Amazing Mets

Pregame: Mets-Braves Game 1

pvhornet05 — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:50:00 -0400

The Mets will host the Atlanta Braves and try to sweep them and take the division series. The Mets will send Oliver Perez (13-9 3.46) to the mound as Atlanta will send Tim Hudson (15-7 3.47).

Oliver Perez will try to get his 4th win against the Braves this season.

Ollie this is why they pay you and not me the big bucks, show them why THE METS ARE THE TEAM TO BEAT.

The lineup for the Mets is as follows:

SS Jose Reyes

2B Luis Castillo

3B David Wright

CF Carlos Beltran

LF Moises Alou

1B Shawn Green

C Paul Lo Duca

RF Lastings Milledge

P Oliver Perez

With David Wright swinging a hot bat, these next 2 series against division rivals, can seal his case for being MVP.

As Always LETS GO METS!!!

PostGame: Mets 3 Astros 1 (Game 2)

Rob — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 16:00:00 -0400

The Mets defeated the Astros today by a score of 3-1. Tom Glavine got his 13th win, pitching brilliantly for 7+ innings, allowing only 1 run. Woody Williams took the loss for the 'Stros.

Glavine has been great since his last loss on July 3rd.

David Wright got the scoring going, hitting an opposite field homer in the 3rd.

You really cant say much more about D Wright, hes been amazing.

In the 4th, Shawn Green and Paul Lo Duca hit back to back doubles, driving in a run.

Green and Lo Duca have been swinging better of late, just in time for October.

Luis Castillo scored the last Mets run on a wild pitch in the 5th.

In other news, Moises Alou extended his hitting streak to 13 Games.

Billy Wagner closed it out, pitching a perfect 9th for his 31st save.

LETS GO METS!

PreGame: Mets-Astros (Game 2)

Rob — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 12:55:00 -0400

The Mets take on the Astros in the middle game of a 3 game set. Tom Glavine (12-6 4.06) will for the Mets. He will be opposed by Woody Williams (8-13 4.95) who has been pitched better of late (3.64 era in last 5 starts.)

Lets get that second win.

Mets Lineup

SS Reyes

2B Castillo

3B Wright

CF Beltran

LF Alou

1B Green

C Lo Duca

RF Milledge

P Glavine.

PostGame: Mets 11 Astros 3 (Game 1)

Rob — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 22:31:00 -0400

The Mets clobbered the Houston Astros by a score of 11-3 today at Shea. Mike Pelfrey got his second win as as many starts, allowing 2 runs in 5.1 innings, while striking out 3 and walking 2.

Pelfrey was solid. he kept us in the game, all u can ask for.

Carlos Beltran and Lastings Milledge both went deep for the Mets tonight. Jose Reyes also had his first triple in a long long time.

I couldnt remember the last time he tripled.

Moises Alou also extended his hitting streak to 12 games, going 2-4 with a double.

Alouuu is raking.

Tomorrows game starts at 1:10 pm. Tom Glavine will pitch for the Mets. Opposing him will be Wood Williams.

Lets Go Mets!

Pregame: Mets-Astros (Game 1)

pvhornet05 — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:40:00 -0400

Mike Pelfrey (1-7 5.43) will be taking the mound as he tries to get his 2nd victory of the season. Last Saturday was probably the best pitching performance by Pelfrey giving up 1 run in 6 innings. The Astros will send the south paw Wandy Rodriguez (8-12 4.49) Back in July Wandy had a complete game shutout while striking out 8 against the Mets. In that very same game Pelfrey was cruising until the 5th inning when he walked Ausmus, gave up a rbi dounle to Hunter Pence which was then followed up by a 2 run homer by Lance Berkman.

C'mon Mike show everyone that last weeks performance wasn't a fluke.

