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2012
On The Wright Track: Mets Come Back From Four Run Deficit To Win 9-4
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Recap:
R.A. Dickey took the hill looking for his sixth win of the year, going toe-to-toe with Reds ace Matt Latos. Dickey started off dominant, striking out six in the first four frames, but ran into trouble in the fifth after giving up a solo shot to Joey Votto in the previous inning. Come top five, Dickey gave up three runs on a hit-by-pitch, a walk, a double and a passed ball. Looking at a 4-0 deficit and one of the strongest bullpens in the National League, this one was beginning to look lost early.
That is until the Amazin’s bats decided to wake up, starting with an Andres Torres single, followed by a Lucas Duda 2-run double to cut the Reds lead in half. The Mets tacked in a run in the sixth and seventh to tie the ballgame up at four. It wasn’t until the eighth however where the tide of the ballgame completely shifted, putting the Mets in the driver’s seat.
It started with something as innocent as an absolutely perfect bunt by Rob Johnson, and ended with a 5-run eighth. David Wright came up with Johnson on first and hit his second double of the afternoon to the deepest part of the ballpark, giving the Mets a one-run lead. After, an intentional pass to Daniel Murphy, Justin Turner followed through with a bloop single which scored Wright and the insurance run. Ronny Cedeno however, put the ballgame away with a three-run bomb to left center that didn’t even need the new fences, putting the Mets on top for good 9-4.
The bullpen has cost the Mets quite a bit as of late, but today they held the fort down while the lineup battled back. Jon Rauch and Bobby Parnell had two fantastic outings, delivering two scoreless frames while punching out three. Frank Francisco came on after them and gave up a walk and a double, but still handed the Amazin’s a scoreless ninth, getting them out of town with a win.
Notes:
-Mike Nickeas had a tough game catching R.A. Dickey today. When I spoke to him a few weeks ago, he said this on catching the knuckleball “Somedays it’s alright, somedays it’s like trying to catch a fish underwater.” Nickeas also had a passed ball, took two foul balls bounced off of him, and took his own foul bunt in the face. Ouch!
-Wright went 2-2 on the day with two doubles, three walks, a stolen base, two runs and an RBI. He has now raised his average to .411 and his OBP over .500 on the year. One his most impressive at-bats on the day however was his eight-pitch walk from Aroldis Chapman that set the table to score in the seventh to tie the game.
-Justin Turner pinch hit for Ike Davis and had a sac fly to tie the game and a RBI single to give the Mets an insurance run.
-Daniel Murphy went 2-4 with a double and an incredible heads up play in which he caught a foul ball and threw out Joey Votto at home. He is locked in on both sides of the diamond.
-Lucas Duda went 2-4 with a double as well and is now 6-for-13 in his last three games.
Hero Of The Game:
David Wright: For his two doubles, three walks and overall ability to spark this offense.
Honorable Mention:
The rest of the team. In all of the attention towards Wright, many forget the little things. Like today, Baxter and Turner had sac flys to tie the game. Rob Johnson had an incredible bunt. Murphy had a great heads-up play. These Mets are doing the little things, and that’s winning ballgames as much as David Wright.
Next Up:
The Mets are going north of the border in hockey attire as they take on the Lawrie-less Blue Jays for a three game set tomorrow starting at 7:07pm
About the Author: Clayton Collier
Clayton, a Long Island native and die-hard Mets fan, started writing online about three years ago. He is currently a Journalism major with a minor in Broadcasting at Seton Hall University. Although very disappointed with the current state of the team, Clayton remains hopeful that the young prospects in the farm system will bring the Mets back to a respected franchise in baseball once again. Besides writing for MMO, Clayton is also a staff member at 89.5 WSOU, Seton Hall's modern active rock radio station. You can contact Clayton by following him on Twitter: @Clayton_Collier or E-mailing him at MaybeNextYearMets@yahoo.com
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| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braves | 42 | 30 | .583 | - |
| Phillies | 35 | 37 | .486 | 7.0 |
| Nationals | 34 | 36 | .486 | 7.0 |
| Mets | 27 | 40 | .403 | 12.5 |
| Marlins | 22 | 48 | .314 | 19.0 |
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The difference between this team and the last several years is this current group of guys just never say ‘Uncle’. When down runs, even late in games, they don’t look defeated and they keep right on chipping to try and get back in the game.
Today’s game was a perfect example. Even got to the Reds very good BP in that comeback.
