PostGame: Series Ending Walk-off!
Wow…
I wasn’t even able to watch the game and I’m still hopping around and excited about that. The Mets were down 5-1 in the bottom of the 9th before ending it with a Carlos Delgado walk-off single. The Mets bench came through, and from what I heard on Metsblog.com, Willie interestingly pinch hitted David Wright to fill in for Shawn Green, David’s first pinch-hit in his career.
What a win and great momentum heading into this series against the crosstown rivals. The Mets may be out of energy after last night’s late-night win, but they sure are fired up for this series at Shea.
Now it’s time……Let’s kill the Yankees.
Raining at Shea
Following yesterday’s loss, the Mets are now heading into game three of this four game series. Outfielder Carlos Gomez IS in the lineup, expected to be sent down tomorrow to AAA, but the rain is pouring at Shea…
I’ll post a pre-game if the rain stops.
Series Preview: Mets/Cubs
This week I won’t be doing any pre-games, so I’ll do a series preview instead. The Mets are coming off a series win at home against the First Place and best record holder, the Milwaukee Brewers. The Mets took the rubber game of the series yesterday in a 9-1 crushing to hand Chris Capuano his first loss of the season.
The Mets host the Cubs in a four-game series at Shea Stadium beginning at 7:10 tonight.
Game 1: Cubs @ Mets, 7:10 PM - Cliff Floyd’s Shea comeback.
Tom Glavine (4-1, 2.98) vs. Jason Marquis (5-1, 1.70). Marquis is on fire. He is coming off a three-hit complete game shutout against the Pirates last week when the Cubs won 1-0.
All everyday starters (except Alou) should be back in the lineup tonight, with Endy Chavez or Carlos Gomez (most likely Chavez) getting the start in Left Field.
Game 2: John Maine (5-0, 1.79) vs. Carlos Zambrano (3-3, 5.83). John Maine is on fire and I hope he keeps it up at home this series. If he goes 6-0, he’ll be one game better than what Pedro Martinez was early last season, 5-0.
Game 3: Jorge Sosa (2-0, 2.77) vs. Rich Hill (4-2, 2.51). Jorge Sosa has done a great job filling in for Orlando Hernandez with his last two starts following Chan Ho Park’s horrible start.
Game 4: TBA vs. Angel Guzman (0-0, 3.57) has no wins thru 12 starts in his career.
PreGame: Mets/Brewers; Pelfrey Down, Gomez up
Today the Mets and Brewers play the rubber game of a three game series at Shea Stadium. First pitch is scheduled for 1:10 PM, and the weather at Shea is great, with temperatures in the mid-60’s with sunny skies.
To celebrate Mother’s Day, teams in the majors will use pink bats.
Mets.com reports the The New York Mets have optioned Mike Pelfrey to Triple-A New
Orleans and have called up Zephyrs’ OF Carlos Gomez.
I can’t wait to see how fast Gomez runs… I know he beats Reyes in the offseason in the Domincan Republic when they race each other. The lineup says that Gomez will start tonight. This must be somewhat surprising to him that he was just called up and at the same time he was called upon to start his major league debut.
It’s about time the Mets have sent down Pelfrey. He kept getting excuses and reasons to stay up and he hasn’t won a game and its May 12.
Pitching matchup:
Lefty Oliver Perez (3-3, 3.48 ERA) will make his seventh start of the season. He’ll be facing the undefeated Chris Capuano (5-0, 2.31 ERA).
Almost automatically since Lo Duca started yesterday’s day game after night game, he’ll sit today. Green also is getting a break, while Moises Alou is day-to-day with a quad injury after leaving in the middle of yesterday’s 12-3 loss to the Brewers
Lineup:
1. Reyes SS
2. Easley 2B
3. Beltran CF
4. Delgado 1B
5. Wright 3B
6. Castro C
7. Chavez LF
8. Gomez RF
9. Perez P
PostGame: Mets beat Brewers 5-4
The Mets were able to beat the team with the best record in baseball, the Brewers with a solid start from Jorge Sosa. Sosa, called up from AAA during the D-Backs series, has two wins in two starts filling in for El Duque, who is progressing with his rehab. Despite three homers, the Mets were able to close out the game, 5-4 with a 6-pitch Wagner save (9). The Mets hit great themselves, as they scored five runs on a Wright two-run HR, a Delgado opposite field HR, a Lo Duca single to drive in Alou after HE hit a double, and finally, the deciding run in the game, Easley hit a HR in the 7th inning.
Next: The Mets continue their 10 days at Shea and a three game series with the Rockies tomorrow and Sunday, both starting at 1:10 PM.