER KIND - Brian Costello lets us know about Billy Wagner’s upbringing.

New York Times:

Mets Caught in a Loop of 2-1 Losses in San Diego - Ben Shpigel summarized last night’s game between the Mets and the Padres.

The Star-Ledger:

Offense sputtering as Mets lose third straight

Ailing Church is shut down

Game 61: Mets at Padres - Jeremy Cothran provided the lineup for last night’s Mets-Padres game.

Mets Shut Down Church

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The Mets have two games left with the Padres just to even up the series.  At best, they can come home from California with a 4-3 record.  All of us Mets fans are waiting for whatever it is that is going to ignite this team.  Each time we see signs, we think all is right.  It hasn’t been the case yet because they are struggling against last place teams.  Since the Mets have been playing .500 for so long, there’s no reason to assume that it’s going to get better except for my own hope.  After last season, I thought that this season didn’t even begin until they locked up the division.  I thought that they would pick up where they left off, in September but sealing the deal.  Now, I just hope they get to October.

Mets.com:

Santana hurt as Mets suffer tough loss - Marty Noble summarized last night’s game between the Mets and the Padres.  He also noted that Johan Santana suffered a bruised left shoulder when he was struck by a pitch in the sixth inning.

After Johan injury, Mets aim to regroup - Marty Noble wrote up a pregame analysis for tonight’s game between the Mets and the Padres.

Church doesn’t play against Padres

Holes filled by departed blue chippers - Jon Blau pointed out that the Mets replenished their farm system by going after collegiate prospects rather than high school prospects.

Meeting with Randolph benefits Reyes - After a routine ball bounced through the legs of Jose Reyes in the third inning of Wednesday’s game in San Francisco, Willie Randolph spoke with Reyes about it Thursday before the Mets played their first game of their four-game series against the Padres.  Willie stated that “Footwork … mechanics … rhythm.” was the message, and Marty Noble believes that it’s paying off on Reyes.

Newsday:

More frustration for Mets in 2-1 loss - David Lennon summarized last night’s Mets-Padres game.

Randolph hasn’t lost faith in Perez - yet - Willie said this about Oliver Perez, “I told him how disappointed I was in his performance and to get ready for the next one.”

Mets’ Church upset about benching Friday night

THIS DAY AT THE OLD BALLPARK - Newsday lets us know what took place at Shea Stadium and Yankee Stadium on June 7 of a year in the past.

New York Daily News:

Johan Santana’s gaffe aids Padres rally in 2-1 Mets loss - Adam Rubin wrote up a game summary about last night’s game between the Mets and the Padres.

Heath Bell rings ‘em up - Adam Rubin lets you know how former Met, Heath Bell, is doing.

Ryan Church out of the lineup again

New York Post:

AMAZIN’ BATS BETRAY JOHAN

TOP PICK ALREADY LOVES NY - Since the Mets drafted Ike Davis, who is the son of former Yankee Ron Davis, Ike had this to say when asked about New York, “He just said they have the best fans and it’s a blast because every game is live and die with them. He loved it, and I’m looking forward to it, too.”

New York Times:

Mistakes Mar Close Game as Mets Slip Back to .500 - Ben Shpigel summarized last night’s Mets-Padres game.

Pelfrey Throws More Pitches, Learning More

The Star-Ledger:

Mets can’t muster much, Santana falls to Padres

Church sits as playing time is monitored

Final: Padres 2, Mets 1 - Jeremy Cothran summarized last night’s game between the Mets and the Padres.

Inconsistent Perez driving Mets mad

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The New York Mets (30-29) are playing Game 60 of the 2008 Regular Season against the San Diego Padres (25-37) at Petco Park.  It’s the second game of the four-game series.  The game began at 10:05 p.m., and it was aired on SNY.

Mets Lineup: Reyes, Castillo, Wright, Beltran, Easley, Tatis, Schneider, Chavez, Johan Santana (7-3).

Padres Lineup: Hairston, E. Gonzalez, Giles, A. Gonzalez, Kouzmanoff, Greene, Huber, Barrett, Randy Wolf (3-4).

