8/16/09 Giants 10, Mets 1 Postgame Review

The San Francisco Giants defeated the Mets by a score of 10 to 1 to earn a split of the four-game series.

Win- Joe Martinez (3-1)
Loss- Livan Hernandez (7-8)

Full boxscore and recap available here, thanks to MLB.com.

Game Notes

-Get Livan Hernandez out of the rotation already! Livan gave up 6 runs today in 5 1/3 innings pitched and lost.

-Joe Martinez pitched very well (5 IP, 5 hits, 1 ER) but was taken out after 67 pitches for a pinch hitter.

-Mets baserunning was awful tonight, 2 runners were caught off of the base resulting in double plays.

-Aaron Rowand of the Giants went 4-for-5 with 2 RBI

-Nick Green was walked in his first at-bat as a Met (in the bottom of the 9th)

-The Giants scored runs in 6 of the 9 innings tonight

Mets Player of the Game: Daniel Murphy (2-for-4, 2B)


Tomorrow the Mets begin a series at Citi Field against the Atlanta Braves.

8/15/09 Giants 5, Mets 4 (10 inn.) Postgame Review

The San Francisco Giants defeated the Mets by a score of 5-4 in 10 innings today, tying the 4 game series at 1 apiece.

Win- Brian Wilson (5-5)
Loss- Francisco Rodriguez (2-4)

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

Game Notes

-Who didn't see this coming? David Wright was hit in the head by a Matt Cain fastball in the 4th inning, crumpled to the ground in pain, and obviously left the game. He was replaced by Fernando Tatis. Wright was taken to the hospital, and to my knowledge no medical reports have come back yet.

-In the 7th inning, Johan Santana threw a pitch behind Pablo Sandoval (possibly as an attempt at retaliation). Sandoval took Santana deep on the very next pitch. This resulted in both benches being warned.

-After the warning, Santana hit Bengie Molina with a pitch. He was not ejected, but he was taken out of the game by Jerry Manuel after the HBP.

-Matt Cain was very sharp tonight.

-Luis "Slappy" Castillo went 3-for-4, and also struck out (for whatever reason, he's been K'ing a lot lately).

-Francisco Rodriguez pitched a 1-2-3 top of the 9th, stayed in for the 10th and surrendered a solo homer to Giants catcher Bengie Molina. Rodriguez received the loss today.

-Brian Wilson went 2 2/3 innings in relief, a career high, and received the win in today's game.

-The Mets fell to 54-62 with today's loss.

Mets Player of the Game: David Wright, for getting up by himself after being hit on the head by Matt Cain in the 4th.

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