12
2011
Belting Beltran, Mets Win 9-5
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Carlos Beltran ERUPTED for three home runs, and that offense helped mask a subpar outing from Jonathon Niese and the Mets won the series by winning today, 9-5 versus the Rockies.
Game Notes
Jonathon Niese went six and one-third innings, giving up five runs on seven hits (two home runs) while walking two and striking out three. Although the final line does look ugly, most of the damage on Jonathon was done in the seventh after he allowed a couple of hits. Niese had control today, and it is always a plus when a Mets starter can go at least six innings. What really hurt Niese was leaving the men on base.
Mike O’Connor came out to clean up the mess, and facing a lefty gave up a big two RBI double, both runs charged to Jonathon Niese. O’Connor’s final line was one-third, one hit, one walk. O’Connor probably will not stay up with the big club once Parnell returns to the team. Taylor Buchholz came out in a key situation, and got a big out in his third of an inning of work. Jason Isringhausen got himself into trouble, allowing a leadoff walk, then a single, then a sacrifice to move the runners into scoring position. Izzy then turned it up, and struck out Jose Morales and got Jason Giambi to fly out. Izzy final line was one hit, one walk and one strikeout in one inning. K-Rod came out…for some reason, and went a clean inning of work with one strikeout. Why you’d bring out K-Rod in a non-save situation and not another pitcher is beside me.
The offense today can be summed up with…Carlos Beltran. 3 for 5, three home runs, six RBI. Homered from the left side, then the right side, then back to the left. This is the most impressive offensive performance by a Met in recent years, and shows a glimmer of hope that Carlos Beltran’s bat may not be done. Other then the Beltran show, Josh Thole hit an RBI sac fly with the bases loaded. Thole has struggled, but this is better then an inning ending GIDP. Jose Reyes then laced a single into right field, scoring Daniel Murphy and Justin Turner.
Jason Pridie – 0 for 4, two strikeouts, but some good defense.
David Wright – Day off to cope with strikeout fever
Jon Niese – 0 for 1 with two walks. Go Jon!
Willie Harris – 1 for 2 with three runs, three walks and a strikeout. This is a mirage
Turning Point
Jason Isringhausen getting out of the eighth inning without allowing a run after getting himself into trouble.
Game Ball
Mr. Carlos Beltran. Huge day at the plate, single-handedly carrying the Mets to victory.
On Deck
The Mets will look to keep the momentum from today heading into Houston to face Bud Norris and the Astros. Dillon Gee will get the start for the Mets, and game time is 8:05 P.M.
About the Author: Sean Kenny
Sean Kenny is a student/writer currently attending school at the City College of New York. For more Mets news, notes and thoughts follow him on twitter @TheSeanKenny
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NL East Standings
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braves | 25 | 18 | .581 | - |
| Nationals | 23 | 21 | .523 | 2.5 |
| Phillies | 21 | 23 | .477 | 4.5 |
| Mets | 17 | 24 | .415 | 7.0 |
| Marlins | 12 | 32 | .273 | 13.5 |
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Wait Pridie gets no gameball?
Boooo lol just kidding.
WAY TO GO BELTRAN.
LETS GO METS!!!
“Why you’d bring out K-Rod in a non-save situation and not another pitcher is beside me.”
Because K-Rod was warming up to start the ninth when it WAS a save situation, then the Mets tacked on. Can’t sit him down once he’s been warmed up, and can’t get another pitcher up and ready in that time. So K-Rod pitched.
Thank the lord it was David Wright who got to rest his tired body, and not Carlos Betran!
Could you imagine the results if Wright had to play without Beltran or Ike in the ineup?
YIKES!!!
Better yet, would Beltran have hit the third 2-out ninth inning homerun if Wright was batting third? He probably would have struck out as he did in last two Mets losses with Beltran in on-deck circle to end the game.
All I gotta say is that they better keep Beltran batting 3rd in the lineup. Wright is not #3 material.
I agree, keep him 3rd and move David to 5th or 6th. It might relax him at plate.
No, you’re not too obsessed with David Wright.
What is it with you “FANS” you have the Greg Pomes disease with Wright now?
You all make me sick, the guy is a professional, hits nearly .300 every year and close to 30 homeruns, but OMG he left Daniel Murphy on base in the 9th and didn’t bail out the bullpen for blowing yet ANOTHER game, so he SUCKS!!!
No wonder so many people hate Mets fans………….many are dumber then dirt.
Plain and simple – Wright is an above average player. He is not the superstar the media makes him out to be. He now strikes out at an alarming rate. He does not hit in the clutch and many of his RBIs are meaningless – stat padders.
