Thursday, July 08, 2004
Mets 10, Phillies 1
Okay, so I was wrong about the rain. But at least this time the game was only delayed, rather than interrupted, by the precipitation. And the Mets certainly didn't miss a beat once the game began, pounding the crap out of Brett Myers and the Phillies to creep within one game of first place in the National League East.
Once again it started early, as Cliff Floyd, Ty Wigginton and Mike Cameron each homered in the second inning to give Steve Trachsel a three-run lead that he would never relinquish. Cameron homered again in the fifth to provide the margin that would have triggered the mercy rule, were it written in the Major League Baseball rulebook. The Mets were up by ten, getting contributions from everyone in the lineup but the hitless Mike Piazza. In addition to the longballs, Kazuo Matsui and Jason Phillips each had three hits, including a double, while Jose Reyes added a two-bagger of his own among his two hits.
Meanwhile, Steve Trachsel turned in his best road performance of the year, going seven strong innning allowing just one run on a home run by Pat Burrell. He allowed just five hits and two walks while striking out three to increase his team-leading win total to nine. Orber Moreno pitched a great eighth, striking out two in a perfect inning, and Jose Parra finished the job with a scoreless ninth.
Down in the minors, Scott Kazmir finally got his much-delayed promotion to AA Binghamton, where he'll start on Saturday.
Tonight the Mets try to tie up the Phillies for the top spot in the division, sending the struggling Matt Ginter (1-2, 4.74) to the mound against the struggling Kevin Millwood (6-5, 5.07). ¶ joe | 8:23 PM |
Okay, so I was wrong about the rain. But at least this time the game was only delayed, rather than interrupted, by the precipitation. And the Mets certainly didn't miss a beat once the game began, pounding the crap out of Brett Myers and the Phillies to creep within one game of first place in the National League East.
Once again it started early, as Cliff Floyd, Ty Wigginton and Mike Cameron each homered in the second inning to give Steve Trachsel a three-run lead that he would never relinquish. Cameron homered again in the fifth to provide the margin that would have triggered the mercy rule, were it written in the Major League Baseball rulebook. The Mets were up by ten, getting contributions from everyone in the lineup but the hitless Mike Piazza. In addition to the longballs, Kazuo Matsui and Jason Phillips each had three hits, including a double, while Jose Reyes added a two-bagger of his own among his two hits.
Meanwhile, Steve Trachsel turned in his best road performance of the year, going seven strong innning allowing just one run on a home run by Pat Burrell. He allowed just five hits and two walks while striking out three to increase his team-leading win total to nine. Orber Moreno pitched a great eighth, striking out two in a perfect inning, and Jose Parra finished the job with a scoreless ninth.
Down in the minors, Scott Kazmir finally got his much-delayed promotion to AA Binghamton, where he'll start on Saturday.
Tonight the Mets try to tie up the Phillies for the top spot in the division, sending the struggling Matt Ginter (1-2, 4.74) to the mound against the struggling Kevin Millwood (6-5, 5.07). ¶ joe | 8:23 PM |