In the Top of the first, Wolf tried to set the tone by pitching a 1-2-3 inning.  In the Bottom of the 1st, Hairston beat out a ground ball to second for a leadoff infield single.  E. Gonzalez lined a no-out single into left, and Hairston moved over to second.  Giles grounded to third, and the Mets turned the double play as Hairston advanced to third.  A. Gonzalez lined out to center to end the inning with Hairston stranded on third.  In the Top of the 2nd, Wolf now retired the side for the second inning in a row.  In the Bottom of the 2nd, Santana walked Greene to give the Padres a one-out base runner.  Huber flied out in foul territory along the right field line, and Chavez tracked it down.  Barrett lined a two-out single into left, and Greene moved over to second.  Wolf grounded right back to the pitcher, and Santana made the out at first to end the inning stranding runners on first and second.  In the Top of the 3rd, Wolf now retired the Mets the first time through the lineup.  In the Bottom of the 3rd, Santana pitched his first 1-2-3 inning of the game.

In the Top of the 4th, Wright lined a two-out single into right to end Wolf’s perfect game.  Beltran grounded to short, and Greene got the force out at second to end the inning.  In the Bottom of the 4th, Santana now retired the side for the second inning in a row.  In the Top of the 5th, Wolf pitched another 1-2-3 inning.  In the Bottom of the 5th, Santana now retired the side in order for the third straight inning.  In the Top of the 6th, Chavez lined an opposite field leadoff double down the left field line.  Santana grounded to first, and A. Gonzalez got the out at third as Santana arrived safely at first.  Reyes lined a one-out single up the middle, and Santana moved over to second.  Castillo lined a one-out single into right which loaded the bases.  David Wright drove the ball deep to the gap in left center, but Hairston made an outstanding diving catch to save a couple of runs.  Johan Santana tagged up and scored giving the Mets a 1-0 lead, and Reyes tagged up and went to third.  Beltran drew a two-out walk which loaded the bases.  Easley grounded to third, and Kouzmanoff made the out at first ending the inning leaving the bases juiced.  In the Bottom of the 6th, Hairston led off with a leadoff double that went right over the first base bag.  E. Gonzalez grounded back to the pitcher, and Santana threw it a little high to third and Wright could not get the tag down so everybody is safe.  Giles grounded to second, but the ball hit E. Gonzalez as he was running to second so he is out while Hairston had to remain on third and Giles was credited with the hit.  Adrian Gonzalez lined an RBI single into center which scored Scott Hairston, and Giles advanced from first to third.  Kevin Kouzmanoff grounded a one-out RBI single up the middle scoring Brian Giles, and E. Gonzalez went to second.  Santana caught Greene looking at strike three for the second out.  Huber flied out to center to end the inning with runners stranded on first and second after the Padres took the 2-1 lead.

In the Top of the 7th, Schneider lined a one-out single into center.  Chavez dropped a one-out single over the head of Greene and into shallow left, and Schneider moved over to second.  Cancel is pinch hitting for Santana, and Cancel grounded out to second which advanced both runners.  Wolf walked Reyes to load the bases.  Castillo grounded out to short to end the inning with the bases loaded.  In the Bottom of the 7th, Randolph replaced Santana with Heilman.  Barrett drew a leadoff walk.  Gerut is pinch hitting for Wolf, and Gerut lined out to center.  Hairston grounded the ball through the hole on the right side for an infield single, and Hairston advanced to second.  E. Gonzalez grounded to second, and Easley made the out at second so runners are on the corners.  Randolph replaced Heilman with Feliciano.  Giles grounded out to second to end the inning leaving runners stranded on the corners.  In the Top of the 8th, Black replaced Wolf with Bell quickly retired the side.  In the Bottom of the 8th, Feliciano struck out A. Gonzalez on three pitches before Randolph made a pitching change by bringing in Smith.  Smith got the first batter he faced out before Greene lined a two-out single into left.  Clark has been announced as a pinch hitter for Bell, and Randolph replaced Smith with Schoeneweis.  Clark grounded out to first to end the inning.  In the Top of the 9th, Black replaced Bell with Hoffman.  After Hells Bells was blasting in Petco Park, Hoffman slammed the door on the Mets to end this game.

Final Score: New York Mets 1 - San Diego Padres 2.  The MLB.com Box Score is attached.  Johan Santana (7-4) took the loss and Randy Wolf (4-4) got the win.

Game Notes:

• Johan Santana struggled a little bit early but never gave up runs.  Then he got hot and retired 10 straight batters.  In the 6th, he happened to give up 2 runs too many.  He pitched 6.0 Innings allowing 7 Hits, 2 Runs, 1 ER, 1 BB, and he had 5 SOs.
• The Bullpen put up goose eggs tonight.
• The Mets could not score enough runs to win.
• David Wright drove in the first run of the game, but it should’ve been more because Hairston really made a great catch which saved a couple of runs.

Series Notes:

• The Padres are leading the series with the Mets 2-0.
• The Padres beat the Mets by the score of 2-1 for the second night in a row.

