Game Time: 1:35pm
Record: 0-0 Era:3.00 K:4 BB:4 WHIP: 1.00
Mets Notes:
- The Mets (23-19) overcame a one-run, ninth-inning deficit for a 3-2 win on Saturday. The victory, though, appeared to be in doubt as Omir Santos’ drive off closer Jonathan Papelbon hit the top of the Green Monster and was ruled a double, preventing Gary Sheffield from scoring the tying run.
- The Mets, who are 5-4 during their trip, also took the series opener 5-3 to end a four-game slide. They’re now one-half game behind NL East-leading Philadelphia
- Francisco Rodriguez labeled himself “a lot better” and planned to test his back by tossing a baseball before Sunday’s series finale against the Red Sox, a day after spasms sent him to the hospital in an ambulance. K-Rod said he dramatically improved after receiving medication at the hospital. “As soon as the medicine started kicking in, I started feeling a lot better. And by this morning I was doing a lot of things that I wasn’t capable of last night,,” Rodriguez said. “… The pain went away and I’m feeling pretty good. Man, that was really painful. I’ve never experienced anything like this before. I was a little struggling to walk yesterday, but I got some medicine in me and I feel pretty good now.” Manuel labeled it lower back spasms and suggested it was possible he could be available as soon as today, though he wasn’t yet sure.(per adam)
- Carlos Beltran is DHing again, but Manuel said he would return to center field on Monday when the Mets resume NL play against the Nationals. Ryan Church’s hamstring/hip isn’t doing as well, according to the manager.
- New York, though, could be without closer Francisco Rodriguez(this is soooo 2008) who was unavailable Saturday after being taken to the hospital for back spasms. The closer, who pitched a perfect ninth Friday, is 1-0 with a 0.87 ERA in 20 games, and has converted all 12 of his save chances.
- The right-hander allowed two runs and two hits with four strikeouts and four walks in six innings of a 3-2, 11-inning loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers after being activated from the disabled list on Monday.
- He’s lost both of his career starts against the Red Sox on the road, surrendering 12 runs – eight earned – and 12 hits with seven walks over 5 2-3 innings(so buckle you seat belts kids). However, he hasn’t faced them since being chased after an inning of a loss with the New York Yankees on July 15, 2005.
LINEUP
Dan “The Man” Murphy, 1b
Angel “Flap Your Arms” Pagan, rf
Carlos “Da Tron” Beltran, dh
Gary “The Chef” Sheffield, lf
David “Never Wrong” Wright, 3b
Jeremy “P.F. Flyer” Reed, cf
Ramon “Shrek” Castro, c
Ramon “AAAA” Martinez, ss
Luis “Slappy” Castillo, 2b
Record: 5-2 Era: 3.59 K:30 BB:23 WHIP: 1.25
Red Sox Notes:
- New York will have to contend with 42-year-old knuckleballer Tim Wakefield, as he looks to continue his home success. The right-hander is 5-0 with a 1.80 ERA in his last six starts at Fenway.
- He kept that streak intact Tuesday, yielding only a solo home run and four singles in eight innings of a 2-1 win over AL East-leading Toronto.
- Wakefield hasn’t faced the Mets since a loss at Shea Stadium on July 12, 2001, and his last victory against them came with Pittsburgh on Oct. 4, 1992. Since then, he’s 0-3 with a 3.66 ERA in four games with three starts.
LINEUP:
Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
David Ortiz, DH
Kevin Youkilis, 1B
Jason Bay, LF
J.D. Drew, RF
Mike Lowell, 3B
George Kottaras, C
Nick Green, SS
Let the battle of the two 2nd place teams in the AL/NL east commence. Both of these clubs are only .5 games away from first in their division. The Mets are looking for a sweep that will take their club to 1st place in spite of the many injuries to their club while the Red Sox are looking to avoid a sweep and catch up to the red hot Blue Jays and reclaim their rightful place as the class of that division. Well, as one would say….
At the end of this day, one shall stand, one shall fall!
PLAY BALL!!
67 comments
TheDirtySanchez
5/24/2009-1:28pm at 1:28 pm (UTC -4)
LETS GO METS…SWEEP…1ST PLACE…GET ER DONE!
trs86
5/24/2009-1:29pm at 1:29 pm (UTC -4)
Hmm, I can’t imagine why the Mets have worse stats for the #6 hitter than they do the pitcher. Hmmmmmm.
qnsnative718
5/24/2009-1:30pm at 1:30 pm (UTC -4)
Lets do this!
kingman26
5/24/2009-1:32pm at 1:32 pm (UTC -4)
Let’s do this is damn right!
