It's Highly Addictive
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At least for one night, the home run was a reality at Citi Field. 7 times. The Philadelphia Phillies made themselves at home in two ways: they hit 4 home runs, and they lost the game. The New York Mets added 3 home runs of their own and held on to win 6-5.
It was not one of Johan Santana‘s (8-3) best starts, but he pitched into the 8th inning, leaving after giving up a lead off home run to Chase Utley (13). Bobby Parnell replaced him and allowed a single to Jayson Werth, the only batter he would face. Pedro Feliciano came on and induced Ryan Howard to ground into a 4-6-3 double play, then got Raul Ibanez to ground out to 2nd to end the inning. Francisco Rodriguez allowed a lead off single to Jimmy Rollins in the 9th but held on to record his 16th save in 16 opportunities, firmly grasping the baton of NL East closer perfection that Brad Lidge dropped on his way to the disabled list.
Carlos belted one
The Mets got the early lead when David Wright hit a solo homer (4) in the 2nd inning, his first in 100 at bats, then extended the lead to 3-0 on a Carlos Beltran 2-run homer (8) in the 3rd. The Phillies announced that they would not go quietly into the night in the top of the 4th on back-to-back solo home runs by Howard (18) and Ibanez (20), then took the lead in the 6th on a 2-run homer by Rollins (4).
Best served cold
The Mets ruined dessert throughout metropolitan Philadelphia by regaining the lead in the bottom of the 6th, sending 8 batters to the plate and scoring twice on an RBI double by Santana and an Alex Cora RBI single. A solo home run by Ryan Church (2) in the bottom of the 7th inning capped the Mets scoring, and proved to be a valuable insurance run when Utley’s 8th inning shot cut the lead to 1 run.
Box score courtesy yahoo.com
| Philadelphia | |||||||||||
| AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | SB | LOB | Season Avg | ||
| S. Victorino cf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .294 | |
| C. Utley 2b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .295 | |
| J. Werth rf | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .261 | |
| R. Howard 1b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .259 | |
| R. Ibanez lf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .327 | |
| J. Rollins ss | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .230 | |
| P. Feliz 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .305 | |
| C. Ruiz c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .299 | |
| M. Stairs ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .314 | |
| J.A. Happ p | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| C. Condrey p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| E. Bruntlett ph | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .152 | |
| C. Durbin p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | |
| J.C. Romero p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| G. Dobbs ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .184 | |
| Totals | 35 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | ||
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| NY Mets | |||||||||||
| AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | SB | LOB | Season Avg | ||
| L. Castillo 2b | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .269 | |
| A. Cora ss | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .304 | |
| C. Beltran cf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .342 | |
| G. Sheffield lf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .261 | |
| J. Reed lf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .311 | |
| D. Wright 3b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .348 | |
| F. Tatis 1b | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .277 | |
| R. Church rf | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .278 | |
| O. Santos c | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .260 | |
| J. Santana p | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .111 | |
| B. Parnell p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| P. Feliciano p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| D. Murphy ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .245 | |
| F. Rodriguez p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| Totals | 33 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 15 | ||
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| Philadelphia | ||||||||||
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | WHIP | Season ERA | ||
| J.A. Happ | 5.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1.08 | 2.98 | |
| C. Condrey (L, 4-1; BS, 1) | 0.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.18 | 2.43 | |
| C. Durbin | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.34 | 4.40 | |
| J.C. Romero | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.25 | 0.00 | |
| NY Mets | ||||||||||
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | WHIP | Season ERA | ||
| J. Santana (W, 8-3) | 7.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1.13 | 2.39 | |
| B. Parnell | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.61 | 1.96 | |
| P. Feliciano (H, 10) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.88 | 2.25 | |
| F. Rodriguez (S, 16) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.98 | 0.65 | |
| IBB – F Tatis (by J Happ), C Beltran (by C Condrey). |
| Pitches-strikes – J Happ 106-61; C Condrey 19-11; C Durbin 17-10; J Romero 14-9; J Santana 91-71; R Parnell 4-3; P Feliciano 4-3; F Rodriguez 20-12. |
| Ground balls-fly balls – J Happ 4-7; C Condrey 0-1; C Durbin 1-1; J Romero 0-2; J Santana 4-14; R Parnell 0-0; P Feliciano 3-0; F Rodriguez 1-0. |
| Batters faced – J Happ 25; C Condrey 6; C Durbin 4; J Romero 3; J Santana 29; R Parnell 1; P Feliciano 2; F Rodriguez 4. |
| Game Details |
| Umpires: HP–Lance Barksdale. 1B–Randy Marsh. 2B–Dan Iassogna. 3B–Mike Winters. Time: 2:46. Attendance: 37,152. Weather: 65 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 11 mph, in from center. |
56 comments
stickguy
6/9/2009-11:01pm at 11:01 pm (UTC -4)
Santana is becoming quite the adventure. Getting racked around by lefties, lot’s of walks that one game, etc.
