New York Favorite Returns From Retirement
No, no... not Brett Favre. We're talking about the Mets offense!
After a lifeless 10-1 loss to the Giants on Monday night with Livan Hernandez on the mound (talk about a guy who needs a retirement!), the Mets bounced back by putting up an 8-spot in the fourth inning to beat the Braves 9-4 last night. More amazingly, the Mets were down 4-0 before the fourth inning even started.
Angel Pagan began the inning with an infield single followed by Luis Castillo's single to right. Gary Sheffield then hit a Citi Field double scoring both of them. As Daniel Murphy grounded out, Sheff moved to third. With Jeff Francoeur up next, all any Met fan really wanted was a sac-fly, but Francoeur smoked a double to score Sheffield, and Francoeur scored afterwards on Fernando Tatis' single to left to tie the score at 4.
Of course with Oliver Perez on the hill, everyone in the ballpark and watching at home (which weren't many), knew the Mets needed more runs. So after an Omir Santos single, Anderson Hernandez singled to score Tatis with the go-ahead run. Perez helped his cause with a clean single to load the bases for Angel Pagan, who grounded into a fielder's choice to score Santos and stole second base on the very next pitch.
Finally, Castillo singled to score both Hernandez and Pagan and the Mets had their 8 runs. And it could have been more because after another Sheffield double, Daniel Murphy stepped up to the plate with runners on 2nd and 3rd. Alas, a strikeout ended the magical inning.
The 10 hits in the inning set a Mets record as the team matched a season high for hits (17), all without the benefit of a home run. The Mets homerun ability remains retired for now.
Ollie Perez was the recipient of the un-retired offense, helping him win for the first time in seven starts dating back to July 8th against the Dodgers. The key question now is whether the Mets bats can stay unretired for the foreseeable future - especially this weekend when Philadelphia (and Pedro Martinez) comes into town for a 4-game set. But in the meantime, tonight's game should be interesting to see what Bobby Parnell can do as a starting pitcher.
After a lifeless 10-1 loss to the Giants on Monday night with Livan Hernandez on the mound (talk about a guy who needs a retirement!), the Mets bounced back by putting up an 8-spot in the fourth inning to beat the Braves 9-4 last night. More amazingly, the Mets were down 4-0 before the fourth inning even started.Angel Pagan began the inning with an infield single followed by Luis Castillo's single to right. Gary Sheffield then hit a Citi Field double scoring both of them. As Daniel Murphy grounded out, Sheff moved to third. With Jeff Francoeur up next, all any Met fan really wanted was a sac-fly, but Francoeur smoked a double to score Sheffield, and Francoeur scored afterwards on Fernando Tatis' single to left to tie the score at 4.
Of course with Oliver Perez on the hill, everyone in the ballpark and watching at home (which weren't many), knew the Mets needed more runs. So after an Omir Santos single, Anderson Hernandez singled to score Tatis with the go-ahead run. Perez helped his cause with a clean single to load the bases for Angel Pagan, who grounded into a fielder's choice to score Santos and stole second base on the very next pitch.
Finally, Castillo singled to score both Hernandez and Pagan and the Mets had their 8 runs. And it could have been more because after another Sheffield double, Daniel Murphy stepped up to the plate with runners on 2nd and 3rd. Alas, a strikeout ended the magical inning.
The 10 hits in the inning set a Mets record as the team matched a season high for hits (17), all without the benefit of a home run. The Mets homerun ability remains retired for now.
Ollie Perez was the recipient of the un-retired offense, helping him win for the first time in seven starts dating back to July 8th against the Dodgers. The key question now is whether the Mets bats can stay unretired for the foreseeable future - especially this weekend when Philadelphia (and Pedro Martinez) comes into town for a 4-game set. But in the meantime, tonight's game should be interesting to see what Bobby Parnell can do as a starting pitcher.
posted by Mets Fan Club @ 10:13 AM
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