If we win today, this road trip has to be viewed as a pretty big success….if we lose, 5–5 is OK, but 6–4, with the injuries, with the Inning of Horrors in LA, etc, will be great.
And we really should be able to win at least 4 of 6 this week from our little 4th and 5th place friends.
TheDirtySanchez
5/24/2009-1:38pm at 1:38 pm (UTC -4)
bloop and a blast ;p
metsfan4decades
5/24/2009-1:40pm at 1:40 pm (UTC -4)
Let’s do this indeed.
And I can’t believe the amount of injuries on this road trip. If we go 6-4, can we then put the crap of ‘no guts, no heart’ to rest?
And hummm……didn’t realize Wadefield was 42. Good match up for Redding.
LGM !
TheDirtySanchez
5/24/2009-1:41pm at 1:41 pm (UTC -4)
damn….
metsfan4decades
5/24/2009-1:49pm at 1:49 pm (UTC -4)
Well, that was short…
TheDirtySanchez
5/24/2009-1:50pm at 1:50 pm (UTC -4)
Well…that came out of nowhere…RAIN DELAY
TheDirtySanchez
5/24/2009-1:52pm at 1:52 pm (UTC -4)
phils up 2-0
gravediggerhebner
5/24/2009-2:01pm at 2:01 pm (UTC -4)
Richard Neer on the FAN just noted that there is a ‘severe thunderstorm watch’ in Boston through 2:30pm, and said in looking at the radar in addition to the storm currently dropping exclamation points on Fenway, there is a second storm just to the west over Worcester MA, and then a third storm behind that.
Sounds like we may be on and off and on and off all day.
trs86
5/24/2009-2:05pm at 2:05 pm (UTC -4)
Anyone on watching Rollie Pollie trying to run and dump quick dry on the infield? LOL
TheDirtySanchez
5/24/2009-2:25pm at 2:25 pm (UTC -4)
and we are back
mrose1120
5/24/2009-2:29pm at 2:29 pm (UTC -4)
afternoon gents…
i’m here watchin the game and playin w/ the domain…
lets go mets!
metsfan4decades
5/24/2009-2:34pm at 2:34 pm (UTC -4)
RAMON !!
Our catchers providing some offense these past two days.
TheDirtySanchez
5/24/2009-2:36pm at 2:36 pm (UTC -4)
wow he got all of that…
metsfan4decades
5/24/2009-2:43pm at 2:43 pm (UTC -4)
Oh, man. What’s the problem Redding?
He doesn’t even have an out yet and just like that 3 runs…
metsfan4decades
5/24/2009-2:47pm at 2:47 pm (UTC -4)
Might be Stokes time if Redding doesn’t settle down.
TheDirtySanchez
5/24/2009-2:58pm at 2:58 pm (UTC -4)
great bunt!
TheDirtySanchez
5/24/2009-3:02pm at 3:02 pm (UTC -4)
the come back kids!
metsfan4decades
5/24/2009-3:02pm at 3:02 pm (UTC -4)
There we go, guys. Nice patience and hitting at the plate.
Tie score.
dentulous
5/24/2009-3:03pm at 3:03 pm (UTC -4)
Woot!!
Man we are underdogs if we win this thing!
TheDirtySanchez
5/24/2009-3:03pm at 3:03 pm (UTC -4)
WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO NO GRIT MY A$$ LGM!!!
dentulous
5/24/2009-3:03pm at 3:03 pm (UTC -4)
Erm 4-3 Mets btw
metsfan4decades
5/24/2009-3:22pm at 3:22 pm (UTC -4)
Oh wow, nice grab their DWright.
Need all the outs we can grab b/c Redding isn’t very sharp yet here today.
metsfan4decades
5/24/2009-3:27pm at 3:27 pm (UTC -4)
Truly, I’m starting to feel bad for Ortiz….
But nice grab for Murph. Who knew he had quick reflexes?
dentulous
5/24/2009-3:32pm at 3:32 pm (UTC -4)
Nice 5-3 mets, 0 outs top 4th. can we have some more pls..
dentulous
5/24/2009-3:34pm at 3:34 pm (UTC -4)
I just want to come out and say that I was wrong….. I was against the SHeff pickup, but it is looking more and more like a pretty darn good move. I hope he can keep it up
metsfan4decades
5/24/2009-3:59pm at 3:59 pm (UTC -4)
Well….
