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2012
Young Lasts Three Innings, Mets Walk Eleven In 7-5 Loss To Braves
An article by Former Writers
Welcome back to the second half of the season, folks! Mets opened up their series in Atlanta against the Braves, and everybody is really missing Dillon Gee. Mets pitchers implode in 7-5 loss.
The night the lights went out in Georgia… After an early sixteen minute power outage delay in Turner Field, the ballgame continued and already the Mets were down 2-0 in the first inning. After Chris Young gave up an RBI single to Heyward that knocked in Bourn who doubled, he walked three batters that allowed the second run to come in. Young then gave up a three-run homer to the Braves backup catcher, David Ross, that put the Mets down 5-0 early in the game.
That would be all for Chris Young as he gets yanked for a pinch hitter. Only three innings pitched, five runs, three walks and six hits surrendered by Young tonight, and half of them were extra-base hits. It’s the shortest outing and most runs allowed by Chris Young since June, 2009 when he was with the Padres.Young threw 71 pitches on the night, with half being in just the first inning. Chris gets his third loss of the season, and a 4.28 ERA.
Luckily, the Mets bats zapped back to life with a four spot in the top of the fourth inning. David Wright with his 28th double of the season, followed by a Duda walk and an RBI double from Hairston gives them one run back. A two-run single from Kirk Nieuwenhuis puts them within striking distance, and then Ruben Tejada puts the Mets on the Braves heel with a two-out, RBI single. Hakuna Tejada!
Miguel Batista came in for relief, and he gave up a double to the first batter to face him, the pitcher, Tim Hudson. After back-to-back ground outs, with help from a great play by Tejada, Batista walked Heyward on four pitches, and then got Chipper Jones to ground out to end the jam. In the next inning, Batista got one out, then walked three straight batters before finally being pulled. Everyone will be watching Matt Harvey’s Triple-A start on Monday.
Josh Edgin made his major league debut to bail out Batista. Strikes out both batters with impressive sliders to end the fifth and got the Mets out a bases-loaded jam. Edgin proceeded to do well in his debut as he got two outs in the sixth, including another strikeout, before running into Chipper Jones, who hits a homerun into center field. That is Larry’s 49th career homer off the Mets. Welcome to the team, Josh! Edgin is removed after a double by Freeman.
Ramon Ramirez is up next, pitching 1.1 innings with an RBI single in the sixth, then getting a one-two-three seventh inning. Tim Bydrak and Pedro Beato combine for an inning with two walks from Byrdak and one from Beato.
Ruben Tejada, David Wright, and Scott Hairston all had two hits tonight. Wright with a double, a run, two K’s and a .353 batting average. Tejada with an RBI, a strikeout, and a .327 batting average. Hairston with a double, a run, an RBI, 2 K’s, and five men left on base. “He stinks!”
Ike Davis and Lucas Duda both had two walks each. Duda had two strikeouts, while Ike had one hit. Ike is keeping his head above water with a .203 batting average.
Josh Thole and Daniel Murphy combine for nine men left on base. Murphy with an 0-fer, Thole with a single, and a strikeout.
Notes
Mets had bases loaded, nobody out in the fifth inning. Hairston K’d, Kirk K’d, Thole flies out. Terrible job.
Mets pitching combined for 11 walks, that’s a season high.
Nieuwenhuis now has 87 Ks in 87 games. Mets record is 161 by Wright in ’10. Kirk is looking to lose playing time, so he won’t get there.
Andres Torres is back after not playing for a week with back woes. 1-for-2 tonight, with an RBI and a strikeout.
Chipper Jones has 1,594 career RBIs, which is third most in MLB by a third baseman. I have a feeling Wright will destroy that.
Game Ball
Josh Edgin, for being the only pitcher that didn’t walk anyone.
Up Next
Dickey starts his second half as the Mets continue to play the Braves, who have Tommy Hanson on the mound. Game time set for 4:05 PM on FOX.
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Mets pitchers walked 11. Enough said.
Batista should not even be in the BP, let alone the starting rotation.
This was a very poorly written article. Please learn hire to write. You should never mix present and past tense.
As for the game, this is typical Chris Young. He us a worthless pitcher. He can barely hit 80mph anymore. If he doesnt hit his spots perfectly he is going to just be throwing home run derby. The Mets need to bring up Harvey if they care at all about this year. If they don’t it just shows that this ownership doesn’t care about even attempting to put a good team together. Its, buy like Harvey is some little kid. He can either make it in the big leagues out not
Sorry meant to end with “or not” but Swype sucks on my phone.
Hey Tampa, your response was filled with typos- “swype” or not. Next time before you start criticizing “hire” someone writes try checking yourself.
Nice summary, Dave, I always enjoy your recaps.
Deal with it.
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I disagree with you in terms of Chris Young, he is a serviceable back of the order pitcher “IF” he can stay healthy (Which he has never done).
I do agree that Harvey should be called up, certain Mets fans who are against Harvey coming up think if he somehow struggles when called up he’d be ruined which is asinine. If his psyche is that fragile then guess what? He will never make it as a pro and babying him now will only make things worst and lead to him being exposed whenever they do decide to promote him.
The Mets “Genius 3 Headed Monster” Front Office stated they will allow their prospects to promote themselves based on their play. I think Harvey has done that which is why everyone is asking for him to replace Gee and not Familia whom has struggled (but has looks good as of late).
FYI Tampametsfan: If this was a poorly written article then you just topped it with this post. Dude when you criticize what someone else writes/types you HAVE to at the very least make sure your post is flawless and you failed miserably in accomplishing that…..and lol at you for just correcting the “or not” part and not the rest
Dave, no mention of the Misadventures of Lucas Duda in RF? This guy is getting more & more frustrating to watch from both sides of the coin (Offense/defense).
Also, Thole is a shitty play caller. Can we get a REAL catcher?
Time to stop giving Lucas Duda a free pass. His offense does not justify his total lack of defensive ability. You don’t need to see his saber #’s to know he is poor outfielder. Lack of speed, jump, and poor routes are evident by watching him. You might give him a pass if he was tearing the cover off the ball, but that’s not happening. His non-aggressive approach is watch two fastballs down the middle and flail away at a breaking ball in the dirt especially against lefty pitchers. His splits say he should be platooned at best…..LH- ba 228, 1 HR in 46 ab……RH- ba 268, 1HR in 18 ab. He appears lost at the plate, and with his oft-mentioned fragile confidence, thing can only get worse. Collins did not have any problem sitting Ike when he struggled, and Duda should be treated the same. It appears we are stuck with a bunch of platoon type outfielders, so let’s platoon them.
Anyone changed their mind yet about my idea to trade Young?
Trade Young???
Who would want to give you anything worthwhile to do that….
Would get you two BP arms! Even if just one Young is gone after this season and he is never going to be worth more than he is right now!
Reminds me of a right fielder the Mets used to have. Gone after the season, may as well trade him. Advanced age, sort of defying health expectations, generally playing well. The value would never be higher. You may be right.
Who said Young’s value was high or that any team would give up “2 solid relievers” for him??/
That’s smart. Trade Young right after Gee goes down. Yeah lets weaken the rotation further.
1st really poor start for Young this season. I want to believe it had more to do with the 8 days rest than anything else. Time will tell I suppose. Didn’t get to see much of the game other than an inning or 2 but did get to see Edgin come in with the bases loaded and get the 2 k’s that he did. Could not help but be impressed with his debut.
Dickey is on the hill today need a good performance from him and the Mets bats to beat up on the righty. I see Collins has Spin in today vs the righty as opposed to Hairston. Hopefully Spin can reward Collins choice of inserting him in the lineup.
LGM!