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August 17, 2008

Daily Mets Recap: August 17th, 2008

Scribbled by: Milo Taibi, Howard Megdal and Eric Simon @ 6:37 pm | Filed under: Game Recaps

The Game

The Mets made their fans nervous in the process, but pulled out a 7-4 victory over the lowly Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night. Pedro Martinez went seven strong innings en route to his 4th win of the season.

The Mets jumped on opposing starter Zach Duke early. Jose Reyes led off the game by launching a solo home run to give the Mets the 1-0 edge. Later on in the frame, Carlos Beltran would double in David Wright, and Fernando Tatis would single in Beltran. In the 2nd, with Pedro Martinez on base, Reyes tagged Duke for his 2nd hit in as many innings; an RBI triple. The Mets wouldn’t score another run until the 6th inning, when Ramon Castro crushed a two run home run.

Pedro Martinez allowed just one run in his seven innings of work, a solo home run to Adam LaRoche in the 7th. Other than that, Martinez was masterful. He’d walk only one, and allow only one earned run despite giving up eight hits. He’d leave after the 7th, having thrown 95 pitches.

After Pedro left, long reliever Brian Stokes entered the game. Stokes had a tidy 8th inning, getting through the frame having thrown only 12 pitches. The Mets would have a 7-1 lead entering the ninth.

Things got dicey in the ninth. The Mets called upon rookie Eddie Kunz to close things out, but he’d be unable to get through the inning (Kunz retired only one batter). He allowed three hits and three earned runs, before giving way to Joe Smith. Smith came on to face Freddy Sanchez, who would single to left field, somehow allowing the Pirates to get the tying run to the plate. Fortunately, Pedro Feliciano would get Ryan Doumit to fly out, and Adam LaRoche to ground out, finishing up the game.

The Haiku

Reyes starts with blast
Original Pedro: strong
Pedro, Part 2: Save

The Boxscore

NY Mets	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Reyes, J, SS	5	1	2	2	0	0	4	.305
Evans, LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.243
Chavez, LF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.272
Wright, 3B	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	.292
Beltran, CF	5	1	1	1	0	1	1	.270
Delgado, 1B	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	.260
Tatis, RF	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	.302
Easley, 2B	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	.267
Castro, C	3	1	2	2	1	1	0	.270
Martinez, P, P	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.148
a-Murphy, PH	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.421
Stokes, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667
Kunz, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Smith, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Feliciano, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	37	7	11	7	3	6	13
a-Walked for Martinez, P in the 8th.
BATTING 2B: Beltran (31, Duke). 3B: Reyes, J (14, Duke). HR: Reyes, J (13, 1st inning off Duke, 0 on, 0 out), Castro (7, 6th inning off Duke, 1 on, 2 out). TB: Reyes, J 7; Chavez; Wright; Beltran 2; Delgado; Tatis; Easley; Castro 5; Martinez, P. RBI: Reyes, J 2 (53), Beltran (81), Tatis (36), Castro 2 (23), Murphy (9). 2-out RBI: Tatis; Castro 2; Murphy. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Wright; Reyes, J 3. S: Martinez, P. Team LOB: 7. FIELDING DP: 2 (Easley-Reyes, J-Delgado, Wright-Easley-Delgado).

Pittsburgh	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
McLouth, CF	5	0	1	1	0	2	4	.279
Sanchez, F, 2B	5	0	3	0	0	0	1	.255
Doumit, C	5	0	1	0	0	0	4	.324
LaRoche, Ad, 1B	5	0	1	0	0	0	3	.267
LaRoche, An, 3B	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	.198
Moss, LF	3	1	1	0	1	2	2	.258
Pearce, RF	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	.216
Wilson, Ja, SS	4	1	3	1	0	0	2	.281
Duke, P	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.133
Bautista, D, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200
a-Mientkiewicz, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.286
Sanchez, R, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Yates, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
b-Michaels, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.235
Totals	37	4	13	3	1	4	24
a-Flied out for Bautista, D in the 7th. b-Grounded out for Yates in the 9th.
BATTING 2B: LaRoche, An (3, Martinez, P), Wilson, Ja (14, Kunz). HR: LaRoche, An (4, 7th inning off Martinez, P, 0 on, 0 out). TB: McLouth; Sanchez, F 3; Doumit; LaRoche, Ad; LaRoche, An 6; Moss; Pearce; Wilson, Ja 4. RBI: LaRoche, An (11), Wilson, Ja (16), McLouth (75). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Sanchez, F; Moss; McLouth; LaRoche, Ad. S: Duke. GIDP: Doumit 2. Team LOB: 9.

NY Mets	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Martinez, P (W, 4-3)	7.0	8	1	1	1	4	1	4.96
Stokes	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.38
Kunz	0.1	3	3	3	0	0	0	13.50
Smith	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.25
Feliciano (S, 2)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.57

Pittsburgh	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Duke (L, 4-11)	6.0	9	6	6	0	2	2	5.26
Bautista, D	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.35
Sanchez, R	1.0	1	1	1	3	1	0	5.06
Yates	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	5.24

Smith pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.

WP: Martinez, P, Kunz.
HBP: Pearce (by Kunz).
Pitches-strikes: Martinez, P 95-64, Stokes 12-9, Kunz 17-7, Smith 5-4, Feliciano 8-6, Duke 103-61, Bautista, D 8-5, Sanchez, R 31-14, Yates 10-8.
Ground outs-fly outs: Martinez, P 10-7, Stokes 2-1, Kunz 1-0, Smith 0-0, Feliciano 1-1, Duke 8-8, Bautista, D 1-1, Sanchez, R 0-2, Yates 0-1.
Batters faced: Martinez, P 28, Stokes 4, Kunz 5, Smith 1, Feliciano 2, Duke 27, Bautista, D 3, Sanchez, R 7, Yates 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Smith 1-0, Feliciano 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Ed Rapuano. 1B: Ed Hickox. 2B: CB Bucknor. 3B: Joe West.
Weather: 78 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 7 mph, Out to LF.
T: 2:43.
Att: 37,506.
August 16, 2008

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner