... And They STILL Won!
Johan Santana gave up 4 homeruns to Philly hitters... and the Mets STILL won the game. Five earned runs total in seven innings does not make for usual Johan domination, but instead the Mets took advantage of a huge seventh inning homerun from Ryan Church to defeat the Phillies by a final of 6-5 at Citi.
Leadoff hitter Luis Castillo went "Oh fer five" in the game: and the Mets STILL won! That's because before Church's dinger, Carlos Beltran went yard, as did David Wright (finally - he had gone 100 at-bats exactly since his last one). The Mets took a quick 3 run lead in the game, only to see Philadelphia come storming back to actually take a 4-3 lead themselves: and the Mets STILL won the game!
The bottom of the sixth was interesting for the Mets as well. Fernando Tatis started the inning off with a Citi Field double, then reached third on a throwing error by the Phillie catcher. (Remember the score was 4-3 Phillies at the time with no outs) Ryan Church then bounced a ball weakly to firstbaseman Ryan Howard - playing in - and (believe it or not) Tatis tried to score on the play! NO OUTS... and he tries to score on that!?! Insane! Howard's throw went home to nail him, despite the fact that the replay showed that Tatis may have been safe. Either way, he was called out at the plate by the umpire (I think) more on stupidity than anything else - which in any other Met game, kills the rally, right? ... And the Mets STILL won the game!
Oh, and did Jerry "Manual" argue the call? Of course not - arguing plays is not in Willie Randolph's playbook manual. After all, you may get thrown out of the game and your team may play with more intensity.
But back to the good news: Good thing Johan decided to take things into his own hand offensively and double home the tying run after Tatis' gaffe. Then Alex Cora singled for the go-ahead run to make the score 5-4 and KRod saved it for his 16th save. Remember those dominating starts from Santana when he DIDN'T get the win? This was nice payback to up his record to 8-3. The old Mets lose this game, but instead, the team managed to right a few wrongs and STILL won the ballgame!
Leadoff hitter Luis Castillo went "Oh fer five" in the game: and the Mets STILL won! That's because before Church's dinger, Carlos Beltran went yard, as did David Wright (finally - he had gone 100 at-bats exactly since his last one). The Mets took a quick 3 run lead in the game, only to see Philadelphia come storming back to actually take a 4-3 lead themselves: and the Mets STILL won the game!
The bottom of the sixth was interesting for the Mets as well. Fernando Tatis started the inning off with a Citi Field double, then reached third on a throwing error by the Phillie catcher. (Remember the score was 4-3 Phillies at the time with no outs) Ryan Church then bounced a ball weakly to firstbaseman Ryan Howard - playing in - and (believe it or not) Tatis tried to score on the play! NO OUTS... and he tries to score on that!?! Insane! Howard's throw went home to nail him, despite the fact that the replay showed that Tatis may have been safe. Either way, he was called out at the plate by the umpire (I think) more on stupidity than anything else - which in any other Met game, kills the rally, right? ... And the Mets STILL won the game!Oh, and did Jerry "Manual" argue the call? Of course not - arguing plays is not in Willie Randolph's playbook manual. After all, you may get thrown out of the game and your team may play with more intensity.
But back to the good news: Good thing Johan decided to take things into his own hand offensively and double home the tying run after Tatis' gaffe. Then Alex Cora singled for the go-ahead run to make the score 5-4 and KRod saved it for his 16th save. Remember those dominating starts from Santana when he DIDN'T get the win? This was nice payback to up his record to 8-3. The old Mets lose this game, but instead, the team managed to right a few wrongs and STILL won the ballgame!
Labels: Beltran, Church, CitiField Double, Santana, Wright
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