Game 56: New York Mets 2 vs. San Francisco Giants 10
The New York Mets (28-27) are playing Game 56 of the 2008 Regular Season against the San Francisco Giants (24-33) at AT&T Park. It’s the first game of the three-game series. The game began at 10:05 p.m., and it was aired on SNY.
Mets Lineup: Reyes, Castillo, Wright, Beltran, Church, Tatis, Delgdo, Castro, Perez.
Dodgers Lineup: Winn, Castillo, Rowand, Molina, Aurilia, Durham, Horwitz, Burriss, Sanchez.
At the Plate
Jonathan Sanchez (3-3) was the starting pitcher for the Giants. In the Top of the 1st, Wright lined a two-out single into center. Beltran drew a two-out walk. Church drew a two-out walk to load the bases. Sanchez struck Tatis out looking to end the inning with the bases loaded. Sanchez gave up 1 Hit, 0 Runs, 2 BBs, and he had 1 SO in the 1st Inning. In the Top of the 2nd, Delgado led off with a double to the base of the base of the right field wall. Castro grounded to third, and Delgado held up. Sanchez fanned Vargas. Jose Reyes lined a two-out RBI double down the left field line, and Carlos Delgado came around to score. Castillo popped up in foul territory along the right field line, and Winn made the catch to end the inning with a runner on second. Sanchez gave up 2 Hits, 1 Run, 0 BBs, and he had 1 SO in the 2nd Inning. In the Top of the 3rd, Wright struck out swinging at a wild pitch that went to the backstop so he ended up beating it out to give the Mets a leadoff baserunner. Sanchez fanned Beltran. Church grounded to first, and Aurilia got the lead runner out at second. Tatis grounded to short and beat out the throw by Burriss for a two-out single, and Church moved over to second. Delgado popped up to shallow center, and Burriss made the catch to end the inning with Mets stranded on first and second. Sanchez gave up 1 Hit, 0 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 2 SOs in the 3rd Inning. In the Top of the 4th, Castro drew a leadoff walk. Vargas bunted towards third, and Castillo made the out at first as Castro advanced to second. Reyes lined out to second. Luis Castillo grounded a two-out RBI single up the middle, and Ramon Castro came around to score. Wright grounded to deep second, and the ball deflected off of the glove of Durham (Error on Ray Durham) so Wright ended up on first and Castillo on second. Beltran grounded to short, and Burriss got the force out at second to end the inning with runners on first and second. Sanchez gave up 1 Hit, 1 Run, 1 BB, and he had 0 SOs in the 4th Inning. In the Top of the 5th, Sanchez hit Delgado with the pitch to give the Mets a two-out base runner. Castro grounded to third, and Castillo made the out at second to end the inning. Sanchez gave up 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 2 SOs in the 5th Inning. In the Top of the 6th, Sanchez pitched a 1-2-3 inning. Sanchez gave up 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 1 SO in the 6th Inning. In the Top of the 7th, Beltran grounded a one-out single through the hole on the left side. Sanchez fanned Church. Tatis grounded to third, and Castillo made the final out of the inning at second. Sanchez gave up 1 Hit, 0 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 1 SO in the 7th Inning. Sanchez left the game after pitching 7.0 Innings allowing 6 Hits, 2 Runs, 2 ER, 3 BBs, and he had 8 SOs.
Bochy replaced Sanchez with Billy Sadler to begin the Top of the 8th. Sadler pitched a 1-2-3 inning. Sadler gave up 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 0 SOs in the 8th Inning. In the Top of the 9th, Sadler retired the side in order for the second straight inning. Sadler gave up 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 1 SO in the 9th Inning. Sadler left the game after pitching 2.0 Innings allowing 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 1 SO.
On the Mound
Oliver Perez (4-3) was the starting pitcher for the Mets. In the Bottom of the 1st, Randy Winn led off with a solo shot to left. Rowand pulled a one-out double down the left field line. Bengie Molina lined an RBI single into left, and Aaron Rowand came around to score. Aurilia drew a one-out walk. Ray Durham lined a one-out 2-run double to the gap in left center scoring Bengie Molina and Rich Aurilia. Brian Horwitz crushed a one-out 2-run homer to left scoring Ray Durham. Burriss drew a one-out walk. Perez gave up 5 Hits, 6 Runs, 2 BBs, and he had 0 SOs in the 1st Inning. What starting pitcher only records one out? It was like Tom Glavine on that Sunday in September against the Marlins.