Other Notes:

• Since June 1st, this is the Mets trend: w-l-w-w-l-l.
• The Mets are currently 2-3 on this road trip.
• The Mets are at .500 with a 30-30 record.

I’m a little annoyed by the Mets lack of offense.  One run a game isn’t going to do it unless Pelfrey and Santana each pitched shutouts.  Now the Mets have to scrap just to even up the series the next two games.

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The Mets drafted eight players yesterday in the 2008 MLB Draft.  Here they are, and the ones with a link include a Scouting Report from MLB.com.  The others do not have a Scouting Report.  You can check out a description about each player by clicking, here.

1. Isaac Davis (1B) - Arizona State University
2. David Havens (SS) - University of South Carolina Columbia
3. Bradley Holt (RHP) - UNC Wilmington
4. Javier Rodriguez (OF) - Puerto Rico BB Academy HS
5. Kirk Nieuwenhuis (CF) - Azusa Pacific University
6. Sean Ratliff (CF) - Stanford University
7. Charles Doyle (C) - Coastal Carolina University
8. Joshua Satin (2B) - UC Berkeley

Mets.com:

Schoeneweis falters against Padres - Marty Noble summarized last night’s game between the Mets and the Padres.

Mets snag college bats Davis, Havens - Anthony DiComo covered yesterday’s MLB Draft and discusses the players that the Mets drafted.

Castillo looks to feast on Wolf - Marty Noble wrote up a pregame analysis for tonight’s game between the Mets and the Padres.  The title is eye popping, but it didn’t make sense to me because Castillo doesn’t feast on anybody.  However, Noble wrote that, “Castillo seemingly turns into Chase Utley at the sight of Wolf.”

Wagner looks up to Hoffman - Marty Noble pointed out that Billy Wagner has nothing but praise for Trevor Hoffman.

Mets call up Nuñez to fill infield role - Marty Noble reported that, “The Mets purchased the contract of veteran infielder Abraham Nuñez from their Triple-A New Orleans affiliate on Thursday and optioned infielder-outfielder Nick Evans back to their Binghamton affiliate in the Double-A Eastern League.”  Evans did a pretty good job while he was up here, but it will be good for the Mets to keep trying to bring up some young guys who have something to prove and see who gels with the team.

Newsday:

Walkoff HBP helps Padres defeat Mets, 2-1 - David Lennon summarized last night’s Mets-Padres game.

Mets call up Nuñez for infield depth; Evans down

Mets regulars like Wright have little time to rest

MLB DRAFT: Mets’ top picks in hurry to sign - Ken Davidoff explained why the top two Draft picks, first baseman Ike Davis from Arizona State and shortstop Reese Havens from South Carolina, want to sign with the Mets quickly.

THIS DAY AT THE OLD BALLPARK - Newsday lets us know what took place at Shea Stadium and Yankee Stadium on June 6 of a year in the past.

New York Daily News:

Mets lose 2-1 to Padres, Schoeneweis gives up run with bases loaded - Adam Rubin wrote a game summary for last night’s game between the Mets and the Padres.

Mets select Ike Davis, son of a Yankee Ron Davis, in MLB draft

Abraham Nunez new infielder; Nick Evans demoted

New York Post:

A REAL PLUNKER - Bart Hubbuch covered how Scott Schoeneweis imploded in the 9th inning of last night’s game.

WILLIE MULLS RESTING WRIGHT

New York Times:

Pelfrey Is Solid, but Mets Still Lose - Ben Shpigel summarized last night’s Mets-Padres game.

The Mets Choose Power With Top 2 Draft Picks

The Star-Ledger:

Hit by pitch sends Mets to loss

Evans sent back to Double A

Mets get what they want in draft

Final: Padres 2, Mets 1 - Jeremy Cothran summarized last night’s game between the Mets and the Padres.

Game 59: Mets at Padres - Jeremy Cothran provided the lineup for last night’s Mets-Padres game.

Mets take Havens with second first-rounder

Mets select Davis with No. 1 pick

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The New York Mets (30-28) are playing Game 59 of the 2008 Regular Season against the San Diego Padres (24-37) at Petco Park.  It’s the first game of the four-game series.  The game began at 10:05 p.m., and it was aired on SNY.

Mets Lineup: Reyes, Castillo, Wright, Beltran, Church, Delgado, Schneider, Chavez, Mike Pelfrey (2-6).

Padres Lineup: Gerut, Iguchi, Giles, Gonzalez, Kouzmanoff, McAnulty, Greene, Carlin, Josh Banks (2-0).

