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2012
The Comeback Kids Do It Again, Ike Goes Yard in 10-6 Win Against Phillies
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Dillon Gee struggled through his outing today, but the Mets would put across nine of the ten runs they scored after the sixth inning, and the Mets walked out of Philly with a three-game sweep, winning today 10-6.
Game Recap
Dillon Gee had a mixed outing today, giving up four runs on ten hits, while striking out four. Gee was leaving most of his pitches over the plate, and he was paying for it. The most surprising fact about Gee’s outing – all of the RBI’s he gave up were from the eighth and ninth hitter. If you can’t get out the lower portion of the order, but can the top maybe you are taking too much off.
Tim Byrdak came out for a third, and got the Mets out of the sixth and nabbed the win thanks to his effort in the seventh while the offense was rallying. Manny Acosta came on for the seventh and gave up one hit while striking out one batter. Jon Rauch would come out to essentially mop up the game, and would allow a run on two hits, striking out one. Rauch will live or die by contact, as he has struck out six batters in 14 innings. D.J. Carrasco received his first work in mop-up duty, and gave up one run on two hits, striking out one in his inning of work.
The Mets offense today was struggling early on, with a Daniel Murphy RBI double in the first and a David Wright RBI single in the sixth being the only runs the Mets would push across the plate off of Cliff Lee, fresh off a DL stint and on a pitch-limit. However, once Lee left is when the game, as most games in this series have blown open. The Mets would push across three in the seventh to get into the lead on a Justin Turner RBI double, a Lucas Duda HBP and an Andres Torres RBI groundout. The eighth inning would be much of the same, with David Wright scoring on an RBI double by Scott Hairston, and the hibernating Ike Davis obliterating a three-run home run off the facade in RF to give the Mets a 9-4 lead at the time. Andres Torres, now in a 9-5 game belted a solo shot, the first of his Mets career.
Game Notes
- Five Mets had two hits, which is always a good sign for life in an offense.
- Vinny Rottino was 0-2 with 2 strikeouts. Why would Rottino survive the cut expected on Friday for Ronny Cedeno being 0 for 5 on the season, but Valdespin would be sent down?
- Ike Davis appears to have broken out of his slump possibly, going 2 for 4 with a HR, three RBI, two runs and a strikeout. The most positive thing about Ike is seeing him be aggressive on pitches in the zone, and spitting on breaking balls that are in the dirt.
- Andres Torres continues his hot hitting since his return from the DL, going 2 for 4 with a HR, a walk, two RBI and two runs. Also made a great catch in the first to get Dillon Gee out of a jam.
Player Of The Game
For the sole purpose of this being the first game where he has looked like his former self, Ike Davis. It takes a good day against a good team to jump start some people, and he has grinded to hopefully see the light. Lets keep it up, Ike.
On Deck
After the sweep in Philly, the Mets will have Thursday off and travel to Miami to face the Marlins at 7:10 P.M. Johan Santana will face off against lefty Mark Buerhle.
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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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Collins pulling all the right strings.I had big doubts about playing Torres in center for Kirk.He has been fantastic.I guess I am not ready to manage in the bigs.yet.Let’s keep it going in Miami!!
I’m shocked. We swept the Phillies and we did it without using Johan and Dickey! Lets go Mets!
A great series for the Mets. If they show consistency by handling the Marlins, this team is better right now than most fans thought they would be.
Unlike the last time the Mets had a chance to sweep the Phillies this time the Mets brought their own brooms and yes they swept those Phils. The Mets as the Philly announcers said “won the battle of the bullpens.”
The Mets go to 5 games above .500. According to Adam Rubin the last time that happened was 7/19/10 (49-44).
Positives tonight for me is the entire team. It took a team effort to win let alone sweep.
LGM!!!
PS – Watching Ike get the 2 hits off righties one of them going over the wall is a sight I sorely miss. Way To Go Ike.
My God! A series better than just about any fantasy, save maybe the World Series!
Not positive Ike is back, or just needs to keep facing SIllies bullpen. His HR sure was a salve to the whiffs. Beautiful.
Don’t know what my Metsies are eating and drinking but I want to send for some.
This was our first sweep in Loserdelphia since 2006. Cannot believe we did it with the starting lineup we had.
Gee was bad primarily because he kept falling behind so many hitters–never a successful formula that.
Well, here’s hoping the Phanatic comes into the SNY booth to shine Gary’s head the next time we storm into CPB!
Happy Night.
LGM!!!
Sean, for the record, there’s no more offputting BB phrase than “going yard” IMO. Please consider striking it from any future literary efforts on your part. Otherwise, great rap!
A sweep of the Phillies, in their house.
This was so much fun. Don’t know how long these Mets will look this good but I’m going to enjoy the ride while it lasts.
Great series, but the Mets need another quality starting pitcher. Eventually its going to catch up with them.
Hi Sean,
You can stick with “The Comeback Kids” but don’t forget I’ve got dibs on “Two Out Thunder”.