Do we expect too much, or is he not looking right lately? Is it just me?
A start in Satan’s own band box vs. a team with lots of power should be a good tell on him.
Hey, at lest he didn’t throw a ton of pitches tonight!
And I really hate the phils.
CaseStreet
6/9/2009-11:01pm at 11:01 pm (UTC -4)
Johan, You’re Da Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUlTUK3d39Y
metsfan4decades
6/9/2009-11:05pm at 11:05 pm (UTC -4)
Slurm soft drink…lol.
What a game. We knew we had the advantage with the match up but didn’t exactly win that the way everyone figured. Even though Johan didn’t have his best stuff, he battled, he showed up with his bat, he showed up with his glove and ‘I’m a man’ – did not want to come out of that game, no matter how Jerry tried to spin it. Johan is a gamer.
And Pedro did exactly what we need Pedro to do in that spot. Kudos to him.
Krod 16 for 16 – thank you, Omar.
Good to see bat contributions up and down the line up tonight.
Mets 4-5 with the Phils so far this year. Keep it going tomorrow, Big Pelf.f
And Steve Summers – hahahahaha – he was all over the ‘big, bad Phillies’ in his opening monologue tonight. It was like ‘take that, stick it in your pipe and smoke it’.
CaseStreet
6/9/2009-11:07pm at 11:07 pm (UTC -4)
I missed Schmooz tonight. Gotta find the opening now.
CaseStreet
6/9/2009-11:06pm at 11:06 pm (UTC -4)
Grave, nice Dylan Thomas reference.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTv1Dmu5CYc
“It means…I don’t take sh*t from no one.”
GravediggerHebner
6/9/2009-11:13pm at 11:13 pm (UTC -4)
Had I only used the correct word, it would have been so much better. At least you knew where I was going as I blindly stumbled there. God I love that movie!
fongy2
6/9/2009-11:11pm at 11:11 pm (UTC -4)
Great Win! Proof positive that Players
not Field Managers Win and Lose,its
just that Mgrs pay the price for the
Players failings.Quite a number of
moves by both Manuels left me scratching my head,the final one
being pulling Johan after 90 pitches
with the 2 most dangerous Lefties
coming up. Great Victory though.
B/T/W,Ryan Church must go AND Pmar
must upgrade the position.Talk about
bad professional ABs,his 4th inning
bases loaded plate appearance could
have been the single reason we lost
this game if we don’t get the 2 runs
late.Oh, and Slappy is starting to
look like slappy again.
GravediggerHebner
6/9/2009-11:12pm at 11:12 pm (UTC -4)
I always count on you to find the cloud inside the silver lining and you have yet to disappoint.
CaseStreet
6/9/2009-11:14pm at 11:14 pm (UTC -4)
lol
What a shot by Church tonight!
fongy2
6/9/2009-11:17pm at 11:17 pm (UTC -4)
Sell High!
Kingman 26
6/9/2009-11:18pm at 11:18 pm (UTC -4)
Geez Fong, did you see Church’s homer?
Johan gave up 4 HR….the pen was rested and excellent.
And your wedding is approaching, no? Good luck buddy!!
fongy2
6/9/2009-11:24pm at 11:24 pm (UTC -4)
Thank You Sir for the good wishes!
I’m inside 100hrs now.
My point on Church is
that up 3-0 Bases loaded,one out,Rookie-
soft tosser who cant find the plate,Church
swings at the 1st 2 pitches 10&6inches inside off the plate.
We score no further,
Johan throws a breaking
pitch which does break
THEN an 0-2 meatball to
Howard and Ibanez and
5mins later instead
of 5/6-0 its 3-2 and
I’ve got agita.
Kingman 26
6/9/2009-11:26pm at 11:26 pm (UTC -4)
Fong, I hope everything goes perfectly on Saturday sir!
fongy2
6/9/2009-11:30pm at 11:30 pm (UTC -4)
Thank You very,very much!
The past several days have been very stressful! Last
min this and that.As long as we have good weather
Saturday
it’ll be all good as
they say in the ‘hood.
stickguy
6/9/2009-11:33pm at 11:33 pm (UTC -4)
You in mid-PA, right? Should be beautiful on Saturday for you. Sunny and low 80s.
fongy2
6/9/2009-11:39pm at 11:39 pm (UTC -4)
Yes outside the Capital. Thanks for the good wishes!
QnsNative718
6/9/2009-11:15pm at 11:15 pm (UTC -4)
What. A. Game. That is all. G’Nite…
Kingman 26
6/9/2009-11:20pm at 11:20 pm (UTC -4)
G’Nite Chest….you DO look like Han Solo….
