Tough game last night for the Mets. Brandon Knight, making his first ever major league start (he had pitched in relief very briefly for the Yankees several years ago) must have had a ton of butterflies in his stomach. He gave up four runs in the first inning before settling down and throwing four more innings of decent shutout ball. When he left the Mets had battled back and held a 5-4 lead.
The relievers (predominantly Muniz and Smith) would yield 4 runs in the sixth inning to see the Mets fall behind 8-5. Yet the Mets managed to come back once again and tied the game on a Fernando Tatis home run in the bottom of the ninth. The teams traded goose eggs until Albert Pujols hit a two-out, two-run homer in the 14th off Aaron Heilman who was working his third inning.
And so the Mets fell to the Cards 10-8 in 14 innings.
Carlos Delgado continues to be zoned in. He hit two homers last night. Jose Reyes was 4 for 8 including two doubles and a home run. Fernando Tatis was 3 for 5.
The Cardinals rapped out 21hits In 60 plate appearances as Skip Schumaker went 6 for 7, all singles, Pujols went 5 for 8, and Rick Ankiel went 3 for 7.
The Mets still hold on to a one game lead in the NL East. The Phils downed the Braves 10-9 in regulation and the Marlins topped the Cubs 3-2 in 12 innings.
This afternoon it will be Johan Santana (8-7) for the Mets against Kyle Lohse (12-2) for the Cards.
2 comments:
It's kinda hard to root for the Braves these days...I mean, for so many years they've been such bastards to the Mets, although I've always enjoyed watching Chipper Jones, Ryan Klesko and Javy Lopez...the Braves have had some good players over the years, but then they've also had major d-bags like John Rocker, and have repeatedly kicked the Mets' butts, so...me no likey. But, if their winning nowadays ensures us first place in the division then, I'm cool with that.
We watched that game too with much moaning and groaning...lol
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