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2009
Pelfrey Shuts Down Rockies, Mets Win 4-0
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The Big Pelf kept the Mets winning streak alive tonight as they won their fourth game in a row. Pelfrey pitched 6.1 shutout innings working himself out of bases loaded jams several times.
Daniel Murphy has really stepped up for the team and scored the first run off of a Jeff Francoeur single in the second inning.
In the bottom of the third, Luis Castillo singled and drove in Alex Cora for the second run of the night.
The Rockies had seven hits but the Mets defense was alive tonight with strong plays most notably by Murphy. Did it have anything to do with the pointers from Carlos Delgado before the game, or maybe the fact that Murphy played with Delgado’s glove?
Brian Schneider’s sacrifice fly in the fourth inning brought Murphy home (again) and Murphy drove in Castillo in the eighth. Colorado manager Jim Tracy was ejected for arguing over that last run scored, claiming Castillo was out.
The Mets had a scare in the sixth inning when Jeff Francoeur was hit on his hand by the pitch. They iced it down and luckily the Mets injury curse didn’t claim him, he will be fine.
Pedro Feliciano relieved Pelfrey in the seventh inning and shined as he struck out five in a row and Sean Green finished the game out.
Great pitching, great defense and great offense - that’s what great baseball is made of!
Thankfully the team doesn’t seem to be distracted by the front office distractions and they have shown up to play winning four in a row, a streak which we haven’t witnessed in over two months.
Next up Johan Santana, who is coming off a horrible start and could use a nice win at home to revive himself. Let’s go for five!
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NL East Standings
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationals | 26 | 18 | .591 | - |
| Braves | 26 | 20 | .565 | 1.0 |
| Mets | 24 | 21 | .533 | 2.5 |
| Marlins | 24 | 21 | .533 | 2.5 |
| Phillies | 23 | 23 | .500 | 4.0 |
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It’s awesome that the Mets have won four straight without Johan pitching in any of those games. The team is getting some of their confidence back and hopefully, the fans will get louder throughout the rest of this homestand to fuel the Mets to more victories. First they have to get back to .500. Then we’ll start thinking about the wild card in earnest. Keep it going, Mets!
If Santana doesnt come up big, he may hear the boo birds for the first time as a Met. No ecuses Johan, go out there and win!
He better friggen NOT hear the boo birds, he has been off the charts the last year and a half, especially the 2nd half of last year, including that last week while hurt.
He had a bad game last time out – so friggen what in the grand scheme of things.
I swear if I hear someone boo’ing Santana and I’m at the game, I will probably get banned from the stadium for smacking that IGNORANT JERK in the face for being so stupid.
Boo Santana – are you friggen kidding?
I agree. There’s no reason to be booing him. He has been a bit inconsistent, but at the same time, we know he is Santana. We can’t be booing him because he has a poor game. Just do recall that this Colorado team is loaded with lefties so Santana will have a harder time than usual with guys. Lets just hope everything can fall into place, pitching-defense-offense
I hate the boo birds. Does anyone really think it helps a team to hear their own fans boo them? I dont think anybody is safe. They booed David Wright for striking out when he was batting .330. I heard it another time during a 3 game win streak. Are these Philly fans in disguise sent to sabotage the Mets? Nope. Just really classless “fans” that really dont understand the game.
Boo Santana??? The man has 11 wins.
Let’s all forget that he was the only Met that prevented a sweep in Atlanta, and he didn’t give up a run in 14 innings prior to the Houston game. Jeez, people are quick to boo the home ace.
I thought it was funny watching Delgado giving Murphy lessons. The next time Delgado takes the field, he should use a Murphy glove.
Pops
It’s great to actually have a positive streak going. Perhaps the team is celebrating the exit of TB. He may have been more of a negative presence than realized.
Murphy has been at 1B long enough to have his own glove. Why does he need to resort to using Delgado’s at this late date? The Mets are always full of strange stuff.
No booing Santana. He’s the hardest worker around even when he’s bad.
Great to see Pelfrey work through the tough spots without losing his cool. Keep it up Pelf!
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Another good game. Watching Met games sure gave become fun!
Special shout outs to Pelfrey for his shutout, the bullpen for holding it and Castillo for being a part of everything. Good game all around.
My only concern with Santana is the loss in velocity. He cannot fool batters when the differential in speed between changeup and fastball is not what he used to have. I hope his fastball shows up tonight cause the Rocks were held in check by Pelf and his hard throwing last night and with the speed that Johan was pitching last time, they will rock him. A win tonight would at least give us back to back series win for the first time in ….. I forget but it would be nice. LGM!