The Mets lineup is as follows:

1) SS Jose Reyes

2) 2B Luis Castillo

3) 3B David Wright

4) CF Carlos Beltran

5) LF Moises Alou

6) 1B Jeff Conine

7) C Paul Lo Duca

8) RF Lastings Milledge

9) P Mike Pelfrey

Due to the lefty on the mound Jeff Conine will get the start and Shawn Green will probably be starting tomorrow at 1st base with a righty on the mound. David Wright only gets 1 day off after Willie decided to rest Reyes for 2 days. Yes I know the one was an off day but with the Phillies 5 games back I would like to see David have 2 days off. Anyways LETS GO METS!!

Injury: Delgado out 7-10 Days

Rob — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:07:00 -0400

According to WFAN, Carlos Delgado will miss 7-10 days with a strained hip flexor.

Ouch. As soon as he starts going good, he gets hurt, unbelieveable.

PostGame: Mets-Reds (Game 3)

Rob — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:03:00 -0400

The Mets lost a blowout to the Cincinnati Reds by a score of 7-0 this afternoon. John Maine was off from the start, allowing 6 runs in 4.1 innings. Tom Shearn got his second win for the Reds, pitching 6 shutout innings.

Tough game for Maine, we should skip him and Ollie in the rotation before October, they need it.

The Mets got no offense today, as they rested Reyes, Alou, Lo Duca, and Green. Delgado was out of the lineup with a strained hip.

Delgados on his way to NY to get an MRI on that hip, hope its nothing serious.

Brandon Phillips and Joey Votto homered for the Reds.

Good for Votto, congrats on your 1st Major League Homer.

With the Phillies losing a heartbreaker to the Braves today, the Mets remain 5 games up in the division

Phils might not recover from that one, OUCH.

LETS GO METS.

PreGame: Mets-Reds (Game 3)

Rob — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:48:00 -0400

The Mets look for the sweep against the Reds this afternoon at 12:35 Est. The Pitchers will be John Maine (14-8 3.57) for the Mets and journeyman Tom Shearn (1-0 4.76) for the Reds.

Sweep em Johnny.

The Mets will run out their "A-" lineup today:

LF Endy Chavez

2B Luis Castillo

3B David Wright

CF Carlos Beltran

1B Jeff Conine

SS Ruben Gotay

RF Lastings Milledge

C Mike Difelice

P John Maine

Can the A- Lineup do it again? We'll see

LETS GO METS

Postgame: Mets-Reds Game 2

pvhornet05 — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 22:54:00 -0400

The Mets defeated the Reds by the score of 11-7. Paul Lo Duca had 7 rbi's, two 3 run homers and an rbi single. Shawn Green had 3 hits and 2 rbi's. Carlos Beltran also hit a 2 run homer which is no surprise to me with the way he is hitting.

Nice to see Lo Duca and Green step up when Reyes and Wright 0-10 tonight.

Speaking of Reyes he just had a bad game. He went 0-5, got caught stealing and made a bad play when he tried to make a back hand play to Gotay. He looks sluggish and definitely needs a day off tomorrow.

Oliver Perez got the win but this game was definitely not his best. He only struck out 2 and walked 5 while giving up 3 earned runs in 5 innings.

If he wants to be the 4th starter for the post season then he has to pitch better than this.

Carlos Delgado got injured on a swing in the 8th and was holding his hip. We will keep you updated as soon as we hear the diagnosis.

O God no please. Overall great game by the bottom of the Mets lineup and they extend their winning streak to 5.

Pregame: Mets-Reds Game 2

pvhornet05 — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 19:15:00 -0400

Oliver Perez (12-9 3.84) and the NL East leading Mets will be taking on Matt Belisle (7-8 5.33) and the Cincinnati Reds at 7:10. Perez will be looking for his 13th win this year and help the Mets reach its highest winning streak this year, 5.

Perez and the Mets have to get over that hump and get that 5 game winning streak, for the teams morale.

The lineup is as follows:

SS Jose Reyes
2B Ruben Gotay
3B David Wright
CF Carlos Beltran
1B Carlos Delgado
LF Moises Alou
RF Shawn Green
C Paul Lo Duca
P Oliver Perez

So much for Milledge getting most of the playing time, anyways LETS GO METS.

Injury: Wright tweaks Hamstring

Rob — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:47:00 -0400

David Wright tweaked his hamstring while running out a groundball in the 7th inning of yesterdays rout of the Reds. Wright said he expects to play tonight.

