8/17/09 Mets 9, Braves 4

The Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves by a score of 9 to 4 tonight.

Win- Oliver Perez (3-3)
Loss- Derek Lowe (12-8)

Full boxscore and recap available here, courtesy of MLB.com.


Game Notes

-Holy run support, Batman

-Mets scored 8 runs in a 29 minute 4th inning on a single-inning franchise record 10 hits.

-Oliver Perez gave up 4 runs on 5 hits in 5 innings of work (including home runs by Matt Diaz and Adam LaRoche), but got the win.

-Derek Lowe was rolling through the Mets lineup, but with one out in the 4th, he took a line drive to the hand. That line drive clearly messed him up, as he ended up surrendering 8 runs that inning before his early exit.

-Braves starting first baseman Martin Prado, who had been experiencing sporadic headaches recently, left the game after his at-bat in the first due to the aforementioned headaches. He was replaced by Adam LaRoche, who homered in the game.

-Luis Castillo, Gary Sheffield, and Jeff Francoeur all went 3-for-5 in tonight's game.

-Former Met Ryan Church went 0-for-4 tonight.

-Daniel "The Wrench" Murphy went 1-for-4, and recorded 2 outs in the lengthy 4th inning.

Mets Players of the Game: Everyone except Daniel Murphy

8/14/09 Mets 3, Giants 0 Postgame Review

The Mets defeated the San Francisco Giants by a score of 3-0 this evening.

Win- Bobby Parnell (3-4)
Loss- Barry Zito (8-11)
Save- Francisco Rodriguez (26)

Full boxscore and recap here, courtesy of MLB.com.

Game Notes

-Bobby Parnell was absolutely brilliant tonight. He threw 6 shutout innings in a winning effort, only gave up 3 hits, and struck out 7 Giants batters.

-Frankie "Don't Call Me K-Rod" Rodriguez pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his 26th save of the season.

-Angel Pagan led off the game with his 3rd home run of the year. It was the first leadoff homer hit by a Met since last September.

-Giants starter Barry Zito went 5+ innings, gave up 3 runs on 5 hits, walked 2, struck out 5. Zito received the loss today.

-The Mets absolutely stymied the Giants tonight.

The Mets now have a 54-61 record.

Mets Player of the Game: Bobby Parnell

8/12/09 Mets 6, DBacks 4- Postgame Review

The Mets defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks by a score of 6-4 today.

Win- Pedro Feliciano (5-4)
Loss- Jon Rauch (2-1)

Full boxscore and recap here, courtesy of MLB.com.

Game Notes
-Frenchy French actually walked, and went 2-for-3!

-Cory Sullivan tripled twice

-Arizona made 2 errors, had 2 wild pitches, a passed ball, and a dropped third strike which got Wright on base.

-Omir Santos was involved in a collision at the plate.

-Wright appeared to be hurt at one point, but chose to stay in the game.

-Seanathan Green gave up 2 runs in one inning of work, upping his ERA to 5.19.

-Brian "Socks" Stokes pitched a scoreless inning of relief.

-The Mets are now 8 games under .500

Mets Player of the Game: Cory Sullivan