Thursday, August 24, 2006
Mets 6, Cardinals 2
The Mets wrapped up a series sweep of the Cardinals and their seventh straight win overall, getting the best starting pitching performance of the series from Dave Williams. Shawn Green made his Mets debut and didn't embarrass himself. And Carlos Delgado just kept on hitting.
Williams pitched six and one-third innings and gave up just two runs to an offense that had feasted on Mets pitching the previous two nights. He allowed seven hits and one walk and struck out four. When he left the game, there were runners on second and third with one out in the seventh, but Roberto Hernandez was able to finish the inning without letting either run score. Hernandez pitched a perfect eighth as well and Guillermo Mota had another good inning in the ninth, striking out two.
Green started his Mets career off by lining into a double play in the second inning, but he drove in a run with a single in the fourth and drew a walk in the fifth. Jose Reyes had his second straight three-hit game, all singles. Paul Lo Duca had two hits, one of which St. Louis right fielder Preston Wilson turned into a triple. And Delgado drew two walks and hit his thirty-second home run of the season, a two-run shot in the fifth.
Tomorrow the Mets (78-48) begin yet another series with the Phillies (64-63), who they now lead by 14.5 games. Starting for the Phillies will be Randy Wolf (2-0, 5.61), who has allowed five runs in eleven innings against the Mets this month. And for the Mets, it's Brian Bannister (2-0, 2.89), who hasn't pitched in the majors since April, replacing Orlando Hernandez, who's just getting a start off as a precaution according to the Mets. Bannister's first stint with the Mets saw him repeatedly work his way out of self-created jams as he walked seventeen batters in twenty-eight innings and struck out just fourteen. Such wildness was never an issue in his minor league career, so hopefully he'll return with a slightly better grasp of the strike zone. ¶ joe | 11:56 PM |
The Mets wrapped up a series sweep of the Cardinals and their seventh straight win overall, getting the best starting pitching performance of the series from Dave Williams. Shawn Green made his Mets debut and didn't embarrass himself. And Carlos Delgado just kept on hitting.
Williams pitched six and one-third innings and gave up just two runs to an offense that had feasted on Mets pitching the previous two nights. He allowed seven hits and one walk and struck out four. When he left the game, there were runners on second and third with one out in the seventh, but Roberto Hernandez was able to finish the inning without letting either run score. Hernandez pitched a perfect eighth as well and Guillermo Mota had another good inning in the ninth, striking out two.
Green started his Mets career off by lining into a double play in the second inning, but he drove in a run with a single in the fourth and drew a walk in the fifth. Jose Reyes had his second straight three-hit game, all singles. Paul Lo Duca had two hits, one of which St. Louis right fielder Preston Wilson turned into a triple. And Delgado drew two walks and hit his thirty-second home run of the season, a two-run shot in the fifth.
Tomorrow the Mets (78-48) begin yet another series with the Phillies (64-63), who they now lead by 14.5 games. Starting for the Phillies will be Randy Wolf (2-0, 5.61), who has allowed five runs in eleven innings against the Mets this month. And for the Mets, it's Brian Bannister (2-0, 2.89), who hasn't pitched in the majors since April, replacing Orlando Hernandez, who's just getting a start off as a precaution according to the Mets. Bannister's first stint with the Mets saw him repeatedly work his way out of self-created jams as he walked seventeen batters in twenty-eight innings and struck out just fourteen. Such wildness was never an issue in his minor league career, so hopefully he'll return with a slightly better grasp of the strike zone. ¶ joe | 11:56 PM |