Im all for D Wright showeing toughness, but seriously, take a day man.

PostGame: Mets-Reds (Game 1)

Rob — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 16:43:00 -0400

The Mets defeated the Reds today by a score of 10-4 in Cincinnati. Pedro Martinez got his first win of the season, pitching 5 innings, allowing 3 runs (2 earned) walking 3 and striking out 5. Aaron Harang took the loss for the Reds.

Pedro is back guys. Its Christmas in September.

Pedro was a little shaky at the start, allowing two first inning runs, but from there on out, he was very very sharp. The only other run he gave up was on a Carlos Beltran error in the 4th.

David Wright and Moises Alou both collected 3 hits on the day, and both hit homers.

David and Moises have both been locked in since the ASB.

Carlos Delgado also chipped in with a Solo Homer of his own.

Delgados on a TEAR.

The Bullpen pitched 4 solid innings, allowing only 1 run in the 9th.

Solid work, but Aaron Sele looked shaky again in the 9th, I think its time to show him the door.

With the Phillies loss today, the Mets now are sitting pretty, 5 games up on the Phils.

LETS GO METS!

PreGame: Mets-Reds (Game 1)

Rob — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:18:00 -0400

Fresh off the their sweep of the Braves, the Mets will take on the Reds in the first game of a 3 game set at Great American BallPark. The Pitchers for todays game will be Pedro Martinez (NR) and Aaron Harang (14-3 3.51). Today will be Pedros first start since undergoing Rotator Cuff Surgery.

Great to have you back Petey.

Lineup for todays game:

SS Jose Reyes

2B Luis Castillo

3B David Wright

CF Carlos Beltran

1B Carlos Delgado

LF Moises Alou

RF Shawn Green

C Paul Lo Duca

P Pedro Martinez.

Lets go mets!

Standings: Divison

Rob — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 01:36:00 -0400

With the Mets win today over the Braves, and the Phillies loss to the Marlins, the Mets are now 4 games up on the Phils and 7.5 up on the Braves

I think its safe to say the Braves are out of the division race, but never say never.

Postgame: Mets-Atlanta Game 3

pvhornet05 — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:39:00 -0400

The Mets have swept the Braves and extended their division lead to 4 games after the Marlins defeated the Phillies.

Tommy Glavine went 6 innings on 5 hits and 2 strikeouts. He also helped himself with a sac fly in the 2nd.

Ahh nice to see Glavine helping the cause.

David Wright hit a 2 run homer in the 5th which was to straight away center.

I'm happy for Wright who has struggled against Smoltz in his career.

The bullpen came in and only gave up 1 run which was by Wagner as Kelly Johnson drive in pinch runner Chris Woodward.

Pregame: Mets-Braves Game 3

pvhornet05 — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 12:36:00 -0400

The Mets will look to, "step on the necks," as Willie would say and try to sweep the Braves this afternoon. Tommy Glavine (11-6 4.15) will be taking the mound for the Mets as he faces his best friend John Smoltz (12-6 3.06).

Lets Go Tom, lets make this a 2 team race.

The batting order will be as follows:

1) SS Jose Reyes

2) 2B Luis Castillo

3) 3B David Wright

4) CF Carlos Beltran

5) 1B Carlos Delgado

6) LF Moises Alou

7) RF Shawn Green

8) C Paul Lo Duca

9) LHP Tom Glavine

Carlos Delgado has connected for 4 homeruns against Smoltz in his career and Shawn Green went 4-4 against Smoltz when these 2 teams met back in August.

LETS GO METS

PostGame: Mets-Braves (Game 2)

Rob — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:15:00 -0400

The Mets defeated the Braves today by a score of 5-1. Mike Pelfrey pitched brilliantly, allowing 1 run on 1 hit and 7 Ks in 6 innings. Chuck James took the loss for the Braves, allowing 3 runs in 5 Innings.

Easily Pelfreys best start of his career, he had it all working today, hopefully its signs of things to come.

