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2011
Pridie And Reyes Ignite Mets 6-3 Win Over Dodgers
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Jonathon Niese had a decent outing, and a big home run by Jason Pridie gave the Mets the win in the series opener versus the Dodgers, 6-3.
Game Notes
Jonathan Niese had a mixed outing today, being strong in some innings, and then being hittable in another inning. Jonathon was worked hard in the first inning, so his final line was five and two-third innings, with three runs allowed on seven hits with three walks and five strikeouts. Location wasn’t a problem for Niese today, but putting hitters away. His curveball was snapping and got a few strikeouts looking. His inability to go the distance robbed him of a win.
Ryota Igarashi came out for one out, and after giving up a single got rookie Jerry Sands to strike out to end the inning, and Ryota would be the winning pitcher on the day. Taylor Buchholz came out for the seventh, and after giving up a single to Andre Either, Buchholz would strike out two batters and walk one in his inning of work. Izzy came out, and had a clean inning with 0′s across the board. K-Rod came out for the ninth, and after allowing a lead-off single, got three flyball outs for his eighth save of the season.
The offense today existed in spurts as has been popular. After a Jose Reyes triple, a Carlos Beltran sac-fly scored Reyes in the first inning. In the second inning Ike Davis blasted a shot off the Pepsi Porch to make the score 2-2. With the Mets behind the eight-ball, after the Dodgers intentionally walked Ike Davis, Jason Pridie made them pay with a three-run home run, his third of the year. Jason Bay would knock in Jose Reyes with a single in the sixth and that would be all the offense the Mets would need,
Josh Thole – 1 for 4 with two strikeouts. 19 strikeouts is troublesome.
Jose Reyes – 3 for 4 with a run, a walk and a steal. Every hit was for extra bases (two triples, a double).
Murphy & Wright – 0 for 7 with two walks and two strikeouts. Both appear to be pressing, but Murphy made an impressive play on defense in the eighth.
Ike Davis – 1 for 4 with a home run, an RBI, two runs, a walk (intentional) and a strikeout.
Willie Harris – Walked in pinch hitting appearance.
Turning Point
The Jason Pridie home run, which accomplished two Mets failures. Hitting with RISP and winning.
Game Ball
Jason Pridie. 1 for 4 with three RBI and a run, in addition to two strikeouts. Pridie has been as-advertised, a good defensive CF with some pop and a penchant for the K.
On Deck
The Mets will look to extend their two game winning streak, sending Chris Young to the mound to face off against the Dodgers and Jon Garland. Game time is 7:10 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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I have to disagree with Jason Pridie doing “as advertised”. You can’t tell me anybody expected this.
I don’t care if a rookie is hitting .350 in the minors, when they came up and if they started hitting with the big team it was always an exciting thing when i was growing up.
Sorry you feel Jason Pridie is doing ‘as advertised”
I think this is a huge surprise for Mets.
oh..and why even mention Willie Harris’ walk? Because he walked? A guy gets written up because he walked? Is that what it’s come to now?
Unbelievable
“Pridie has been as-advertised, a good defensive CF….”
Those of us who follow AA and AAA baseball expected Pridie to do well on defense. He was the Bisons best defensive guy at CF.
For a few extra bucks, those with MLB subscriptions can add MiLB and see a lot of the Bisons games, not to mention a ton of other minor league games.
as usual, des does his own ‘original reporting’ and only took the part of the sentence out that he wanted.
You call that “Taking out of context”
he does it ……..again.
I included the portion of the quote I was addressing so there would be no confusion. Even you should be able to deconstruct the sentence. If you felt that Pridie’s defense was just as advertised, why didn’t you say so? Instead you just griped as usual, this time about Sean Kenny’s writeup.
I think you need help with issues that baseball can’t provide.
Good choice on Pridie for the Game Ball. That would of been my choice.
I’d give Reyes at least an honorable mention with 2 triples and a double but in the end Pridie’s 3 run blast was the key moment in the game as far as i am concerned.
Well right now Murphy has shown that he is 2nd base material and has made some great plays at 2nd. Now his bat has to heat up as does Wrights. Who thought that we would be seeing a good fielder right now and not a great hitter at the moment, but he will come out of his minor slump and hit again. I think he and Wright are both pressing as you said. Both needto relax at the plate and they will hit.
Murphy has show terrific lateral movement — to both the left and right — at 2B. He needs some more work coming in on grounders, which is just a matter of playing time.