Randolph replaced Perez with Claudio Vargas with one out in the Bottom of the 1st. Sanchez bunted right into the glove of Delgado. Vargas fanned Winn to end the inning. Vargas gave up 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 1 SO in the 1st Inning. In the Bottom of the 2nd, Castillo grounded a leadoff single up the middle. Vargas struck out Rowand on three pitches. With Molina at the plate, Castro threw out Rowand as he attempted to steal second. Molina grounded a two-out single through the hole on the left side. Aurilia grounded to short, and Reyes made the out at second to end the inning stranding a runner on first. Vargas gave up 2 Hits, 0 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 1 SO in the 2nd Inning. In the Bottom of the 3rd, Durham grounded the ball down the first base line but got thrown out by Church when trying to take second base. Horwitz grounded out to third. Burriss grounded out to short to end the inning. Vargas gave up 1 Hit, 0 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 0 SOs in the 3rd Inning. In the Bottom of the 4th, Vargas pitched a 1-2-3 inning. Vargas gave up 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 1 SO in the 4th Inning. In the Bottom of the 5th, Vargas retired the side for the second inning in a row. Vargas gave up 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 1 SO in the 5th Inning. Vargas left the game after pitching 4.2 Innings allowing 3 Hits, 0 Runs, 0 ER, 0 BBs, and he had 4 SOs.
Randolph replaced Vargas with Carlos Muniz to begin the Bottom of the 6th. Durham lined a leadoff single into right. Horwitz grounded a no-out single up the middle, and Durham went from first to third. Burriss grounded to second, and Castillo made the out at first as both runners advanced. Jonathan Sanchez hit a one-out 2-run double off of the right field wall which scored Ray Durham and Brian Horwitz. Winn lined out to right, and Church doubled up Sanchez at second. Muniz gave up 3 Hits, 2 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 0 SOs in the 6th Inning. In the Bottom of the 7th, Rowand grounded a one-out single up the middle. Molina lined a one-out single into left, and Rowand moved over to second. Aurilia grounded to third, but Wright could not field it properly so everyone was safe. Ray Durham drew a one-out walk which scored Aaron Rowand. Brian Horwitz hit a sacrifice fly to center which scored Bengie Molina. Burriss drew a two-out walk which loaded the bases. Muniz gave up 3 Hits, 2 Runs, 2 BBs, and he had 0 SOs in the 7th Inning. Muniz left the game after pitching 1.2 Innings allowing 6 Hits, 4 Runs, 4 ER, 2 BBs, and he had 0 SOs.
Randolph replaced Muniz with Aaron Heilman with two outs in the Bottom of the 7th. Bowker is pinch hitting for Sanchez, and Bowker flied out to right to end the inning with the bases loaded. Heilman gave up 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 0 BBs, and he had 0 SOs in the 7th Inning. In the Bottom of the 8th, Winn drew a leadoff walk. Castillo hit a no-out Ground Rule Double to center, and Winn ended up on third. Heilman hit Rowand with the pitch which loaded the bases. Aurilia popped up to second, and Castillo made the out. Durham grounded to short, and Reyes made the out at first to end the inning. Heilman gave up 1 Hit, 0 Runs, 1 BB, and he had 0 SOs in the 8th Inning. Heilman left the game after pitching 1.1 Innings allowing 1 Hit, 0 Runs, 0 ER, 1 BB, and he had 1 SO.
Final Score: New York Mets 2 - San Francisco Giants 10. The MLB.com Box Score is attached. Oliver Perez (4-4) took the loss and Jonathan Sanchez (4-3) got the win.
Game Notes:
- Oliver Perez gave up 6 runs in 1/3 of an inning which was too much for the Mets to climb back from.
- Ryan Church had 2 assists from right.
Series Notes:
- The Dodgers are winning the series against the Mets 1-0.
Other Notes:
- Since June 1st, this is the Mets trend: w-l.
- The Mets are currently 0-1 on this road trip.
- The Mets are at .500 with a 28-28 record
- Jose Reyes has an 18-game hitting streak, and a 33-game on-base streak.
