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2012
Offensive Explosion, Mets Beat Cubs 17-1
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Daniel Murphy hit two home runs, Scott Hairston hit a grand slam and the Mets offense had a banner day in their 17-1 win against the Cubs
Game Recap
Jonathon Niese had a great outing, allowing one run on eight hits while walking one and striking out six in seven innings. Niese consistently drew weak contact, and after allowing a second inning run, settled in to hold the Cubs scoreless for the next five innings. With the offensive eruption, Niese was afforded a large margin for error. Ramon Ramirez pitched two mop-up innings, allowing one hit in two innings while striking out two. A quality pitching effort from the Mets staff today.
Now, for the true story of the day – the Mets offensive. Daniel Murphy broke his home run drought stretching to July 2011 by hitting two home runs, Ike Davis added a three run homer and for good measure Scott Hairston hit a grand slam to add to the ever growing score on the Mets side of the scoreboard. Every Mets starter got on base, and only Lucas Duda didn’t manage a hit, but walked three times on the day. Scoring 17 runs on 16 hits with ten extra base hits is a great way to win.
Notes
Andres Torres stole his fifth base in four games, going absolutely crazy on the basepaths. As long as Kirk continues to struggle, Torres will see more time in the outfield.
Lucas Duda may only be hitting .258, but his OBP is nearly 100 points higher at .349 and his ability to not be rendered ineffective against lefties does add to his value.
Ike Davis has homered in three of his last five games, all while finally raising his average to .201. This season will more then likely wind up with Ike hitting below .270, but the improvements in June and patience seem to be paying off now
Player Of The Game
Daniel Murphy went 3 for 5 with two home runs, two runs scored and four RBI. Murphy may be showing some signs of life at the plate, and if he can keep going in the right direction, then the Mets will be significantly better on the offensive side of the ball.
On Deck
The Mets will travel to Los Angeles to begin a series against the now-floundering Dodgers. The Mets will send Chris Young (1-1, 3.42) to the mound against former Met Chris Capuano (9-2, 2.60). Game time is 10:10 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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NL East Standings
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braves | 24 | 18 | .571 | - |
| Nationals | 23 | 20 | .535 | 1.5 |
| Phillies | 20 | 23 | .465 | 4.5 |
| Mets | 16 | 24 | .400 | 7.0 |
| Marlins | 11 | 32 | .256 | 13.5 |
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I knew he would hit again. Good Start 2 HRs,Double and 4 RBIs. Hes on his way again. Maybe to .312 or better.
Today was like being back in Tampa Bay, Another 100 rbi year for Wright?
Niese struggled early having 2 runners reach in each of his 1st 3 innings allowing 1 run to score and with the Mets once again looking like the 1 thru 5 hitters were going to repeat their lack of offense it was hard to feel comfortable that they would pull this out. Then in the 4th the Mets put 3 runs on the board 2 coming off Murphy’s1st HR of the year and there was no looking back as Niese went on to pitch 7 innings and only giving up that 1 run while the offense just as the title of this post suggests exploded to score 17 runs.
After watching that ugly loss last night with the whole Duda fiasco (which by the way not even 24 hrs later Duda once again didn’t pick up his 3rd base coach as he was looking back at 2nd for the ball) and seeing the anemic offense against a Cubs pen who going into last night was 12th in the NL in ERA. The Mets came out today and tried to make amends for their poor showing the last 2 days.
Props to Murphy on his 2 HR’s and Davis who had cooled down the last 6 games but went 3 for 5 with 4 rbi’s and finally is off the interstate hitting .201/BA & Wright with a 5 rbi game. Really the whole lineup contributed so props to all.
Now on to L.A. and see if they can build on this.
LGM!
I’ll take victories like this from the Mets any day. Wish they could do it regularly. This was the emphatic win they needed going to LA. Finally, the bats woke up against the shitty Cubs. Like Gary mentioned, the Dodgers haven’t been the same since losing Kemp and they may lose Ethier too. They have to take advantage by winning at least 3 out of 4.
Wow can u believe this , and you why can’t they be like this every game, i mean at least put together a 10 to 12 game win streak. We were playing good until they play like dogs who are lost and can’t get a bone. common mets really. sandy and the wilpons like can u now get us some help. Remember mets players u are not in camp playing like 10 year old little boys, man up now and start playing like u should play the game. To me it’s either your here to win as a team or just go back to the minors and cry cause u lost your chance at being in the big game. So finally can u understand now.
The best thing about today’s game is now the Mets ExWL is almost the same as their actual WL record. Now we don’t have to hear how the Mets are playing over their head…oh course, losing 4 of the last 5 helps that too…
Now that’s what I’m talking about.
Man what a game! 12 runs in two innings, crazy! Happy to see Murphy get 2 big shots. Loved the prank the team pulled on him, simply awesome. This team sure does have fun and gels together. Wright with 5 RBIs is great.
Bring on the Dodgers!
“Andres Torres stole his fifth base in four games, going absolutely crazy on the basepaths. As long as Kirk continues to struggle, Torres will see more time in the outfield”
Andres Torres is hitting 212 1 19 with OBP 333 and 301 SLug % (Castillo lite, if even possible)
Kirk even with struggles 277 7 25 and plays bettr defense imo… Why on earth are we giving that bum more playing time? Because he’s got 7 SB ALL YEAR???? SMH….
“Lucas Duda may only be hitting .258, but his OBP is nearly 100 points higher at .349 and his ability to not be rendered ineffective against lefties does add to his value”
Quite frankly i don’t give a f*** about his OBP, 11 HR’s and 42 RbI is what i am interesting in..
Btw, Quietly, without being sent down to triple A as some idiot suggested, IKE DAVIS has 10 HR and 41 RBI .. Hmmmmm
Ah, if only every game were like yesterday’s!
I watched this game when I got home from work and loved it. This is how we were supposed to manhandle the Cubs in the first two games!
Lets hear it for the boys. After all the angst I’ve read about them in the first two games lets give them their accolades for yesterday’s big win. A fine job by Jon Niese who has been impressive at times this season and is starting to look like a solid number three. The Ike davis three hits were significant and hopefully he continues to drive the ball like this for the rest of the season. In that second game he narrowly missed a home run by less than foot. A solid job all around yesterday and a nice way to roll into a tough Dodgers series.