Thursday, July 28, 2005
Mets 9, Rockies 3
The Mets sent out an unusually Mike-less lineup on Wednesday and exploded offensively. Both Mike Cameron and Mike Piazza has the night off, prompting fears that the Mets had made some dumbass trade for Alfonso Soriano, and Miguel Cairo was left to supply the lineup with Mikeness all by himself. He did a fine job, though, hitting a double and a single in five at bats.
But the real offensive hero of the night was Marlon Anderson. Starting in right field in place of Cameron, Anderson hit a pair of solo home runs to bring his season total up to three. Ramon Castro homered as well, also for the third time this season. Castro also hit one of the Mets' six doubles along with Cairo, Doug Mientkiewicz, Carlos Beltran, David Wright and Cliff Floyd. Those nine extra-base hits helped the Mets put nine runs on the board with a total of just thirteen hits and two walks.
And insuring that people would be able to complain that the Mets should have scored some of those runs in the first two games of this series, when they really needed them, was Victor Zambrano, who pitched another solid game. He lasted seven innings and allowed just two runs on five hits and three walks while striking out five to earn his fifth win of the season. Willie Randolph then made the questionable move of bringing in Danny Graves with a mere seven-run lead in the thin Colorado air in the eighth inning. Graves, sucking as he does, gave up a run on four hits and two walks in two innings of work. He did strike out two batters and lower his season ERA to 7.39. Please release him.
Tonight's game is the sort of contest the Mets should win or hang their heads in shame over. Pedro Martinez (12-3, 2.79) goes for the Mets. Ezequiel Astacio (1-4, 8.24), who has a pretty awesome name and was involved in the trade that sent Billy Wagner to Philadelphia prior to last season, will go for the resurgent Astros. ¶ joe | 7:07 PM |
The Mets sent out an unusually Mike-less lineup on Wednesday and exploded offensively. Both Mike Cameron and Mike Piazza has the night off, prompting fears that the Mets had made some dumbass trade for Alfonso Soriano, and Miguel Cairo was left to supply the lineup with Mikeness all by himself. He did a fine job, though, hitting a double and a single in five at bats.
But the real offensive hero of the night was Marlon Anderson. Starting in right field in place of Cameron, Anderson hit a pair of solo home runs to bring his season total up to three. Ramon Castro homered as well, also for the third time this season. Castro also hit one of the Mets' six doubles along with Cairo, Doug Mientkiewicz, Carlos Beltran, David Wright and Cliff Floyd. Those nine extra-base hits helped the Mets put nine runs on the board with a total of just thirteen hits and two walks.
And insuring that people would be able to complain that the Mets should have scored some of those runs in the first two games of this series, when they really needed them, was Victor Zambrano, who pitched another solid game. He lasted seven innings and allowed just two runs on five hits and three walks while striking out five to earn his fifth win of the season. Willie Randolph then made the questionable move of bringing in Danny Graves with a mere seven-run lead in the thin Colorado air in the eighth inning. Graves, sucking as he does, gave up a run on four hits and two walks in two innings of work. He did strike out two batters and lower his season ERA to 7.39. Please release him.
Tonight's game is the sort of contest the Mets should win or hang their heads in shame over. Pedro Martinez (12-3, 2.79) goes for the Mets. Ezequiel Astacio (1-4, 8.24), who has a pretty awesome name and was involved in the trade that sent Billy Wagner to Philadelphia prior to last season, will go for the resurgent Astros. ¶ joe | 7:07 PM |
