July 11, 2008
Daily Mets Recap: July 11th, 2008
The Game
Yesterday afternoon the Mets defeated the San Francisco Baseball Giants by a score of 7-3, proving true the old adage: “If your team has Randy Winn has a number three hitter, you won’t win a lot of ballgames.”
John Maine got the start for the Mets, and didn’t look comfortable at all in his 4.2 innings of work. After being squeezed in the first inning by home plate umpire Gerry Davis, Maine was never able to settle in to a groove. John threw 109 pitches on the afternoon, and left after giving up a game tying double to Randy Winn in the fifth, one out away from a decison. Though Maine struck out eight batters, he gave up five free passes, a concerning figure considering how short his outing was.
The Mets had yet another good offensive day. Carlos Beltran singled home a run in the third inning, and Fernando Tatis would bring home two with a double in the right-center field gap. On this play Carlos Beltran ran straight through a stop sign from third base coach Luis Aguayo, and scored easily. Even after Winn’s game tying double, the Mets offense didn’t relent, scoring four runs in the bottom of the 7th on a two run home run from Fernando Tatis, a throwing error on Jose Castillo (A play in which Giants first baseman John Bowker should have been charged with an error), and a Jose Reyes single. Epic bust Barry Zito left his team in good condition to win the game (two earned runs through five innings), but the bullpen wasn’t up to the task and gave up four runs in the next two innings.
The Mets had a great bullpen yesterday. Carlos Muniz came on after Maine to record 1.1 innings of scoreless relief, which Scott Schoeneweis, Duaner Sanchez and Billy Wagner followed with scoreless innings of their own.
Great to see the Mets earn a series sweep, even against a team as pitiful as the Giants (who scored three runs in the entire series). They are currently still just 1.5 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies. The Mets have just one more series before the All-Star break, a three game set with the Colorado Rockies. In the series they’ll have to square off against Aaron Cook and Ubaldo Jimenez, who have each had dominant outings against the Mets this year.
Tonight the Mets will kickstart their series against Colorado by sending Pedro Martinez to the hill against Jimenez.
The Haiku
Bullpen picks up Maine
Fernando: Super! Shea is
Fortress of victory
The Boxscore
| San Francisco |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
LOB |
AVG |
| Lewis, LF |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
.276 |
| Burriss, SS |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
.288 |
| Winn, RF |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
.286 |
| Rowand, CF |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
.296 |
| Bowker, 1B |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
.284 |
| Alfonzo, C |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
.000 |
| Castillo, 3B |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
.256 |
| Denker, T, 2B |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
.243 |
| Romo, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| Taschner, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| Matos, O, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| a-Aurilia, PH |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.283 |
| Zito, P |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
.087 |
| Durham, 2B |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.284 |
| Totals |
29 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
10 |
14 |
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a-Grounded out for Matos, O in the 9th.
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BATTING
2B: Bowker (10, Maine), Winn (23, Maine).
TB: Winn 2; Bowker 3.
RBI: Winn 2 (38).
2-out RBI: Winn 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Bowker; Rowand.
GIDP: Alfonzo.
Team LOB: 6.
BASERUNNING
SB: Winn 2 (18, 2nd base off Sanchez/Schneider, 3rd base off Maine/Schneider).
FIELDING
E: Castillo 2 (13, fielding, throw).
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| NY Mets |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
LOB |
AVG |
| Reyes, J, SS |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
.300 |
| Reyes, A, 2B |
5 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
.308 |
| Wright, 3B |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
.288 |
| Beltran, CF |
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
.265 |
| Tatis, RF-LF |
5 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.303 |
| Delgado, 1B |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
.246 |
| Evans, LF |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
.185 |
| Chavez, RF |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
.268 |
| Schneider, C |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
.249 |
| Maine, P |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
.111 |
| Muniz, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| a-Aguila, PH |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.167 |
| Schoeneweis, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| b-Easley, PH |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.286 |
| Sanchez, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| Wagner, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| Totals |
34 |
7 |
9 |
6 |
8 |
2 |
21 |
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a-Hit a sacrifice bunt for Muniz in the 6th. b-Reached on error for Schoeneweis in the 7th.
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BATTING
2B: Tatis 2 (5, Zito, Zito), Wright 2 (24, Romo, Matos, O).
HR: Tatis (4, 7th inning off Romo, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Reyes, J; Reyes, A; Wright 4; Beltran; Tatis 8; Evans.
RBI: Beltran (63), Tatis 4 (18), Reyes, J (40).
2-out RBI: Reyes, J.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Maine; Evans; Beltran 2; Reyes, A 2; Chavez.
S: Aguila.
Team LOB: 12.
FIELDING
DP: (Reyes, A-Delgado).
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|
| |
| San Francisco |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
ERA |
| Zito |
5.0 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
5.62 |
| Romo (L, 0-1) |
1.2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3.86 |
| Taschner |
0.1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3.19 |
| Matos, O |
1.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
|
|
| NY Mets |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
ERA |
| Maine |
4.2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
8 |
0 |
3.99 |
| Muniz |
1.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5.54 |
| Schoeneweis (W, 1-2) |
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.72 |
| Sanchez |
1.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3.63 |
| Wagner |
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.43 |
|
Zito pitched to 1 batter in the 6th.
WP: Maine 2.
IBB: Schneider (by Zito), Delgado (by Matos, O).
Pitches-strikes: Zito 105-58, Romo 27-15, Taschner 18-10, Matos, O 11-5, Maine 109-63, Muniz 20-10, Schoeneweis 8-5, Sanchez 21-12, Wagner 5-5.
Ground outs-fly outs: Zito 4-9, Romo 1-4, Taschner 1-0, Matos, O 1-2, Maine 2-4, Muniz 0-3, Schoeneweis 2-1, Sanchez 2-0, Wagner 1-2.
Batters faced: Zito 26, Romo 8, Taschner 4, Matos, O 5, Maine 21, Muniz 5, Schoeneweis 3, Sanchez 4, Wagner 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Romo 1-0, Taschner 1-1, Muniz 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Gerry Davis. 1B: Brian Gorman. 2B: Bruce Dreckman. 3B: Phil Cuzzi.
Weather: 82 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 14 mph, Out to RF.
T: 3:10.
Att: 48,755.
Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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The Win Probability Added Graph
The Credits
Recap by Milo Taibi
Haiku by Howard Megdal
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