July 1, 2008
Daily Mets Recap: July 1st, 2008
The Game
The Mets turned in a lackluster performance last night in St. Louis, as they fell to the Red Birds 3-1. Under Jerry Manuel’s reign as manager, the Mets have been no better than mediocre, at 6-7. On the year, they slip back to two games under .500, at 40-42.
John Maine got the start for the Mets last night, and simply didn’t have it. It was obvious that Maine’s fastball was a bit flat in the first inning, as he’d give up two runs on two singles and two walks. Had it not been for a Troy Glaus doubleplay, the first inning may have put the Mets out of the game for good.
Fortunately, the Mets offense took the responsibility of losing the game onto themselves. The Mets scored just one unearned run the entire evening, on a ball that Rick Ankiel threw into the Mets dugout from centerfield. Kyle Lohse, Ron Villone and Mark Mulder combined to throw nine innings of seven hit, zero unearned run baseball. New York didn’t seem to play with maximum effort, or even maximum interest. In the bottom of the 2nd, Luis Castillo let a grounder off the bat of Skip Schumaker go right through his hobbly, taped up legs. During the next batter’s at-bat, John Maine made an errant throw to Carlos Delgado that allowed Schumaker to advance to third base. During Maine’s error, Castillo recovered the ball and nearly threw it into the Mets dugout, had it not been for an athletic catch from David Wright. I can almost live with a .261 average from Castillo if he’s superb on defense, but he really hasn’t been. His fielding percentage has been at .980 this year.
This just wasn’t a good night at all for the Mets. John Maine got shelled for seven hits and five runs (three of which earned) through a laborious four innings. Carlos Muniz then came in, and gave up a two run Chris Duncan home run to put the Mets at a 7-1 disadvantage. The Mets will have to rely on former Montreal Expo Tony Armas Jr. tonight. Armas had a forgettable season last year in Pittsburgh, but did have a somewhat decent strikeout rate (73 K’s in 97 innings). Lets hope he has the right stuff to defeat Todd Wellemyer and the Cardinals at 7:10.
The Haiku
Maine has no command
Lohse is nice one-year flyer
But the Mets need bats
The Boxscore
| NY Mets |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
LOB |
AVG |
| Reyes, SS |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
.292 |
| Castillo, 2B |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.261 |
| Wright, 3B |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
.283 |
| Beltran, CF |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
.271 |
| Delgado, 1B |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
.228 |
| Church, RF |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.305 |
| c-Tatis, PH |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.253 |
| Chavez, LF |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
.248 |
| Schneider, C |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
.256 |
| d-Castro, PH |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
.255 |
| Maine, P |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.091 |
| a-Phillips, A, PH |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.154 |
| Muniz, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| b-Anderson, PH |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.196 |
| Schoeneweis, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| Heilman, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| e-Easley, PH |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.257 |
| Totals |
33 |
1 |
7 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
17 |
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a-Singled for Maine in the 5th. b-Grounded out for Muniz in the 7th. c-Grounded out for Church in the 9th. d-Struck out for Schneider in the 9th. e-Singled for Heilman in the 9th.
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BATTING
TB: Castillo; Beltran; Church; Chavez 2; Phillips, A; Easley.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Chavez; Wright; Delgado; Reyes.
GIDP: Church; Delgado.
Team LOB: 9.
FIELDING
E: Castillo (6, fielding), Maine (1, pickoff), Wright (12, throw).
DP: (Reyes-Castillo-Delgado).
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| St. Louis |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
LOB |
AVG |
| Schumaker, RF |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.300 |
| Miles, 2B |
5 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.328 |
| Pujols, 1B |
5 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.357 |
| Ankiel, CF |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
.259 |
| Glaus, 3B |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
.265 |
| Duncan, LF |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
.238 |
| Molina, C |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
.295 |
| Lohse, P |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
.091 |
| a-Barton, PH |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.256 |
| Villone, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| Mulder, P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| Ryan, SS |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
.276 |
| Totals |
34 |
7 |
10 |
5 |
6 |
3 |
19 |
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a-Walked for Lohse in the 7th.
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BATTING
2B: Glaus 2 (19, Maine, Schoeneweis).
HR: Duncan (5, 5th inning off Muniz, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Miles 3; Pujols 2; Ankiel; Glaus 4; Duncan 4; Molina.
RBI: Pujols 2 (47), Glaus (50), Duncan 2 (21).
2-out RBI: Pujols.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Duncan 3; Miles; Lohse; Ryan 2.
GIDP: Glaus.
Team LOB: 11.
FIELDING
E: Ankiel (4, throw), Ryan (2, fielding).
DP: 2 (Ryan-Miles-Pujols, Miles-Glaus-Pujols).
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| NY Mets |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
ERA |
| Maine (L, 8-6) |
4.0 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
3.86 |
| Muniz |
2.0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5.73 |
| Schoeneweis |
1.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3.03 |
| Heilman |
1.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4.68 |
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| St. Louis |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
ERA |
| Lohse (W, 10-2) |
7.0 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
3.67 |
| Villone |
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
5.58 |
| Mulder |
1.0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
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IBB: Duncan (by Maine), Molina (by Schoeneweis).
HBP: Glaus (by Muniz), Glaus (by Heilman), Delgado (by Lohse).
Pitches-strikes: Maine 81-55, Muniz 23-16, Schoeneweis 24-12, Heilman 23-12, Lohse 105-67, Villone 23-13, Mulder 14-10.
Ground outs-fly outs: Maine 6-5, Muniz 0-6, Schoeneweis 1-1, Heilman 1-1, Lohse 11-6, Villone 1-0, Mulder 1-1.
Batters faced: Maine 22, Muniz 8, Schoeneweis 6, Heilman 6, Lohse 27, Villone 5, Mulder 5.
Umpires: HP: Brian O’Nora. 1B: Tom Hallion. 2B: Mike Muchlinski. 3B: Paul Nauert.
Weather: 81 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 11 mph, L to R.
T: 2:48.
Att: 42,206.
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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