Kingman 26
6/9/2009-11:22pm at 11:22 pm (UTC -4)
Grave, your posts are magnificent, and I am very jealous of your outstanding graphics…I love Slurm!
“The Philadelphia Phillies made themselves at home in two ways: they hit 4 home runs, and they lost the game.”
LOL!!!!!
Mr North Jersey
6/9/2009-11:24pm at 11:24 pm (UTC -4)
I just wanna know how da hell do you get the inspiration to use Slurm?
GravediggerHebner
6/9/2009-11:38pm at 11:38 pm (UTC -4)
It’s a twisted homage to the “Pepsi Refresh” (or whatever it’s called) used elsewhere.
CaseStreet
6/9/2009-11:47pm at 11:47 pm (UTC -4)
kingman, what r we gonna do about grandpa? I don’t want to have to go Tanya Harding on him.
Mr North Jersey
6/9/2009-11:22pm at 11:22 pm (UTC -4)
Leela: How can you trick people into drinking something that comes from your behind? It’s disgusting!
Slurm Queen: Is it? Honey comes from a bee’s behind. Milk comes from a cow’s behind. And have you ever tried toothpaste.
Fry: Whose behind does that come from?
Slurm Queen: You don’t want to know.
Clssic Futurama
fongy2
6/9/2009-11:26pm at 11:26 pm (UTC -4)
b/t/w I’ve had that Turkey
Hill Phillies Ice Cream—
Good not great.
fongy2
6/9/2009-11:28pm at 11:28 pm (UTC -4)
Otto the Dog enjoys it though BUT you may have to take that with
a grain of salt since
I’ve seen him eat and
apparently enjoy rabbit
crap.
GravediggerHebner
6/9/2009-11:40pm at 11:40 pm (UTC -4)
Oh man my dog eats rabbit crap too! And deer crap!
fongy2
6/9/2009-11:45pm at 11:45 pm (UTC -4)
Well at least mine doesnt eat his own.That would be a deal breaker!
I must say my very soon to be wife
was pushing
things tonight
with her
Phils.
Rooting openly
when Condry
came into
Pitch.
Wasn’t easy,
especially having
to listen to McCarthy,Matthews and Wheeler
go on and on about our failings the last couple yrs…
GravediggerHebner
6/9/2009-11:50pm at 11:50 pm (UTC -4)
Talking about the Mets and fiddling with their World Series rings are apparently the only thing the Phillies and their entourage do.
stickguy
6/9/2009-11:32pm at 11:32 pm (UTC -4)
ws poking around looking at MLBTR, for rumors on who the Mets were or should be looking at.
What kind of OF is Brad hawpe? He has been more productive over the last few years than I realized, and even has remarkably consistant home/away splits. Plus he isn’t old.
Also signed through 2011. Not cheap, but not crazy money either. Basically looks like a more expensive, but way more productive ans consistant, Church.
Rox just looking to dump salary? I would take this guy if the prospect return was not of consequence (taking on the salary). F Mart could go back down for seasoning, Sheff to the bench (platoon also with CHurch). And sort out who to keep after the season.
fongy2
6/9/2009-11:38pm at 11:38 pm (UTC -4)
Love Hawpe BUT it would take FMart to get him.
fongy2
6/9/2009-11:37pm at 11:37 pm (UTC -4)
Bravo! To Johan showing some Fire
out there and not wanting to come out!
Also, the Phillies casters were worse
than usual! Goin’ on and on about how
the Phils were in the Mets heads and
how even w/KRod there was still a fear factor with the fans late in games. Are they lost or what?
And shame on Tom McCarthy! Although
they did atleast admit Tatis WAS safe
at the plate. AND how bad was the HomePlate Ump tonight?
GravediggerHebner
6/9/2009-11:44pm at 11:44 pm (UTC -4)
That ump was terrible.
Before we respectfully butt heads on anything else please let me say about your upcoming wedding:
May you have a beautiful day, an even better night, and a wonderful rest of your long happy healthy lives together.
fongy2
6/9/2009-11:49pm at 11:49 pm (UTC -4)
Thank You! The kind
words ARE appreciated!
Heb,would YOU take a chance on a Hawpe for
FMart deal?
I respect your opinion.
Plus,I think now is the time to make a move on theses phils
w/Lidge out ’cause I
think their whole Pen
could collapse w/o
a Closer.
GravediggerHebner
6/9/2009-11:55pm at 11:55 pm (UTC -4)
Like you I’ve been around to see failed OF prospect after failed OF prospect so I can see the wisdom in dealing FMart. I have this strong bad feeling that if we do trade him young, he’ll go on to be very good, and if we hold onto him until he’s 26, he’ll be underwhelming.
I would not be opposed to dealing him but I would hope for “a more exciting” return than Hawpe. He’s useful and productive, but he doesn’t have “zazz.”