I think he is a class act but he is not a #3 hitter. He would be a better fit lower in the lineup. As the #3 hitter you are the team’s best hitter. Is David Wright the best hitter on this team? Does he have enough consistent power to bat cleanup? Or is he consistent enough to protect the #4 hitter at the 5 spot?
My answer is no to all of the above. He is an above average #6 hitter. With all the trade talk swirling around the Mets, in all honesty who would you rather have Wright or Reyes?
“Plain and simple – Wright is an above average player.”
NO….Plain and Simple Wright is an ALL-STAR!
That is certainly well Above Average!
Is he a HR hitter? NO!
He tries to be and it causes him to strike out too much.
He IS a high average line drive gap hitter that uses the whole field and is a very good defensive 3B! (He’s not gold Glove!)
But he is an All Star!
Maybe he is not a #3 Hitter. Who on this team other than Beltran who is much closer to the train station than Wright is at this point.
Bay sure isn’t a #3 Ike is a pure #4, Pagan when he hits is a #2, there is no other player OTHER than Wright who can fill that role for us.
So whatever you think about his qualities I say if he tried to BE a #3 Hitter instead of a #4 he would not just be an All Star but a possible HOFer!
Hey dumbass, have you been paying attention to how Wright’s been playing over the last month? The last 28 days, he’s hit .188 and the past 7 days he’s hit .118. ONE EIGHTEEN! He hasn’t even homered in who knows when. I don’t care about what he’s done in the past…it should be about what he’s doing RIGHT NOW! Stop regurgitating that garbage about Wright being a .300/30 guy. I’m getting sick to death of reading it. Ever since Delgado left, he has never been the same. Even Keith pointed it out during the Mother’s Day game how Wright is “hitting like a 34 year old at the end of his prime”. You REALLY find it acceptable of a guy hitting .234 batting THIRD? One of the most important spots in the lineup? I like David Wright, but people like you need to detach your lips off his ass already. You’re right about one thing though: Many “Mets fans” are dumber than dirt…I’m talking to one right now.
Only a dumbass would say I don’t care what he’s done in the past. What have you done for me lately mentality. Thanks for proving my point about dumb Mets fans – you lead the pack.
He’s in a slump – it doesn’t take a genius to figure that one out – but to kill the guy for a slump and act like he’s Choo Choo Coleman out there is what makes people like you look stupid.
Flow away
As expected, you STILL don’t get the big picture. Flow away? Good comeback…not.
“He’s in a slump”
Ahhh the old “He’s in a slump” argument. Excuses, excuses…a long, month and a half slump in which he has led the team in strikeouts and recently, crashed into Davis and cause him to go on the shelf for the next two weeks due to a popup on IKE’S side of the infield. If this was ANYONE else on the team struggling like this, you’d be killing them right now, so don’t bullshit me, kid.
Now go outside and get something called a life, because from your pathetic, pointless, and idiotic rants, you don’t have one whatsoever.
I knew that would be next – Ike runs into Wright from behind, never called him off and it’s Wright’s fault.
Don’t call me kid, I’ve been here from the start, and I mean 1962.
Excuses? Right because Wright is the only player in the history of MLB to be a slump this long.
Your comebacks are priceless too loser. LEARN THE GAME before you make another post again.
“I knew that would be next – Ike runs into Wright from behind, never called him off and it’s Wright’s fault.”
HE CALLED FOR THE BALL, JACKASS! You could audibly hear him say “I got it!” but Wright still charged for the ball and got in Davis’s way. Pelfrey and Paulino didn’t help matters either. Is that the best you can come up with?
You’ve been here from the start? Yet here you are ranting like a 10 year old. You’re a horrible liar. If you are as old as you say you are, you better learn to remember to take your meds, old man.
Okay, explain the “slump” Wright’s had since Delgado left and explain how he’s whiffed horribly every year…the 4Ks per AB he has now like I have TWICE before this post that you missed time and time again. I’m waiting….
Learn the game? Take your own advice. I’ve already PROVEN that I know more about this game than you. All you’ve brought to the table is your “David Wright is the greatest” posts. You have YET to make a valid point. Get your head out of David Wright’s ass before you EVER decide to respond to me again. Then again, making you look like a pathetic prick over and over again is quite amusing.
A slump since Delgado left?
09 – a .307 BA for the year – while playing along side AA players with no protection – Homeruns down yes but if that’s a slump then you continue to make this easy
10- finished with a .278 BA but homeruns back up to 29.
Yeah a real slump since Delgado left.
His K’s are alarmly high no doubt, but after those two K’s before the post – he had the winning hr before this one. Now lets hear the excuses how he gets no credit for it.
Get your head out of your own ass. I’m not pouring a HOF plaque, but you need to wake up.
Amusing is right.
You just don’t know when to quit, do you?
