Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Mets 6, Marlins 5
Well, Aaron Heilman pitched excellently. That's for sure. He entered in the eighth inning of a one-run game and struck out two of the three batters he faced. It was quite a performance. The rest of the guys who took the ball for the Mets on this night had a bit more trouble.
Steve Trachsel made it into the sixth inning without too much difficulty, but things fell apart for him pretty quickly there. He got just two more outs and gave up a pair of home runs and a walk in the inning. Overall he allowed three runs on seven hits and one walk with one strikeout.
Roberto Hernandez finished off the sixth without incident but he created his own problems in the seventh. He struck out the first batter, but a wild pitch let him reach first. He then gave up a hit before recording two outs and being removed. Pedro Feliciano then walked the only batter he faced before giving way to Chad Bradford. Bradford gave up a single to the first batter he faced, scoring two runs that were charged to Hernandez. He retired the next hitter, ending the inning with the Mets' lead shaved to one run.
After Heilman's great eighth, Billy Wagner came in to close things out and had another rough night. He gave up a single to the first batter he faced, just as he had the night before. And when the Marlins tried to hand him an out with a sacrifice bunt, he hit Brian Moehler with a pitch. But he averted disaster by striking out the next three batters. The first of these was the result of a failed bunt, but the next two went down swinging including Miguel Cabrera to end the game.
The Mets were able to survive all of this suspect pitching due to an unusual offensive assault. Unusual in that it didn't include a single extra-base hit. But twelve singles and six walks let the Mets put six runs on the board. Paul Lo Duca again led the way with three hits. Carlos Beltran, Jose Reyes and Endy Chavez each had two. Carlos Delgado had one hit and three walks.
This series concludes tomorrow with a fine pitching matchup. Pedro Martinez (8-4, 3.59) will try to build on the last five innings of his Friday start in which he rebounded well from a bad first inning. Dontrelle Willis (6-8, 4.27) will start for the Marlins having been roughed up to the tune of eight runs in two and one-third innings in his last start. ¶ joe | 11:30 PM |
Well, Aaron Heilman pitched excellently. That's for sure. He entered in the eighth inning of a one-run game and struck out two of the three batters he faced. It was quite a performance. The rest of the guys who took the ball for the Mets on this night had a bit more trouble.
Steve Trachsel made it into the sixth inning without too much difficulty, but things fell apart for him pretty quickly there. He got just two more outs and gave up a pair of home runs and a walk in the inning. Overall he allowed three runs on seven hits and one walk with one strikeout.
Roberto Hernandez finished off the sixth without incident but he created his own problems in the seventh. He struck out the first batter, but a wild pitch let him reach first. He then gave up a hit before recording two outs and being removed. Pedro Feliciano then walked the only batter he faced before giving way to Chad Bradford. Bradford gave up a single to the first batter he faced, scoring two runs that were charged to Hernandez. He retired the next hitter, ending the inning with the Mets' lead shaved to one run.
After Heilman's great eighth, Billy Wagner came in to close things out and had another rough night. He gave up a single to the first batter he faced, just as he had the night before. And when the Marlins tried to hand him an out with a sacrifice bunt, he hit Brian Moehler with a pitch. But he averted disaster by striking out the next three batters. The first of these was the result of a failed bunt, but the next two went down swinging including Miguel Cabrera to end the game.
The Mets were able to survive all of this suspect pitching due to an unusual offensive assault. Unusual in that it didn't include a single extra-base hit. But twelve singles and six walks let the Mets put six runs on the board. Paul Lo Duca again led the way with three hits. Carlos Beltran, Jose Reyes and Endy Chavez each had two. Carlos Delgado had one hit and three walks.
This series concludes tomorrow with a fine pitching matchup. Pedro Martinez (8-4, 3.59) will try to build on the last five innings of his Friday start in which he rebounded well from a bad first inning. Dontrelle Willis (6-8, 4.27) will start for the Marlins having been roughed up to the tune of eight runs in two and one-third innings in his last start. ¶ joe | 11:30 PM |