Mostly though I hope we hold onto him and he develops into a player at least good enough so that we can seriously say he’s the best OF we’ve developed since Straw.
fongy2
6/10/2009-12:02am at 12:02 am (UTC -4)
Similar
feelings.
I’ve seen the kid plat some since’07
and watched him grow and certainly plenty of pros know more than me.
I just dont see
any unique skillthere and now with the clock ticking
toward his
3&6 yr status’
youre
right he could
muddle
around,go some place else at 26 then become a star.
That said though I wouldnt trade him for
a runof themill
player.
I think Hawpe is
close to a star and although I know his numbers are fairly close home and road,I dont trust Rockie Players.
GravediggerHebner
6/10/2009-12:07am at 12:07 am (UTC -4)
I don’t know how appropriate this might be because I haven’t seen Hawpe firsthand much, but I get a lefthanded Kevin McReynolds without the speed feeling from Hawpe. Which is a good player in my opinion. I hear you about not trusting Rockies, but based on the home/road stuff I’d trust Hawpe more than Holliday.
CaseStreet
6/9/2009-11:44pm at 11:44 pm (UTC -4)
I’m really dense. Don’t know how I saw Reyes high fivin’ in the dugout and didn’t go all Suzie Waltman.
http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090609&content_id=5227976&vkey=news_nym&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym
CaseStreet
6/9/2009-11:48pm at 11:48 pm (UTC -4)
Dodgers about to go 40-20. That’s nuts.
fongy2
6/9/2009-11:50pm at 11:50 pm (UTC -4)
You think Mattinglys helped those young hitters?
CaseStreet
6/9/2009-11:55pm at 11:55 pm (UTC -4)
L.A. Times thinks so.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dodgers-fyi17-2009may17,0,7121574.story
GravediggerHebner
6/10/2009-12:02am at 12:02 am (UTC -4)
Damn you are the link master. Link-o-rama. Link Wray. Linkin Park. Linc from Mod Squad. The Linkster. Link.
fongy2
6/10/2009-12:07am at 12:07 am (UTC -4)
Abe-
Link-
On?
GravediggerHebner
6/10/2009-12:10am at 12:10 am (UTC -4)
How could I omit him from a Link rap? One demerit for me!
fongy2
6/10/2009-12:13am at 12:13 am (UTC -4)
Att Link Letter?
CaseStreet
6/10/2009-12:15am at 12:15 am (UTC -4)
lol. I’ve refound Nas tonight.
GravediggerHebner
6/10/2009-12:18am at 12:18 am (UTC -4)
I completely missed him in his moment, but thankfully I was turned on to “Illmatic” recently and I’m glad I was.
fongy2
6/10/2009-12:06am at 12:06 am (UTC -4)
Hey thanks!
I’ve been on this team since
spring.
Wait! does that make me an
honorary Wilpon?
Good young players,Good
staff and an
angry Manny coming back soon.I thought
they’d win that weak division by 10/12 gms BUT
they could end
up with home field.playing
us as a WildCard.
Truly a Win,Win
for the Wilpons!
CaseStreet
6/10/2009-12:13am at 12:13 am (UTC -4)
yeah, they have a great mix of just ready youngins w/ vets. they’re pretty solid all over.
I’m def more concerned w/ them this year for Oct.
fongy2
6/10/2009-12:15am at 12:15 am (UTC -4)
Thats a long way away.
We’ll see!
fongy2
6/10/2009-12:09am at 12:09 am (UTC -4)
Agree completely about Hawpe over
Holliday.And Kevin McReynolds??
You just started up my Agita again.
What a waste of talent!
GravediggerHebner
6/10/2009-12:14am at 12:14 am (UTC -4)
Sorry didn’t mean to do that. I was just thinking about corner OF who threw well and hit high 20′s homers and drove in high 90′s runs, which they both roughly are with a slight edge to Hawpe that might be related to the era in which they play.
fongy2
6/10/2009-12:21am at 12:21 am (UTC -4)
Fellas, I’m runnin’ out o steam
so this Met fan will check in with
ya’ll later. Have a good night
and as Otto the WonderDog says
“Ruff, ruff, ruff”!-Lets Go Mets!
…Atleast thats what I think he
means! Only God and Ceasar Milan
know for sure!
Mr. Mets Butler
6/10/2009-12:29am at 12:29 am (UTC -4)
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Mr. Mets Butler
6/10/2009-12:34am at 12:34 am (UTC -4)
Was at the game tonight. Talk about a rollercoaster of emotions, from one extreme to the other. Just glad we pulled it out.
rustyjr
6/10/2009-6:55am at 6:55 am (UTC -4)
once again Heb you outdo yourself – love the turkeyhill photo
gland
6/10/2009-8:48am at 8:48 am (UTC -4)
I heart Futurama