Bobby was deluxe but not mixed
Bobby Parnell’s 2nd major league start was a lot better than his first. The New York Met pitcher’s conversion from reliever to starter continued and his pitch count was elevated from 68 in his previous start to 86 in this one, and he spread those 86 pitches over 6 scoreless innings, allowing only 3 hits while walking none and striking out 7. Parnell improved his season record to 3-4 as the Mets beat the San Francisco Giants 3-0.
Nice .500 beard
The Mets got off to a quick start. Parnell struck out the 1st batter he faced, Eugenio Velez, and the Mets 1st batter, Angel Pagan, homered to give the Mets an early 1-0 lead. Pagan now has 14 hits in 35 1st inning lead off at bats for an average of .400.
Parnell was calm & cool like a hitman
In the 4th inning Jeff Francoeur drove in Luis Castillo with an RBI double and in the 6th inning Castillo scored again, this time on a Gary Sheffield sacrifice fly which put the Mets up 3-0. That’s the way it would stay.
Bobby showed his good Carolina breeding
Parnell finished his evening strong, striking out 4 of the last 6 batters he faced. Brian Stokes and Pedro Feliciano kept it scoreless and handed it over to Francisco Rodriguez who kept Met fans’ blood pressure low with a 1-2-3 inning to record his 26th save.
Please visit yahoo.com for the box score.
7 comments
dirtysanchez
8/14/2009-10:14pm at 10:14 pm (UTC -4)
lol nice wrap up grave
GravediggerHebner
8/14/2009-10:25pm at 10:25 pm (UTC -4)
I got “lucky” that Parnell’s Pride peanut butter was in the news earlier this year for being recalled due to being contaminated with salmonella. Otherwise I never would’ve heard of it. They also recalled a brand called “King Nut” so that could be a fun future post game I suppose.
Mr North Jersey
8/14/2009-10:36pm at 10:36 pm (UTC -4)
Salmonella? does that mean Parnell is gonna get recalled also?
Mr North Jersey
8/14/2009-10:21pm at 10:21 pm (UTC -4)
Parnell’s Pride indeed and with a easy open lid to boot.
Nice Post as usual.
metsfan4decades
8/14/2009-11:07pm at 11:07 pm (UTC -4)
Parnell’s Pub – Nice .500 beard. Good one. LOL. Where do you come up with this stuff?
Good game tonight. Parenll looked like the real deal tonight. Diamond in the rough? We’ve got a few, young nice pitchers vying for a starting rotation spot next year to go along with Johan/Pelf/Ollie – such as Niese, Nieve, Parnell and even Maine. Get another proven, solid SP next year and I think we’re onto something….
GravediggerHebner
8/14/2009-11:31pm at 11:31 pm (UTC -4)
Lots of pitchers have 1 good start, but I was nonetheless very encouraged by Parnell’s outing. I hope it’s something he can build on to further his career.
When you look at his career minor league numbers there is simply nothing that makes you stand up and take notice, he was very uninspiring, but he has good stuff and with coaching and experience let’s hope he puts it to good use.
I keep reminding myself how Ron Darling kept saying that in observing Parnell he believes Bobby has the “demeanor” of a starter and I hope that turns out to be meaningful.
trs86
8/15/2009-12:01am at 12:01 am (UTC -4)
Agreed, his minor league numbers show a much different Parnell than tonight. Perhaps time in the pen learning how to use his FB will have helped him.