Tuesday, May 04, 2004
Mets 6, Giants 2
All it took was a pair of depleted lineups, some sloppy defensive play and one good starting pitching performance and the Mets had a win in the first game of this homestand. Neither Barry Bonds nor Cliff Floyd took the field, both teams made a pair of errors, leading to six unearned runs, and Steve Trachsel managed to minimize the damage more effectively than Brett Tomko to earn the win.
He was supported mostly by a barrage of singles, twelve in all, and three walks, but a Shane Spencer double and Mike Cameron's fifth home run of the season contributed to the scoring as well. Every Met starter aside from Todd Zeile had a hit, with Cameron and Kazuo Matsui each racking up three. The slumping Jason Phillips also reached base three times with two singles and and a walk.
Trachsel's third win of the season consisted of eight innings pitched with just five hits and two runs, one earned, while he walked four and struck out just two. David Weathers pitched a scoreless ninth as the Mets once again scored just enough runs to prevent a save opporunity for Braden Looper.
Also today, the Mets designated the ineffective Grant Roberts (17.36 ERA) for assignment, meaning he'll either be traded in the next ten days, claimed on waivers, or, if he clears waivers, sent down to Norfolk. Ricky Bottalico got the call to replace Roberts on the major league roster, but I have to wonder if that's just temporary until Ty Wigginton returns from the DL. If the Mets are no longer committed to keeping a guy who's not going to pitch in Roberts, it can hardly be said that they "need" twelve pitchers. Given how effective Mike Stanton has been lately, it's not even like the team is stuck carrying a bunch of ineffective but well paid veterans. If the Mets decide to keep Bottalico and release Ricky Gutierrez when Wigginton gets back, that'd be fine, but keeping Bottalico on the roster shouldn't be an excuse to demote someone useful like Danny Garcia or Dan Wheeler.
Down in the minors, both David Wright and Justin Huber homered for Binghamton, their sixth and second of the season, respectively. Wright also singled in four at bats and Prentice Redman went three for five with a double. And the slumping Mike Jacobs went two for four with a double for Norfolk.
Tomorrow, I'll be in attendance at Shea Stadium for the first time in many years as Jae Weong Seo (1-3, 5.06) takes the mound for the Mets against Jerome Williams (3-1, 3.93) and the Giants. At a glance that doesn't look like a great pitching matchup for the Mets, but with the way Seo pitched in his last start, I don't feel too bad about the Mets' chances in this one. ¶ joe | 11:58 PM |
All it took was a pair of depleted lineups, some sloppy defensive play and one good starting pitching performance and the Mets had a win in the first game of this homestand. Neither Barry Bonds nor Cliff Floyd took the field, both teams made a pair of errors, leading to six unearned runs, and Steve Trachsel managed to minimize the damage more effectively than Brett Tomko to earn the win.
He was supported mostly by a barrage of singles, twelve in all, and three walks, but a Shane Spencer double and Mike Cameron's fifth home run of the season contributed to the scoring as well. Every Met starter aside from Todd Zeile had a hit, with Cameron and Kazuo Matsui each racking up three. The slumping Jason Phillips also reached base three times with two singles and and a walk.
Trachsel's third win of the season consisted of eight innings pitched with just five hits and two runs, one earned, while he walked four and struck out just two. David Weathers pitched a scoreless ninth as the Mets once again scored just enough runs to prevent a save opporunity for Braden Looper.
Also today, the Mets designated the ineffective Grant Roberts (17.36 ERA) for assignment, meaning he'll either be traded in the next ten days, claimed on waivers, or, if he clears waivers, sent down to Norfolk. Ricky Bottalico got the call to replace Roberts on the major league roster, but I have to wonder if that's just temporary until Ty Wigginton returns from the DL. If the Mets are no longer committed to keeping a guy who's not going to pitch in Roberts, it can hardly be said that they "need" twelve pitchers. Given how effective Mike Stanton has been lately, it's not even like the team is stuck carrying a bunch of ineffective but well paid veterans. If the Mets decide to keep Bottalico and release Ricky Gutierrez when Wigginton gets back, that'd be fine, but keeping Bottalico on the roster shouldn't be an excuse to demote someone useful like Danny Garcia or Dan Wheeler.
Down in the minors, both David Wright and Justin Huber homered for Binghamton, their sixth and second of the season, respectively. Wright also singled in four at bats and Prentice Redman went three for five with a double. And the slumping Mike Jacobs went two for four with a double for Norfolk.
Tomorrow, I'll be in attendance at Shea Stadium for the first time in many years as Jae Weong Seo (1-3, 5.06) takes the mound for the Mets against Jerome Williams (3-1, 3.93) and the Giants. At a glance that doesn't look like a great pitching matchup for the Mets, but with the way Seo pitched in his last start, I don't feel too bad about the Mets' chances in this one. ¶ joe | 11:58 PM |