The Mets got the scoring started in the 2nd when Carlos Beltran and Moises Alou hit back to back singles. Beltran than scored on a Carlos Delgado Double Play Groundball. The Mets scored 2 more off James on Homers by Delgado and Lastings Milledge.

I love how Milledges approach all game was to right field.

The Braves scored their only run on a sac fly by Willie Harris in the 5th.

Pelfreys only blip all day.

Pedro Feliciano picked up the save, pitching 2 shutout innings, striking out 5 of the 6 batters he faced.

There's the Feliciano I know.

The Mets look for the sweep tomorrow, starting at 1:05 Est.

LETS GO METS!

Pregame: Mets-Braves Game 2

Rob — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 14:35:00 -0400

The Mets play the middle game of their three game set today against the Braves. The Mets will throw newly promoted Mike Pelfrey (0-7 5.92) who will be looking for his first win of the season. The Braves will pitch Chuck James (9-9 4.22) who will be making his first start of the DL. After a strong 2006 campaign, James has struggled this year, especially in his last 5 starts (1-2 7.09).

This should be a slugfest, the way both pitchers have pitched this year. Maybe Pelf will surprise us all with a solid start.

The Mets Lineup is as follows:

SS Jose Reyes

2B Luis Castillo

3B David Wright

CF Carlos Beltran

LF Moises Alou

1B Carlos Delgado

C Paul Lo Duca

RF Lastings Milledge

P Mike Pelfrey

LETS GO METS!

News: Pedro To Start in Cincinnati

Rob — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 13:51:00 -0400

Pedro Martinez will take the ball in one of the three games against the Reds in their upcoming series.

Awesome..

Postgame: Mets-Atlanta Game 1

pvhornet05 — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:29:00 -0400

The Mets man handled Tim Hudson and the Atlanta Braves tonight by the score of 7-1. Tim Hudson lasted 6 innings gave up 6 hits and 4 earned runs. John Maine went 7 innings gave up 1 earned run on a wild pitch and struck out 7. He had his slider working for him tonight along with his high fastball.

Carlos Delgado hit a 3 run homerun in the 4th inning and Reyes hit a solo homerun in the 5th. Gary Cohen said, "Marlon Anderson is the best pitch hitter on the planet," and he didn't disappoint tonight when he came up with the bases loaded in the 9th and hit a base clearing double to basically put any come back to rest.

Heilman came on in the 8th and had a 1 2 3 inning and theen Schowenweis came on in the 9th and looked good.

I'm glad Maine pitched good and went far in the game to give the pen a rest. What can you say about Marlon, he is the best pitch hitter in the game. Carlos Delgado had hard hits and almost had 2 homeruns as his second at bat wwent to the wall. With Pelfrey on for tomorrow this bullpen might be up in the 4th inning.

Pregame: Mets-Braves Game 1

pvhornet05 — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:44:00 -0400

The Mets (73-60) will be taking on the Braves (69-65) who are just 4.5 games behind the Mets.

John Maine (13-8 3.68) will be facing off against Tim Hudson (15-6 3.23). Hudson is 2-0 against the Mets twice in 2007, giving up 14 hits in 14 innings. He is 7-2 with a 3.39 ERA in 10 career appearances against New York. John Maine will be making his second career start against Atlanta.

The lineup is as follows:

1) SS - Jose Reyes

2) 2B - Luis Castillo

3) 3B - David Wright

4) CF - Carlos Beltran

5) LF - Moises Alou

6) 1B - Carlos Delgado

7) C - Paul Lo Duca

8) RF - Endy Chavez

9) P - John Maine

LETS GO METS

News: El Duque out Indefinetely

Rob — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:14:00 -0400

According to WFAN, Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez is out indefinetely with a foot injury. Pedro Martinez will start in his place Monday, at Cincinnati.

Can it get any worse? I mean come on Baseball Gods, spare us. At least Pedro starts on Monday, guess the BP Session went well.

In other news, Mike Pelfrey will start tomorrow against the Braves

Come on Mike, Prove me wrong buddy.

