The Phillies got the fireworks started early on Friday night, and before Livan Hernandez could get an out in the fourth inning, he was out of the game and heading for the showers.
Livan was pulled from the game after allowing 7 earned runs on 10 hits and 4 walks. It was ugly, and he simply didn’t have it working tonight. Hernandez had pitched well recently, so it was unfortunate to see him get tagged this hard. Better luck next time I hope…
The bullpen was outstanding tonight and held the Phillies scoreless after Livan came out of the game in the fourth inning.
Long reliever, Pat Misch impressed again, this time pitching three scoreless and hitless innings while striking out three. Nice job!
Bobby Parnell and Elmer Dessens each pitched a scoreless inning.
The Mets bats were quiet tonight and only manged to produce two runs with Brian Schneider and Nick Evans both driving in a run. Ryan Church had another big day at the plate with three more hits, and he is now batting .300 for the season.
David Wright is mired in another terrible slump and went hitless again tonight. He grounded into an inning ending double play and whiffed two more times to raise his season total to 82 strike outs.
The game was speckled with more poor fundamentals by the Amazins’ including a real boneheaded play by Daniel Murphy who flubbed a throw by David Wright and then froze while the baseball was still live and lying on the ground eight feet away from him. It allowed the baserunner to waltz to second base without a throw. Murphy was charged with his 7th error of the season. Ugh…
The game was a real snooze-fest, and there wasn’t too many bright spots to speak of.
We’ll do it again tomorrow afternoon at 4:05 PM when Fernando Nieve tries to rebound from a bad performance his last time out. He will be opposed by old man river, Jaime Moyer.
Lets Go Mets!
*Mets Merized Online Needs Your Help*
Rip Van Winkle has fared poorly against the Mets this season. I hope the Mets can pounce on him quickly the way the Philthies pounded on Livan tonight. I see a rubber match occurring on Sunday…
Sad to say the least tonight. The Mets need some ADD pills because their fielding lapses is really no excuse for it.
[...] See the original post here: Phillies Rough Up Livan And Beat The Mets 7-2 | Mets Merized Online [...]
Stick around: you never know where or in what form the latest screw up emerges!
I hope this doesn’t start a new trend in which Livan fulfills expectations instead of exceeding them. Murphy is becoming a very tired act. Can we make a trade for a real hitter and send Murph off to Buffalo with the rest of the worthless? Let’s hope Nieve doesn’t follow Livan onto the “over the hill gang” today. Church is putting himself onto the Met’s core player list. Misch is a pleasant surprise which hopefully continues. A tie for 1st is still within reach — let’s go for it, Please!
I can’t believe Omar is not making a move to improve the team. Even Ryan Freel or Angel Berroa would improve the bench. And why not bring up Cory Sullivan and send down Fernando Martinez before his trade value is reduced to practically nothing ? I am having a tough time watching this team.
Just when the Mets give us reason to hope again, they pull out another game like this. Bd pitching, bad hitting, bad defense. Just like Livan’s last start. I hope this is not the new Livan.
[...] Finally, for more on last night’s game, check out Flushing Faithful, Mets Today, and Mets Merized Online. [...]