At the Plate

How does a company like Petco get naming rights on a ballpark?  Since Big Pelf has lost the last 6 games, I’m hoping that I can see him win since he was able to postpone his demotion during his last start.  I hope he’s able to prove that Mets management made the right decision.  I don’t want to assume that when a pithcer pitches that it’s an automatic loss.  In the Top of the 1st, Reyes was able to get to third but ended up stranded there because nobody could drive him in.  Pelfrey made it through the Bottom of the 1st only giving up a hit.  In the Top of the 2nd, Banks pitched a 1-2-3 inning and even fanned Delgado to the point where it made him look silly.  In the Bottom of the 2nd, Adrian Gonzalez led off by lining the ball to left and Endy did what Endy does by making a spectacular turnaround catch that may be on Web Gems later.  McAnulty lined a two-out double to left, but he was left stranded there after Greene lined out to right.  In the top of the 3rd, Banks retired the side in order with three ground outs.  In the Bottom of the 3rd, Banks hit a chopper to third where he beat out the throw by Wright for his first Major League hit.  Gerut followed that up with a single up the middle, and Banks advanced to second.  Tad Iguchi of all people lined a no-out double RBI double down the left field line which scored Josh Banks, and Gerut went from first to third.  Pelfrey walked Giles to load the bases which is no good.  Pelfrey was able to get Gonzalez to pop up to right to get the second out, and Gerut held up at third because he didn’t want to test Church’s arm.  I love it when a player’s reputation can stop you from doing what you want to do.  Kouzmanoff worked himself into a full count before grounded out to short to end the inning with the bases loaded.  Pelfrey was extremely fortunate to get out of that jam.

In the Top of the 4th, Beltran lined a one-out double into left center but got stranded there.  In the Bottom of the 4th, Pelfrey quickly retired the first two batters and had a full count on Carlin who ended up droving the ball 400′ for a damn triple off of the wall in right center.  Banks grounded out to short to end the inning with Carlin stranded on third.  In the Top of the 5th, Banks pitched a 1-2-3 inning.  In the Bottom of the 5th, Iguchi lined a one-out double over the head of Church and just off of the tip of Church’s glove in right.  Pelfrey walked Giles.  Pelfrey then walked Gonzalez to load the bases.  Vargas began warming up in the bullpen.  Kouzmanoff grounded to short, and Reyes tagged second unassisted and turned the double play leaving the bases juiced.  Somehow Pelfrey got out of another bases loaded jam.  In the Bottom of the 6th, Reyes beat out a ground ball to short for a leadoff infield single.  Castillo dropped down a sacrifice bunt down the third base line, and Carlin made the out at first as Reyes moved over to second.  Reyes is out there sliding back and forth which is distracting Banks, and Banks doesn’t want to throw the ball home.  David Wright grounded a one-out RBI single up the middle which scored Jose Reyes and tied the game.  Beltran grounded into an inning ending double play.  In the Top of the 6th, McAnulty lined a leadoff single into center.  Greene popped up in foul ground, but Schneider caught it and ended up walking down the steps of the third base dugout.  Carlin grounded to second, and Castillo made the out at first as McAnulty moved over to second.  Clark grounded up the middle, but Reyes made a diving stop and then the out at first to end the inning.  After six, this is a pitchers dual.  You see, and I was all worried about Pelfrey.

In the Top of the 7th, Black replaced Banks with Hampson who pitched a 1-2-3 inning.  In the Bottom of the 7th, Randolph replaced Pelfrey with Feliciano.  Iguchi lined a one-out single up the middle.  Giles drew a one-out walk.  Feliciano fanned Gonzalez so Willie came out to make a pitching change.  Randolph replaced Feliciano with Smith to face Kouzmanoff who grounded to short, but the ball hit Iguchi for the final out of the inning (Iguchi had to come out of the game after falling down on the ground).  In the Top of the 8th, Black replaced Hampson with Bell.  Reyes drew a two-out walk.  Castillo has gum on his helmet, and Reyes beat out the throw by Carlin as he stole second.  Bell struck out Castillo looking to end the inning with Reyes stranded on second.  In the Bottom of the 8th, Randolph replaced Feliciano with Sanchez.  Greene lined a one-out single into left center.  Carlin popped in foul ground near the bleachers, and Wright made the catch.  Gonzalez lined a two-out single into center, and Greene went first to third.  Beltran tried to get the out at third, but it was not in time.  Gerut grounded right back to the pitcher, and Sanchez made the out at first leaving runners stranded on the corners.  Thank God.  Somebody has to break the tie or it could be a really long night.  In the Top of the 9th, Black replaced Bell with Hoffman.  Hoffman pitched a 1-2-3 inning.  In the Bottom of the 9th, Randolph replaced Sanchez with Schoeneweis.  Schoeneweis had an 0-2 count on Hairston and ended up walking him to give the Padres a leadoff runner.  Giles worked the count full before drawing a no-out walk.  Gonzalez grounded off to the pitcher, but the ball deflected towards the first base line.  Schoeneweis made the out at first, and both runners advanced a base.  Schoeneweis intentionally walked Kousmanoff to load the bases.  This is scary.  Scott Schoeneweis drilled Paul McAnulty in the arm which scored Scott Hairston who is the winning run.