Rumor: Pelfrey to start Saturday

Rob — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:50:00 -0400

The word is that Mike Pelfrey, and not Phil Humber, will start Saturday against the Braves.

I dont get this at all. Pelfrey has failed miserably at the Major League Level, and with the lead being down to 2 games, Id rather not be giving games away.

Postgame Mets-Phillies Game 4

Rob — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:19:00 -0400

The Mets lost to the Phillies today by a score of 11-10. Billy Wagner took the loss, giving up 3 runs in 1.1 innings today. Tom Gordon got the win for the Phils

Worst loss of the year, no doubt.

Im speechless.

Missed the Pregame.

Rob — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:51:00 -0400

Sorry folks, missed the pregame today, i'll be doing the postgame after the game.

Game is currently 8-5 Phils going into the 7th.

Lets go METS!

Postgame: Mets-Phillies Game 3

pvhornet05 — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:11:00 -0400

The Mets now have a 4 gam losing streak after losing last nights game to the Phillies by the score of 3-2. After giving up 2 solo homeruns in the 1st, Oliver Perez rebounded and struck out 10 in 6 innings. Jose Reyes started the game with a single but then got picked off by Jaime Moyer. In that same inning David Wright launched his 24th homerun to straight away centerfield. Carlos Delgado chipped in with a rbi single.

With one out in the 9th inning Dukie walked and then was pinch ran for by Endy Chavez. Marlon Anderson then hit for Milledge and hit a line drive in the gap, which was ran down by the speedy Shane Victorino to hold Marlon to a single. Situation is nw 1stt and 3rd 1 out with Shawn Green up. With the count 2-2 Green hits a soft grounder to Rollins who double pumps to Tad who then gets laid out by Marlon which CB Buckner calls interference and the Mets lose.

Ladies and Gentleman I am not worried if this race comes down between the Mets and Phillies. The last 2 out 3 seasons the Phils have choked to when coming down the stretch. But if the "other," team gets back in it I might get a little worried.

Pregame: Mets-Phillies Game 3

pvhornet05 — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:41:00 -0400

The first place Mets (73-58) take on the Phillies (69-62) who won in dramatic fashion last night with a game winning 2 run homerun in the 10th by Ryan Howard.

Oliver Perez (12-8 3.34) will be taking on Jamie Moyer (11-10 5.16).

The Mets lineup is as follows:

SS Jose Reyes

2B Luis Castillo

3B David Wright

CF Carlos Beltran

LF Moises Alou

1B Carlos Delgado

C Paul Lo Duca

RF Lastings Milledge

P Oliver Perez

LETS GO METS

Easley Done for the year

Rob — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:04:00 -0400

According to Adam Rubin at the Daily News, Damion Easley has gone home and is not expected to return this season.

Bad News, but we all figured after that injury he was not coming back. Get Well Man

Thanks to Dan from Hotfoot for the link.

Saturdays Start against Atlanta

Rob — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:43:00 -0400

The Mets have a vacant opening in their starting rotation, most likely only for one more start until Pedro Martinez is back from his Rehab in St Lucie. The Mets will go to either Mike Pelfrey or Phil Humber.

Humber, has been pitching well of late, taking a no hitter into the 9th inning of his last start.

Pelfrey has been decent in the minors, but has been an utter disaster in the majors this year, sporting an 0-7 record with a 5.92 era.

I dont know about anyone else, but its Phil Phil Phil for me. Give the kid a shot, its only for one start, keeping the spot warm for Petey.

Panic Mode-Not Yet

Rob — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:36:00 -0400

These last few days have been rough for mets fans, the mets having only scored 10 runs in 4 games. What many fans dont realize is that before Saturdays game against the Dodgers, the mets had scored 5+ runs in 12 straight games, going 8-4 during that span. The Mets are consistently inconsistent. They will have their 2 or 3 game winning streaks, and their 2 or 3 game losing streaks, but havent had a 8 game winning streak, nor an 8 game losing streak yet this year. All im trying to get across is that the Mets will be fine, and only if the Mets get swept here in Philly, and than in Atlanta, THEN i will be in Panic Mode..