Might not be going anywhere this year, but I’m enjoying the heck out of watching them try.
your first paragraph is a big part of the reason that I don’t think this team is going to fold the tent and fade away later in the year.
they may not make it to the playoffs, but it will be a shortage of talent not a shortage of heart or trying that makes it happen.
Mets down 4-0 comeback and get a split in the series and end up 2-2 on the homestand. Dickey battled and pitched better to me than what the 4 runs would suggest. Wright continues to be locked in. Murphy with a huge double play in the 6th continues to reward the Mets for going with him at 2b. His bat has definitely done more to help this team than his glove has to hurt this team so far in 2012.
Positives for me is Rauch and Parnell for doing their job and keeping the Mets within a run until they took the lead. Also Duda who now over the past 7 games has 11 hits in his last 29 at bats and is hitting .379 over that stretch.
LGM!!!
Great comeback win and good recap. David Wright keeps on rockin’ but I would have given the game ball to Cedeno. He does an excellent job filling in for Tejada and the three run blast put the game away.
I’m loving this team! When one part of their game isn’t firing quite right, they step it up elsewhere and scrap out a win. Dickey, their #2 ace, hit a skid in the 5th, then the Mets bats go from rather silent to putting up a 9-run final score against one of the few teams with a fully functioning bullpen. Hopefully the AL has forgotten to make a book on the Mets still views them as the easy W in the league.
Well let’s be honest, pitching is what makes you win ballgames, and then the offense. Sandy’s men did a horrible job in the off season again signing bad players who should not make what they get, over paid ballplayes is what the union want for these players, and this is a sin and hurting the game of wehat baseball really means to this sport. The system the mets still have is hurting, cus we still need a good starter, maybe two, and the bullpen can’t find the right location to pitch these hitters in game saving situations. today o.k. we did. But down the road in aug where things heat up is where we will see about our bullpen protecting games. Please wilpons leave, sandy, and as a whole we need to build around players like niese, wright, thole, teajia, davis when his whole in his bat gets better, Daniel m, We need to prove that we will plaY WITH PRIDE and show the world we will be champions now for one year but for a long time to come.
I’ll take these “going-nowhere fast” Mets over any team since ’06 not because they are better or more talented–they aren’t–but b/c we now have a “Gotta Believe” team spirit to go with a “til-the-last-drop-of-blood” attitude.
LGM!!!
Just a reminder to Bayonne Mets fan who said”Daniel Murphy would never be a 2nd baseman on this team or any other” Great plays by Murphy today and he can be a Allstar as said by Adam Rubin.
yes i’m going to have to eat my words on Murphy. I am stunned and I’m sure I’m not the only one. I cannot believe that a guy who couldn’t play LF could turn out to be a middle infielder and I can’t recall if I’ve ever seen it before. You stuck with him Jerry M. and it worked out. I can’t even believe he’s making double plays
I still worry when the ball is hit to him though.
You can get together with Sylow from Metsblog, and maybe get a 2 for 1 special on the crow! I don’t think I have ever seen anyone as sure about a player not being able to play as him.
the OF experience? Just doing this out of my dim memory, but the year he came up in September (2008?), I seem to recall he did OK out there, certainly good enough for the FO to anoint him as the starting LF going into the next season. Not that he was a gold glove, but he certainly looked respectable.
so you get into 2009, and he had some well-documented adventure plays. But he really was not out there long enough to get settled in (27 games, then moved to 1st out of necessity, more than had he to be moved), and many guys had issues with LF in Citifiled to start with (not sure if it was the angles, sun, winds but it was not easy).
point is, if they had just left him out there for a full season and spent the time working with him (as with Duda), most likely Murphy would have developed into a perfectly fine LF that gets the job done.
Nice nice. Another day, another hard fought game.
Freaking .411 … Wonder how long he can keep that up. I’ll take .350, David, no pressure.
Small hat tip to Parnell by the way. Very impressed with what I’ve seen from him this year.
Great overall win by the mets, this is why you play the game, i remember how angelo was already packing it in by the fifth inning when bayonne mets fan told him to not give up this easily then… Boommm.. Mets win! This team despite the sabotage for first round early picks is showing a fight in every game.. Duda is coming up, he seems to be a streaky player, hopefully he continues to be hot, the more runs we score the less chances the bullpen gets to blow the lead..
Clayton, We get it. David wright is your hero. Do we have to put up with every post of yours be all lovey dovey about #5? Jeez…