Bobby O. pointed out something that most of us didn’t even realize – that the sound of the ball coming off the bat is not only important for fielders but that it is just as important for base runners as well. On the double that followed, Turner went back to second to tag up instead of going half-way toward third which would then have enabled him to easily score. Many thought he didn’t read the ball correctly but Justin mentioned that he couldn’t get a good handle of the sound of the ball when it came off the bat. Just as fielders need this sound to know how to immediately begin their break, so to with base runners so they know when to run – or not to run so they went get doubled-up.
LGM!!!!!!!!!!
HOW SWEEP IT IS to sweep the Philthies in their house and be 5 games over .500 for the first time since 2010. It’s rejuvenating to see them sweep a last place team after getting swept not all that long ago by the lowly Astros. Now, it’s time for them to go into Miami, get another swept against the “champs” (lol), and get to 1st place in the NL East (.5 game out as of this post). Before I forget, hat tip to Andres Torres for stepping up so far this season. I’m starting to warm up to him in CF. I know he’ll come down a bit, but way to prove those haters wrong so far who say you were a “PO-S” and nothing more than a “career .244 hitter”, Andres. Keep it up.
1st place, here we come.
Gotta say…I really like this bunch. I can’t believe how much fight they have. I don’t think they got the memo that said they were supposed to suck this year.
Miami on the road will be a good barometer of our success.If any of u folks have not seen the new Marlibs Park yet check out the distances of the fences.ENORMOUS!!.Makes the original ciifield dimensions which i hated seem like a bandbox.I don’t understand the thinking or planning that goes into building these ridiculous new ballparks.Torres in center might be a difference maker with his glove in this series.He will have lots of room to roam.
Well Miami is finally playing well. However, what does bode well for us is that our approach allows us to get the starters out early and that means more Miami BP and more chances for Bell to blow saves. I don’t expect a sweep but continuing to play well for 3 games will be enough.
One thing that I do love looking at the Marlins is also a word of caution. Just as Washington is playing way over their heads in pitching, the Marlins key players have been dreadful.
Jose: .233 .321 .325 .646 (flat out killing my fantasy team. I thought I had gotten a steal with my 2nd pick).
Gabby: .196 .240 .309 .550
Hanley: .220 .304 .415 .719
Emilo: .238 .331 .246 .577
Gisomething: .259 .322 .481 .804
Hi TR,
Wonder how much the new park with it’s former Citi Field-type dimensions is affecting the hitters down there along with the humidity that was always present and the dome when it is open and closed?
This weekend indeed will be an important, early season test to see how our guys measure up this year against the projected better teams. To be honest, we deserve all the acollades for the sweep and five game winning streak for even though our hitters were kept at bay by Halladay and Lee, our starters kept the games close and allowed us to stomp upon what is now a middle of the road bullpen. So as long as we stay in the game like we did in the “City Of Brotherly Love” (yeah, just as much as we are all one big, happy family in MMO LOL) and find ourselves trailing come the late innings, imagine what our “Two Out Thunder” (patent pending, if anyone is thinking of stealing my slogan LOL) might do against a pen nearer the bottom in the rankings like Miami!
None unless it’s the reverse psychology stuff:
.213 .282 .353 .636 on the road.
255 .330 .397 .727 at home.
Well, i think we can take 2 out of 3.. But i think we can also lose 2 out of 3. The marlins are pitching well and now they’re starting to hit a little bit which was not the case when we swept them… It’s good to keep racking up divisional wins, it’ll help us a ton, so as long as we beat the teams that are weaker than us (I.E the Astros).
I am honestly not as concerned with the results of this series in the long run as much as I am them continuing to play well. I think it will be another close series.
These are the kind of wins that get me so jacked up. I know I’m not alone here… when I saw the lineup I thought “wow, that is ugly.”
But, the Mets made the Phils bullpen pay for their mistakes (predicted it), and you KNOW Phillies fans are not happy right now.
Yes, they have no Utley or Howard but their starters (Halladay and Lee) are getting old fast it seems, and they simply do not have the bullpen to cover for them. I’m not saying they are done or anything like that. I’m just saying, they may actually need a bullpen this year and they simply do not have one outside of Papelbon
Well, I bet like almost all of you, it isn’t a question of no or little faith, but we are defying the odds, and we have some remarkable play from men who didn’t factor in the plans much.
Ultimately, I don’t see the series with the Marlins as very important, but, naturally, I’ll be crushed were we to be swept or lose the series. Obviously, the Marlins are looking to exact some revenge.
While going into the series with confidence and attitude is a must, I hope the Mets take absolutely nothing for granted and play each game down there like there’s no tomorrow.
You have to want to win their series more than you want anything else for those three days in FL.
One game at a time!
LGM!!!
This from Rich Coutinho:
“The Mets are 14-1 when leading after seven innings and 15-0 when leading after eight, which speaks to both the bullpen and their ninth-inning offense (New York has outscored their opponents 15 to 8 in the final frame this season).”
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/05/10/coutinho-mets-make-big-statement-with-philly-sweep/