Game 47: New York Mets 9 vs. Colorado Rockies 2
The New York Mets (22-24) are playing Game 47 of the 2008 Regular Season against the Colorado Rockies (19-29) at Coors Field. It’s the second game of the three-game series. The game began at 3:55 p.m., and it was aired on FOX.
Mets Lineup: Reyes, Castillo, Wright, Beltran, Tatis, Delgado, Castro, Evans, Vargas.
Rockies Lineup: Podsednik, Herrera, Holliday, Helton, Stewart, Smith, Iannetta, Quintanilla, Francis.
At the Plate
Jeff Francis (1-4) was the starting pitcher for the Rockies. In the Top of the 1st, Reyes grounded a leadoff single up the middle. Castillo drew a no-out walk. With Wright in the batters box, the Mets put on the double steal without a throw. Wright drew a no-out walk which loaded the bases. Carlos Beltran drove a no-out bases clearing double into the gap in left center which scored Jose Reyes, Luis Castillo, and David Wright. Tatis grounded a no-out single through the hole on the left side, and Beltran advanced to third. Francis fanned Delgado. Ramon Castro grounded an opposite field RBI single through the hole on the right side, and Carlos Beltran came home to score and Tatis went to second. Nick Evans lined a one-out opposite field RBI double into the right field corner so Fernando Tatis came around to score while Castro went first to third. Vargas lined out to second. Reyes grounded out to first to end the inning with runners on second and third. Francis gave up 5 Hits, 5 Runs, 2 BBs, and he had 1 SO in the 1st Inning. In the Top of the 2nd, David Wright went yard with a solo shot to right. Beltran grounded out to second. Francis fanned Tatis. Francis gave up 1 Hit, 1 Run, 0 BBs, and he had 1 SO in the 2nd Inning. In the Top of the 3rd, Evans lined a two-out opposite field double into right center. Francis fanned Vargas to end the inning. Francis gave up 1 Hit, 0 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 3 SOs in the 3rd Inning. In the Top of the 4th, Francis hit Wright with the pitch to give the Mets a two-out base runner. With Beltran at the plate, Wright beat out the throw as he stole second base. Francis struck out Beltran swinging at ball four stranding Wright at second. Francis gave up 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 1 SO in the 4th Inning. In the Top of the 5th, Castro drew a two-out walk. Evans worked the count full before grounding out to second. Francis gave up 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 1 BB, and he had 1 SO in the 5th Inning. In the Top of the 6th, Francis pitched a 1-2-3 inning. Francis gave up 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 1 SO in the 6th Inning. Francis left the game after pitching 6.0 Innings allowing 7 Runs, 6 Hits, 6 ER, 3 BBs, and he had 8 SOs.
Hurdle replaced Francis with Alberto Arias to begin the Top of the 7th. Arias hit Tatis with the pitch to give the Mets a two-out base runner. Delgado grounded out to first to end the inning. Araias gave up 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 0 SOs in the 7th Inning. In the Top of the 8th, Castro lef off with a Ground Rule Double to left center. Nick Evans grounded an opposite field RBI double down the right field line, and Ramon Castro came around to score. Chavez grounded out to second, and Evans advanced to third. Reyes grounded to first, and Helton held up Evans at third and tagged first. Luis Castillo lined a two-out RBI opposite field double down the left field line which scored Nick Evans. Arias fanned Wright to end the inning with Castillo stranded on second. Arias gave up 3 Hits, 2 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 1 SO in the 8th Inning. Arias left the game after pitching 2.0 Innings allowing 3 Hits, 2 Runs, 2 ER, 0 BBs, and he had 1 SO.
Hurdle replaced Arias with Josh Newman to begin the Top of the 9th. Carlos Delgado crushed a solo shot to right field. Castro grounded a two-out single up the middle. Easley grounded to short, but Quintanilla (Error on Omar Quintanilla) threw the ball to second off target so Herrera was off the bag and then Castro beat out the throw at first. Chavez lined out to first to end the inning with two Mets on base. Newman gave up 2 Hits, 1 Run, 0 BBs, and he had 1 SO in the 9th Inning.
On the Mound
Claudio Vargas (0-2) was the starting pitcher for the Mets. In the Bottom of the 1st, Matt Holliday hit a two-out jack to left field. Helton grounded out to first to end the inning. Vargas gave up 1 Hit, 1 Run, 0 BBs, and he had 0 SOs in the 1st Inning. In the Bottom of the 2nd, Vargas pitched a 1-2-3 inning. Vargas gave up 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 0 SOs in the 2nd Inning. In the Bottom of the 3rd, Francis drove a one-out single off of the right field wall. Podsednik grounded to first, and Delgado tagged first and made the throw to second to second but not in time. Jonathan Herrera lined an RBI single into shallow right, and Jeff Francis came around to score. Holliday grounded to short, and Reyes got the force out at second to end the inning. Vargas gave up 2 Hits, 1 Run, 0 BBs, and he had 0 SOs in the 3rd Inning. In the Bottom of the 4th, Helton drew a leadoff walk. Vargas then struck out Stewart, Smith, and Iannetta to end the inning. Vargas gave up 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 1 BB, and he had 3 SOs in the 4th Inning. In the Bottom of the 5th, Quintanilla grounded a leadoff single up the middle. Francis dropped down a bunt down the first base line, and Delgado made the out at first as Quintanilla moved over to second. Podsednik flied out to left, and Quintanilla tagged up and ran to third. Herrera lined out to left leaving Quintanilla stranded on third. Vargas gave up 1 Hit, 0 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 0 SOs in the 5th Inning. In the Bottom of the 6th, Vargas pitched a 1-2-3 inning. Vargas gave up 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 0 SOs in the 6th Inning. In the Bottom of the 7th, Vargas retired the side for the second straight inning. Vargas gave up 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 0 SOs in the 7th Inning. Vargas left the game after pitching 7.0 Innings allowing 4 Hits, 2 Runs, 2 ER, 1 BB, and he had 3 SOs.
Randolph replaced Vargas with Duaner Sanchez to begin the Bottom of the 8th. Sanchez pitched a 1-2-3 inning. Sanchez gave up 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 1 SO in the 8th Inning.
Randolph replaced Sanchez with Pedro Feliciano to begin the Bottom of the 9th. Stewart drew a two-out walk. Smith flied out to left to end the game and the Mets finally won a game. Feliciano gave up 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 1 BB, and he had 1 SO in the 9th Inning.
Final Score: New York Mets 9 - Colorado Rockies 2. The MLB.com Box Score is attached. Claudio Vargas (1-2) got the win and Jeff Francis (1-5) got the loss.
Game Notes:
- Carlos Beltran hit a bases clearing triple in the first inning to set the tone in this game.
- Nick Evans went 3 for 4 in his MLB debut with 3 opposite field doubles and 2 RBIs.
- Ramon Castro had 3 hits.
- Claudio Vargas had a solid outing today.
Series Notes:
- The Mets evened up the series with the Rockies today with one game to go.
- Carlos Delgado hit a homer in each game this series, plus one in Atlanta on Thursday night.
Other Notes:
- Since May 1st, this is the Mets trend: w-l-w-l-l-w-w-l-w-l-w-l-l-w-w-l-l-l-l-l-w.
- The Mets ended their 5-game skid.
- I do believe that the Mets will win the next 4 games to even out losses.
- The Mets are 3-5 on this road trip.
- The Mets are now one game under .500 with a 23-24 record.
