Wednesday, July 07, 2004
Mets 4, Phillies 1
It’s nice to see that when Tom Glavine was unable to fulfill his responsibilities as the National League ERA leader, Al Leiter didn’t hesitate to step in and take his place. After tossing seven innings on Tuesday, Leiter finally has enough IP to qualify for the ERA title, and his 2.05 mark certainly gets the job done. He allowed just one run on three hits and three walks while striking out three and got through those seven innings on just 102 pitches on his way to earning his fifth win of the season.
Richard Hidalgo’s home run streak came to an end, but only by about ninety feet, as he tripled in his first at bat and later singled, driving in two runs after being moved up to the fourth spot in the lineup. Kazou Matsui had another good game, with three hits including a double while every Met starter aside from Leiter had at least one hit in the game.
On Wednesday night, I’ll be heading out to Citizen’s Bank Park to see Steve Trachsel (8-6, 3.49) take on Brett Myers (5-5, 5.28). I’ve been to two Mets games this year, and both times I’ve left during a rain delay after which the Mets wound up winning. It doesn’t look like rain today, so hopefully I’ll get to see a whole game for once. And Trachsel’s given up fewer than five runs only twice in his six road starts this year, so here’s hoping he can start making his poor road performance look like a small sample size anomaly rather than a trend. ¶ joe | 2:11 PM |
It’s nice to see that when Tom Glavine was unable to fulfill his responsibilities as the National League ERA leader, Al Leiter didn’t hesitate to step in and take his place. After tossing seven innings on Tuesday, Leiter finally has enough IP to qualify for the ERA title, and his 2.05 mark certainly gets the job done. He allowed just one run on three hits and three walks while striking out three and got through those seven innings on just 102 pitches on his way to earning his fifth win of the season.
Richard Hidalgo’s home run streak came to an end, but only by about ninety feet, as he tripled in his first at bat and later singled, driving in two runs after being moved up to the fourth spot in the lineup. Kazou Matsui had another good game, with three hits including a double while every Met starter aside from Leiter had at least one hit in the game.
On Wednesday night, I’ll be heading out to Citizen’s Bank Park to see Steve Trachsel (8-6, 3.49) take on Brett Myers (5-5, 5.28). I’ve been to two Mets games this year, and both times I’ve left during a rain delay after which the Mets wound up winning. It doesn’t look like rain today, so hopefully I’ll get to see a whole game for once. And Trachsel’s given up fewer than five runs only twice in his six road starts this year, so here’s hoping he can start making his poor road performance look like a small sample size anomaly rather than a trend. ¶ joe | 2:11 PM |
