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2012
Bay and Hairston Homer In Mets 5-2 Win Over Phillies
An article by Former Writers
Recap
R.A. Dickey continues to roll with the punches as he got tagged for nine hits but only allowed one batter to touch home. The knuckleballer mixed in his fastball nicely today and his knuckler was on que today with only one mistake of homerun against Chase Utley’s no name replacement. He pitched for seven innings, allowing just one run on nine hits and one walk. Dickey continues to throw strikes reaching seven K’s in the game tonight. He continues to pitch well, even outpitching a former Cy Young, Cliff Lee, and walking away with the win.
Bobby Parnell again proves his worthiness in the bullpen with a scoreless eighth inning allowing one hit and striking out one. Francisco pitched the ninth in a non-save situation and struck out three to end the game. Bullpen continues to dominate!
Tejada, Murphy, Thole and Niewenhuis continue to hit well with a hit each and an RBI from Murphy.
Jason Bay had the biggest hit of the game with a two-run homer early in the game. And no folks, that is not a typo, Bay hit a homerun!
Scott Hairston continues to be a factor off the bench with a solo shot himself.
Just Turner had his first start ever batting third and went 0-4 with two strikeouts and reached on an error.
Ike Davis continues to struggle at the plate going 0-3 with a walk. His average is a measly .043. Yikes! But it’s only April.
Notes
Wright continues to ride the bench with a fractured pinkie.
Zack Wheeler went six innings, five hits, one run, no walks and nine Ks in Binghamton’s 4-3 loss.
Fifth straight game with Mets pitchers striking out 10 or more batters. Second longest streak in the team’s history.
Murphy had an error in the bottom of the ninth where he let the ball go between the legs that could have ended the game. But Murphy’s poor defense is no new news to Mets fans.
Heroes of the Game
Jason Bay and Scott Hairston tag one of the better pitchers in the game, Cliff Lee, with homeruns.
Up Next
Mets continue the series against the Phillies with Niese on the mound going up against Vance Worley. Game time 4:05 pm.
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Good start to my weekend. Take the first one against Lee and the Phillies.
Love Dickey.
Can’t believe Bay hit a HR.
And…Oh, Murphy.
I love seeing Phillie fans going home unhappy!
I love those Mets , and this WITHOUT Wright and the speed of Torres ??? Folks we are looking into one heck of a summer . LGM
Dickey pitched well Bay finally homered and got an assist Hairston homered and Tejada with a leadoff double as well. Capt Kirk gets a pinch hit the Pen pitched well with Francisco striking out the side.
Murphy with his impersonation of Teuful in 86 letting it go between his legs. But the Mets beat again a division rival and are now 5-2.
LGM!!!
Well it should be pointed out that it was Teufel who tutored Murphy this spring! LOL
this was a nice game. I may have mentioned it before, but I really hate the Phillies.
and so far, the Marlins and Braves have not been looking particularly good. Hopefully that continues!
still early, but hey, 1st place NY Mets always has a nice ring to it.
Nice to see Wheeler have a solid outing. Congrats and keep it up kid.
Chase Huchingson and Alex Panteliodis had tremendous starts tonite too!
I was just going to comment on Huchingson Pete.
2 Solid starts to start the season. Also the Gnats with an impressive 10-0 win.
Centerfielder Taijeron 3 for 4 1/rbi 2/r 1/bb
System Phailure in CBP! Lets Go Mets!!!
Hey Pete, here is something you may like.
Savannah currently have the best team ERA in the S.A.L. (2.39/ERA)
St. Lucie currently have the best team ERA in the F.S.L. (1.87/ERA)
Binghamton currently have the 2nd best team ERA in the E.L. (2.47/ERA)
Buffalo currently is tied for 3rd best ERA in the I.L. (3.00/ERA)
That is something MNJ.
Pitching is off to a great start in every level of the system including up here.
Good news.
Was on MMO chat and when it came to the ninth inning Fonzie insisted that a defensive replacement for Murphy should take the field in the bottom of the inning. Fonz continued citing reasons he thought Murph was the worst fielding second baseman he ever saw while many of us disagreed, believing his bat was far more an asset than his glove a liability, with some (including me) saying we’ve seen improvement in his fielding and it would be enough to get by. Of course, Fonzie continued to disagree with us and then came that two out grounder.
Guess who had the last laugh?
That’s funny as heck, lol
We were all in stitches when the final out went through his legs right for right up to that moment most of us were defending Murph’s fielding and saying to Fonzie how glad we were that Collins left him to finish the game. Really, the timing couldn’t have been any better!
I think Murph was paying homage to Teufal for all the extra help he’s being giving Murph at 2nd. He did his best imitation of Teufal in Game 1 of 86 WS who did his best imitation of Felix Millan in Game 1 of 73 WS
Glad it didn’t cost the game.
Nah,
When it happened, I mentioned that Murphy let the ball go through his legs because he didn’t want to make Fonzi look bad.
yeah i know, Fonzie was the only one that was vociferous about Murphy’s lack of D last night. Nobody else was lamenting Murphy’s bad D last night, just Fonzie.
Bayonne our friend Joey has selective memory. We know you were lamenting Murphy’s 2nd base play before spring training even got under way. Luckily we had some insurance runs, otherwise it would’ve been a lot more heated in that shout box.
Btw, I saw the replay about 5 times last night and Jimmy Rollins as much as I despise him did nothing wrong. He was actually being a sportsman and letting Josh know there was no play on him. He didn’t utter a word, just held his hand up to suggest there was no play on him. Josh Thole, like Angel Pagan, Like Daniel Murphy, Like Jose Reyes, Like Lucas Duda is just another homegrown Met without an ounce of baseball IQ and had another brain fart.
And Fonzie, I must congratulate you on being so gracious last night by not rubbing it in with “I told you so’s”, etc. Noticed this afternoon Terry Collins ignored us and took your advice by replacing Murphy in the ninth – but Murph did save Wright on that low throw getting the force at second and getting out of the way of the sliding runner at the same time.
Boy, Joey D with sever selective memory last night
Bayonne,
I might have cut out of the chat before giving Fonzie a chance to gloat.
he didn’t gloat, just saying you have very selective memory that’s all
Hi Bayonne,
Don’t know how to take that.
Lol, no Joey I was too nerved up to gloat. Murphy did make a nice play today on Wright’s throw but I still don’t see him as an adequate 2nd baseman or any other position for that matter. The SOB can hit though.