Greene is definitely the odd man out in that BP. He’s just not that reliable…
TheDirtySanchez
5/24/2009-4:00pm at 4:00 pm (UTC -4)
WWWHHHHATTTTTTTTT THEEEEEEE F&#$&#$&
WHY DOES MANUEL CONTINUE TO PUT GREEN IN THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS!!!!
YOU HAVE NICK GREEN..YOU CANT TELL ME YOU DONT LEAVE REDDING OUT FOR F5#$ NICK GREEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dentulous
5/24/2009-4:04pm at 4:04 pm (UTC -4)
Unbelievable….Sean “cant throw a damn strike” Green.
why? wth? with a 1 run lead put that piece of garbage in?
gravediggerhebner
5/24/2009-4:11pm at 4:11 pm (UTC -4)
FYI guys, Nick Johnson was removed from the Nats starting lineup minutes before gametime setting off a flurry of rumors, but later the Nats equivalent of Kevin Burkhardt interviewed him and he said he “didn’t feel well.” So he’s still a Nat.
dentulous
5/24/2009-4:15pm at 4:15 pm (UTC -4)
Ok guys, good news is…Lidgge blew another one Lmao!!!!
Hopefully skanks can win and we can comeback again too
metsfan4decades
5/24/2009-4:23pm at 4:23 pm (UTC -4)
Not good. Right past Murph down the line so it’s now 8-5.
When it rains, it pours. O.K. just get this 3rd out. We can get back these 3 runs.
trs86
5/24/2009-4:40pm at 4:40 pm (UTC -4)
So, 5-5 huh?
TheDirtySanchez
5/24/2009-4:42pm at 4:42 pm (UTC -4)
so let me get this straight….redding he lifts before his inning is up because he is getting slammed but stokes….yea lets leave him out there…
metsfan4decades
5/24/2009-4:43pm at 4:43 pm (UTC -4)
So…did our guys do any scouting reports on these Red Sox hitters before the series?
We’ll know for sure if Ortiz gets a hit now off Stokes. As Gary said ‘he’s fooling no one today’.
Green was just awful. Tak didn’t get the job done. And Redding started it all.
On that note, Ortiz just popped out. And wow, Red Sox fans soundly booing him.
OMG – and Youkilis got his HR.
Well, a bad outing for our normally good BP, so just have to put this behind us.
dentulous
5/24/2009-4:44pm at 4:44 pm (UTC -4)
well, ill take the 5-5 for the road trip. damn, it was looking good early on.
metsfan4decades
5/24/2009-4:44pm at 4:44 pm (UTC -4)
I know the game isn’t over yet but with our makeshift line up and a 7 run lead, what can you say….
I said at the beginning of this series, with our patched line-up, it was all going to come down to pitching. Johan and Pelf did just that. KRod, J.J. and Parnell backed them up.
Not so much today though…
TheDirtySanchez
5/24/2009-1:31pm at 1:31 pm (UTC -4)
well..only thing i can think of is our PH subbing for the pitcher?
TheDirtySanchez
5/24/2009-4:51pm at 4:51 pm (UTC -4)
ah…finally tatis at shortstop…guess it cant get any worse..
trs86
5/24/2009-4:51pm at 4:51 pm (UTC -4)
Really have a couple of holes in our pen. I guess most teams do. Green is not good and Takawhatever is just a specialist. Stokes, he just got hit hard. It happens.
TheDirtySanchez
5/24/2009-1:34pm at 1:34 pm (UTC -4)
yep..good way to look at it king…marlins have just been beat up period(mets should take advantage) and the braves should be beatable…definitely we should try to make moves soon
metsfan4decades
5/24/2009-4:57pm at 4:57 pm (UTC -4)
Too many guys slumping right now. Tatis, Murph, Castillo, Church.
Without Delgado, and with Reyes’ status still ‘day to day’, we really have to do this with pitching. And that means 7 quality innings from our starters and Parnell to J.J. to Frankie with Pedro for that one or two needed out from time to time. Anyone else on the mound, well – just scares me right now.
–Stokes is usually more reliable than we saw him today but I guess when it falls apart, it all falls apart.
