June 7, 2008
Daily Mets Recap: June 7th, 2008
The Game
The New York Mets are a .500 team once again as they dropped a disappointing 2-1 decision to the San Diego Padres on Friday night at Petco Park.
Following Thursday’s walk off hit batsman defeat, Johan Santana looked to get the Mets back on the winning track Friday night as he took on the Padres’ Randy Wolf. Diverting back to the team that we’ve come to know and loathe from early on in 2008, the Met bats were completely shut down by the Phillie castoff. Wolf was perfect until David Wright’s two out single in the fourth. Fortunately for New York, Santana was keeping the light hitting Pads off the board as well. Finally, in a weird top of the sixth inning, the Mets were able to scratch out a run. After Endy Chavez lead off with a double, Johan Santana came up and in an attempt to bunt Chavez over to third, was struck in the left shoulder with the pitch. It was strike two, because Johan did offer at the pitch but thankfully he appeared to be ok. Santana then hit a grounder to second base which appeared as if it would serve as a sacrifice in itself. However, the lesser known Gonzalez playing second base aggressively threw to third base to cut down Chavez for the inning’s first out. Jose Reyes and Luis Castillo followed with singles to load the bases with one out for David Wright. Wright’s sac fly would give the Mets a 1-0 lead, but the offense would go missing for the remainder of the game.
The Met lead did not last long as the Padres came back in the bottom of the sixth. RBI singles by Adrian Gonzalez and Kevin Kouzmanoff gave San Diego a 2-1 lead and you basically could have shut your sets off at that point because there would be no more scoring. The Mets would go down meekly, only offering a half-hearted threat in the top of the seventh that was nullified when Castillo grounded out with the bases loaded and two outs. The loss drops the Mets to 2-3 on this road trip versus the NL’s bottom feeders. The always reliable Ollie Perez will try to right the ship on Saturday night.
The Haiku
Bruised, but not battered
Santana keeps Mets in game
But offense doesn’t
The Boxscore
| NY Mets |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
LOB |
AVG |
| Reyes, SS |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.293 |
| Castillo, 2B |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
.258 |
| Wright, 3B |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.286 |
| Beltran, CF |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
.264 |
| Easley, 1B |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
.232 |
| Tatis, LF |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
.234 |
| b-Delgado, PH |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.227 |
| Schneider, C |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.254 |
| Chavez, RF |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.202 |
| Santana, P |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
.179 |
| a-Cancel, R, PH |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
.000 |
| Heilman, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| Feliciano, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| Smith, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| Schoeneweis, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| Totals |
32 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
11 |
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a-Grounded out for Santana in the 7th. b-Grounded out for Tatis in the 9th.
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BATTING
2B: Chavez (3, Wolf).
TB: Reyes; Castillo; Wright; Easley; Schneider; Chavez 3.
RBI: Wright (45).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Easley 2; Castillo 2.
SF: Wright.
GIDP: Tatis.
Team LOB: 7.
FIELDING
E: Santana (1, throw).
DP: (Wright-Castillo-Easley).
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| San Diego |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
LOB |
AVG |
| Hairston, CF-LF |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.231 |
| Gonzalez, Ed, 2B |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
.282 |
| Giles, RF |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
.297 |
| Gonzalez, A, 1B |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
.294 |
| Kouzmanoff, 3B |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.270 |
| Greene, SS |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
.212 |
| Huber, LF |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
.204 |
| Bell, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| b-Clark, PH |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.235 |
| Hoffman, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| Barrett, C |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
.214 |
| Wolf, P |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
.160 |
| a-Gerut, PH-CF |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.260 |
| Totals |
32 |
2 |
9 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
17 |
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a-Flied out for Wolf in the 7th. b-Grounded out for Bell in the 8th.
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BATTING
2B: Hairston (9, Santana).
TB: Hairston 4; Gonzalez, Ed; Giles; Gonzalez, A; Kouzmanoff; Greene; Barrett.
RBI: Gonzalez, A (56), Kouzmanoff (27).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Gonzalez, A; Wolf; Huber; Giles.
GIDP: Giles.
Team LOB: 8.
FIELDING
DP: (Kouzmanoff-Gonzalez, Ed-Gonzalez, A).
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| San Diego |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
ERA |
| Wolf (W, 4-4) |
7.0 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
4.06 |
| Bell (H, 11) |
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.04 |
| Hoffman (S, 13) |
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4.91 |
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Pitches-strikes: Santana 100-68, Heilman 15-8, Feliciano 4-4, Smith 8-5, Schoeneweis 3-2, Wolf 101-60, Bell 12-7, Hoffman 8-7.
Ground outs-fly outs: Santana 5-7, Heilman 1-1, Feliciano 1-0, Smith 1-0, Schoeneweis 1-0, Wolf 12-7, Bell 2-1, Hoffman 3-0.
Batters faced: Santana 25, Heilman 4, Feliciano 2, Smith 2, Schoeneweis 1, Wolf 29, Bell 3, Hoffman 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Feliciano 2-0, Schoeneweis 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Paul Schrieber. 1B: Mike Winters. 2B: Laz Diaz. 3B: Wally Bell.
Weather: 70 degrees, clear.
Wind: 6 mph, Out to RF.
T: 2:38.
Att: 27,749.
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 Chuck Buono
Haiku by Howard Megdal
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A couple nitpicky corrections:
1) Johan was hit on the first pitch of the AB, which made the count 0-1. He popped his next bunt attempt foul.
2) Adrian Gonzalez fielded Johan’s soft grounder and threw out Endy at third, not Edgar.
I think I’m going back to rooting for the Rays. Today the Yanks were down by 5 runs and then by 4 runs and came back to tie the game both times. Why do the Mets have so much trouble with just one run?
Oops, sorry, that was down 4 runs twice, not 5 and 4.