Thursday, August 18, 2005
Pirates 5, Mets 0
Danny Graves got into this game. That should tell you all you need to know about how much doubt there was regarding the outcome. Graves pitched a scoreless inning, allowing one hit and dropping his ERA to 6.82.
The Mets got themselves into that predicament due to a real team effort. Neither the pitching or the hitting was any good. The New Victor Zambrano, same as The Old Victor Zambrano, gave up four runs in six innings. He only walked one batter, but he also threw a wild pitch and hit Jason Bay twice. He gave up six hits, one of which was a home run and three of which were doubles. Juan Padilla relieved him and gave up a run on four hits in two innings.
Failing more spectacularly was the Mets' offense, which managed just three hits and one walk over the course of nine innings. Rookie Zach Duke confounded the Met hitters, as rookies often do, tossing seven shutout innings with five strikeouts. Carlos Beltran had two of the Mets' hits and also reached on an error and stole a base. Chris Woodward had the other hit, which was a double. David Wright drew the walk. The seventh inning was the only one in which the Mets put two runners on base, getting Beltran to third with Wright on first and only one out. But Woodward grounded into a double play to end the threat.
At this moment in time the Mets (61-59) are three games back in the Wild Card race as a result of the Phillies splitting a doubleheader with the Nationals. The Astros currently trail the Brewers 5-2 in the bottom of the eighth inning in a game which will decide if they end the night a half game ahead of or behind the Phillies. The Mets will host the Nationals (64-57) this weekend in another series that it really would be a good idea to sweep. The Incredible Jae Seo (4-1, 1.35) starts game one for the Mets against John Patterson (7-3, 2.44). ¶ joe | 10:37 PM |
Danny Graves got into this game. That should tell you all you need to know about how much doubt there was regarding the outcome. Graves pitched a scoreless inning, allowing one hit and dropping his ERA to 6.82.
The Mets got themselves into that predicament due to a real team effort. Neither the pitching or the hitting was any good. The New Victor Zambrano, same as The Old Victor Zambrano, gave up four runs in six innings. He only walked one batter, but he also threw a wild pitch and hit Jason Bay twice. He gave up six hits, one of which was a home run and three of which were doubles. Juan Padilla relieved him and gave up a run on four hits in two innings.
Failing more spectacularly was the Mets' offense, which managed just three hits and one walk over the course of nine innings. Rookie Zach Duke confounded the Met hitters, as rookies often do, tossing seven shutout innings with five strikeouts. Carlos Beltran had two of the Mets' hits and also reached on an error and stole a base. Chris Woodward had the other hit, which was a double. David Wright drew the walk. The seventh inning was the only one in which the Mets put two runners on base, getting Beltran to third with Wright on first and only one out. But Woodward grounded into a double play to end the threat.
At this moment in time the Mets (61-59) are three games back in the Wild Card race as a result of the Phillies splitting a doubleheader with the Nationals. The Astros currently trail the Brewers 5-2 in the bottom of the eighth inning in a game which will decide if they end the night a half game ahead of or behind the Phillies. The Mets will host the Nationals (64-57) this weekend in another series that it really would be a good idea to sweep. The Incredible Jae Seo (4-1, 1.35) starts game one for the Mets against John Patterson (7-3, 2.44). ¶ joe | 10:37 PM |