2009- He never would’ve hit .307, strike out 140 times, or start his decline in OBP if Delgado never got hurt.
2010- David Wright is NOT a .283 hitter (he didn’t hit .278…surprise, you’re wrong AGAIN!). This should’ve been the year in which he stepped and become the “Captain” everyone has been hyping him up to be. Instead, he strikes out practically once a game and again, his OBP tanks to .354.
If you don’t believe Carlos Delgado wasn’t a factor in David Wright becoming a .325/33 HR threat, I have a bridge to sell you. This was a guy with a .416 OBP a few years ago and now he has a hard time getting on.
I KNEW when Wright finally hit that go ahead HR tonight, you was gonna try to shove it down my throat. Well done. I was quite surprised. You’re the only one here that needs to wake up and see that Wright is not the guy you think he was years ago. Bottom line, as long as he doesn’t have a big time, intimidating slugger after him in the order as well as him flailing after everything, don’t expect him to hit .300 again.
Don’t call fellow fans names; there are better ways to express your confusion/frustration. Of course, you’re correct on stats.
If you know anything about DW’s career, you know he is one of the streakier hitters in the NL. We all hate watching him slump and doing nothing, but it won’t last.
He’s better than average; he is great. At this rate (career rate), he has anexcellent chance to make the Hall.
Think about it.
You know what, Russell? You’re right. I AM frustrated…but can you blame me? Trust me, I know about David Wright and I’ve followed his career since I went to the same high school he did. I’m just sick & tired of people covering Wright’s ass with non-stop excuses. It seems to me that there’s 2 David Wrights: the one who was a rising star and was indeed on his way to being Hall of Fame material (2004-2008) and then there’s the David Wright that flails at everything (2009-present). The last 2-3 years, his average has declined & his K’s have gone up. He was a damn good gap hitter once upon a time, but once upon a time, he had one of the best sluggers in the game, possibly all-time, after him in the order (Delgado).
Do you know what frustrates me the most though, Russell? I’ve seen it all over the Mets blogosphere. It’s like here in NY, there’s David Wright…and then there’s everyone else. When Wright struggles, everyone forgives him and Wright’s given more slaps on the wrist than judges do with Lindsay Lohan. One criticism of Wright (even if it is justified), Met fans loose their mind and go on to rant like a 10 year Justin Beiber fan like this imbecile “NYMetsFan” has done. When someone else struggles(Davis/Beltran/Bay/Reyes/etc), the criticism never dies down as much, people want them gone, or worse. I don’t know if you heard, but Josh Thole had to close his Twitter because fans were wishing DEATH on him. DEATH! Prior to this season, fans were calling Beltran “Bel-TRASH”, “cancer”, “selfish”, and couldn’t wait to deal him (even though we were all unsure if he’d even be 100%). Look at how people treat Beltran now. Stop holding players on a higher pedestal than others. Is that hard to ask?
Well this post makes some sense – especially about Beltran – that was just as wrong.
However, no one is giving him a pass, but in the same vain, some are now treating him like he’s a career .150 hitter with no homeruns, that is NO better.
wright is having roughly the same year statistically as carlos gonzalez. neither of them suck, and both of them will have better numbers by year’s end.
‘glimmer of hope that Carlos Beltran’s bat may not be done’?
It’s not like his bat has been dead up until today.
It was never his bat that worried anyone…Those damn knees!
What an awesome display of power by Carlos Beltran! That was an amazing performance. When I see him hit like this it makes me wonder if we should offer him a 2 year extension with a games played incentives. That’s probably the kind of deal he would get anyway, so why not give it a shot? His knees are doing fine with no problems in RF.
by the way Jose had something to do with the win also, me thinks.
Hey what’s up with this slob Jonathon Niese?
This dude sucks man….he gave up 5 runs AGAIN…5 innings and 5 runs is a good day for him?HE’S the one who needs to go.
As soon as the Mets get rid of this trash…he’ll wind up as someones middle inning relief pitcher.
Niesey was good through six. The mistake was bringing him out to start the seventh. I like him fine, and I think he has the potential to be a good piece of our SR; wonderful to see him work out of jams by getting Ks and GB outs.
Didn’t get to see yesterday’s game. Crazy things always seem to happen during rain-delayed weekday games. Dunno.
So happy for Beltran! Amazing swings.
WInning this series after dropping the first one was a big deal. Our Metsies are not irrelevant yet, and I am praying we finish May at .500–like the rest of you, I’m sure.
NL East is really tough this year, and although I have no delusions about our boys, I am rooting for them to keep coming back after looking like they’re dead and buried. Not sure what’s holding us together, but we might even be able to get stronger as the year progresses.
Here’s to rooting hard for them in Houston. A sweep is not out of the question, but, again, we need to win this series badly.
LGM!