Wonder what’s up with Ollie’s rehab? We really need a competent Ollie back in this rotation. Livan we can probably live with but Redding and Livan as #4 and #5? Too scary….
kingman26
5/24/2009-1:41pm at 1:41 pm (UTC -4)
I agree Dirty….and I am even happier to say that our next four series are home for Wash and Fla, then at Pitts and Wash….that is our next 13 games!
TheDirtySanchez
5/24/2009-5:10pm at 5:10 pm (UTC -4)
welp…
metsfan4decades
5/24/2009-5:11pm at 5:11 pm (UTC -4)
Well, I signed up for 5-5 at the start of the road trip. Would have been happy if they had a winning trip though…
This was just not good pitching at all today. Even with this lineup, we got 5 runs. If the pitching was as good as it as the past two days, we could have swept Boston.
Oh well, get back home, get Reyes back in the line up and go from there.
trs86
5/24/2009-5:19pm at 5:19 pm (UTC -4)
I really have no problem with this one. Our #6 starter loses to Wakefield and we finish 5-5? No big deal considering where most of us expected it to end after the series in LA. Gotta get healthy and beat up on weaker teams this week.
metsfan4decades
5/24/2009-2:12pm at 2:12 pm (UTC -4)
Not sure what you’re watching but WPIX went to a sitcom for now.
Just saw the Yankees almost tie it up. Play at the plate he was called out though. Yanks got a run back so it’s 2-1, right now.
TheDirtySanchez
5/24/2009-2:17pm at 2:17 pm (UTC -4)
it was a nice block from ruiz…hope our catchers were taking notes on how to block the plate
trs86
5/24/2009-2:18pm at 2:18 pm (UTC -4)
TBS
metsfan4decades
5/24/2009-2:20pm at 2:20 pm (UTC -4)
Ah, didn’t realize it was on TBS also. I’m sure it’s blacked out in my area though.
kingman26
5/24/2009-2:27pm at 2:27 pm (UTC -4)
Thanks Dirty–I actually had the Yanks-Phils game on for a short while; now I feel so filthy…..
metsfan4decades
5/24/2009-3:03pm at 3:03 pm (UTC -4)
Even better! 4-1
dentulous
5/24/2009-3:05pm at 3:05 pm (UTC -4)
i wish, lol…more like 4-3
metsfan4decades
5/24/2009-3:06pm at 3:06 pm (UTC -4)
You know I meant 4-3….
One run lead.
Hopefully, Redding settles down.
metsfan4decades
5/24/2009-3:22pm at 3:22 pm (UTC -4)
*there
dentulous
5/24/2009-3:33pm at 3:33 pm (UTC -4)
um 5th i meant
TheDirtySanchez
5/24/2009-4:07pm at 4:07 pm (UTC -4)
AGAINST NICK GREEN…REDDING WASNT EVEN AT 100!!
TheDirtySanchez
5/24/2009-4:15pm at 4:15 pm (UTC -4)
i saw on mlbtr that the giants are shopping matt cain and looking for a bat..
gravediggerhebner
5/24/2009-4:18pm at 4:18 pm (UTC -4)
They have Ishikawa at 1B, Johnson would definitely be an upgrade.
By the way, right now I’m under a red (on the radar) thunderstorm cloud, not raining yet but thunder rumbling, should pass soon and hopefully I won’t lose power.
metsfan4decades
5/24/2009-4:20pm at 4:20 pm (UTC -4)
Wow. I was switching back and forth for a while but stopped so I didn’t catch that.
And for crying out loud, can Stokes just get this third out here????
TheDirtySanchez
5/24/2009-4:43pm at 4:43 pm (UTC -4)
yep…
TheDirtySanchez
5/24/2009-4:45pm at 4:45 pm (UTC -4)
yep…manuels stamp is all over this one…no reason really to lift redding vs green…and even LESS reason to put green in the game…when will this guy learn!!!
trs86
5/24/2009-5:02pm at 5:02 pm (UTC -4)
I think Ollie did well in his extended ST start. He is scheduled to start Tuesday in the minors somewhere.
Damn Yankee’s
metsfan4decades
5/24/2009-5:07pm at 5:07 pm (UTC -4)
Well shoot, just saw they gave up a run to the Phills in the top of the 11th.
Ha! Boston fans chanting ‘Go Home Mets’….
They’re just mad b/c they thought they were gonna sweep all 3 games.
dentulous
5/24/2009-5:11pm at 5:11 pm (UTC -4)
well, winning a series at fenway and having paps blow a save is always good in my book. Especially with a depleted roster.
Gj Mets.