Final Score: New York Mets 1 - San Diego Padres 2.  The MLB.com Box Score is attached.  Scott Schoeneweis (0-2) got the loss and Trevor Hoffman (1-4) got the win.

Game Notes:

• Mike Pelfrey pitched a pretty good game.  Lots of base runners, but only one run in 6 innings.  He gave up 8 Hits, 1 Run, 1 ER, 3 BBs, and he had 1 SO. 
• The Mets could not score enough runs to win.
• Scott Schoeneweis lost another game in stupid fashion.  I got pissed for like two minutes, and then I started cracking up because who hits a batter?  Between Heilman and Schoeneweis, if I don’t laugh I’m going to break a lot of household items.

Series Notes:

• The Padres are leading the series with the Mets 1-0.

Other Notes:

• Since June 1st, this is the Mets trend: w-l-w-w-l.
• The Mets are currently 2-2 on this road trip.
• The Mets are one game over .500 with a 30-29 record.

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The Mets pulled off the victory and won the series which is great.  They are on a nice little hot streak, and I hope it continues.  The Amazin’s had to trave down to San Diego for a 4-game series which I’m looking forward to.  Here’s the probable pitching matchups for the series:

• 06/05/2008 - Mike Pelfrey (2-6) - Josh Banks (2-0)
• 06/06/2008 - Johan Santana (7-3) - Randy Wolf (3-4)
• 06/07/2008 - Oliver Perez (4-4) - Cha Seung Baek (1-2)
• 06/08/2008 - Pedro Martinez (1-0) - Wilfredo Ledezma (0-2)

Mets.com:

Maine unsinkable in series finale - Marty Noble summarized yesterday’s game between the Mets and the Giants.

With spot secure, Pelfrey marches on - Jon Blau wrote a pregame analysis for tonight’s game between the Mets and the Padres.

Pedro’s progress: Righty regains health - Marty Noble pointed out that Pedro Martinez feels no soreness after tossing six frames on Tuesday.  It made me happy that Petey got to pitch until Willie pulled him rather than having to leave the game due to an injury.  Hopefully he’ll be able to make at least a few starts.

Alou unlikely to return before homestand - Moises Alou said, “The way they do things here, trying to be extra careful, it’s probably going to be when we get back.”

Newsday:

Mets top Giants behind Reyes homer, Maine - David Lennon also summarized yesterday’s Mets-Giants game.

Mets’ Pedro feeling just fine day after start

Could the Mets have used Tatis last year? - Ken Davidoff pointed out that, “Fernando Tatis has already won two games for the Mets this season, during a time that Willie Randolph’s club desperately needed some victories. You can’t help but wonder if Tatis could have been helpful at a similar time - last September.”

THIS DAY AT THE OLD BALLPARK - Newsday lets us know what took place at Shea Stadium and Yankee Stadium on June 5 of a year in the past.

New York Daily News:

Jose Reyes comes through for Mets in 5-3 win over Giants - Adam Rubin wrote up a game summary for yesterday’s game between the Mets and the Giants.

Frank Robinson says Willie Randolph erred on timing, not on race point

Pedro Martinez ‘not even sore’ on day after victorious return

New York Post:

REYES OF LIGHT - Bart Hubbuch stated that Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran helped fuel the resurgent Mets.

MARTINEZ OK AFTER OUTING

METS DEFEAT GIANTS, 5-3 - Bart Hubbuch summarized yesterday’s game between the Mets and the Giants.

New York Times:

Mets and Reyes Changing Attitudes and Getting Results - Ben Shpigel summarized yesterday’s Mets-Giants game.

Martínez Feels Fine but Keeps Outlook Day to Day

The Star-Ledger:

Pedro feels fine after long start

Mets eat up another series - Jeremy Cothran pointed out that the Mets have won their third consecutive series.

Final: Mets 5, Giants 3 - Jeremy Cothran wrote up a game summary for yesterday’s game between the Mets and the Giants.

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