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Mets take rubber game

The Mets won today in Florida vs the Marlins by a score of 9-2.  R.A. Dickey won for the Metropolitans while Javier Vazquez took the loss for the fish.

Dickey started for the Mets today and he looked great.  He did struggle slightly with his command and walked a few uncharacteristically, but other wise worked well.  Josh Thole did a pretty good job catching him except for a few passed balls. 

Ike Davis and Willie Harris both hit home runs for the Mets. 

The Florida Marlins committed three errors, eight hits, and nine, yes nine, walks.  Also, Daniel Murphy played well in the field and hit a long ground rule double. 

The Mets will be playing the Philadelphia Phillies starting Tuesday for a three game series with Chris Young, Big Pelf, and Jon Niese pitching for New York.

First win and today’s game

Yesterday

The Mets won their first game last night of the 2011 season at the Marlins’ Sun Life Stadium.  The final score was 6-4 and the game lasted into the tenth inning.

Jon Niese was stellar yesterday, throwing 87 pitches over seven innings, and only allowing one hit after the 2nd inning.  Jon had a blip on the radar in the first, but settled down nicely after.  The Mets needed this from Niese, considering Pelf’s poor start Friday. 

David Wright had three hits last night, including the go ahead RBI single in the tenth inning after the Marlin’s outfielder Cousins let a fly ball in foul territory drop.  David also hit his first homer of the 2011 season, and the first for the Mets.  He hit the Mets’ first homer last season as well.

Josh Thole had an RBI single to put the Mets ahead in the 9th last night, only to have Francisco Rodriguez give up a single to former Phillie Greg Dobbs to tie the game.  The positive I can take from this is that Frankie’s appearence didn’t count as a game finished, which helps the Mets’ cause for preventing his 17.5 million dollar option to vest.  Blaine Boyer ended the game, although giving up one run.

Beltran played all ten innings last night, and looked great in the field and hit well, too.  It’s good to see him healthy. 

Today

The Mets are going to take on the Marlins again, with R.A. Dickey on the mound.  Pitching in the rubber game for Florida will be Javier Vazquez.  The lineup will be…Reyes, Harris, Wright, Ike, Angel, Lucas Duda, Daniel Murphy, and Thole with R.A. batting ninth. 

Following today’s game the Mets will travel to Philly. 

Standings

Here are the early N.L. East standings. 

Phillies 2-0 — GB

Mets 1-1 1.0 GB

Braves 1-1 1.0 GB

Marlins 1-1 1.0 GB

Nationals 1-1 1.0 GB

Mets lose opener

The Mets lost their first game of 2011 last night at Sun Life Stadium in Florida against the Marlins.  The final score ended up being 6-2 with the Mets only collecting 4 hits. 

To be honest, I was pissed last night at the team.  They could only must four hits in the entire game and two runs.  But, now that I slept on it, Josh Johnson was dominant last night, and that was expected by many.  I was just disappointed that we looked so flat.

Pelfrey’s performence was the most gut-wrenching thing for me last night.  He allowed 5 runs and four walks last night, and had little to no command of his fastball.  Mike left his ball up on a few pitches but he was constantly down.  Too down.  He would either miss in the dirt or he would never changed the hitters eye level.  I was really expecting Pelf to go out their and pitch well, his being so excited for this game.  It was deflating for Mets fans.

Beltran played well, and ran well, which was great.  I was really happy to see that.  Willie Harris played well, and I’m impressed with him. 

Terry Collins remained very positive last night, which makes the loss a little less hurtful.  But, David Wright’s at bats last night really made me ********** and feel like we were still in 2010.  He can’t catch up to the ball.  He needs to drop all of the b.s. and get rid of the leg kick, as he did in 2006, 07, and 08. 

The Mets and Jon Niese are going to be taking on the Marlins tonight at 7:10pm.

Around Baseball; Mets Venture to San Juan

The Mets will be playing a series tonight in San Juan, Puerto Rico versus the Florida Marlins.  The condition and attitude around these two clubs are at total opposite ends of the baseball spectrum.  The Mets are coming off a big series win ve. the Twins while the Marlins are coming into the series after being swept by the Padres.

The Mets will have some decisions to make regarding the club in the next coming weeks,  The biggest challenge, how to swing a Cliff Lee deal without giving up big prospects if Lee refuses to sign an extension. 

The Mets are unwilling to trade Jenrry Mejia and other ‘big’ names for a three month rental player who is determined to test the free agent waters this coming offseason.

Reports also state that the Mets will not be interested in Kevin Millwood of the Orioles or Jake Westbrook of the Indians.  Personally, I agree that these would not be the top people to be going after because I dont think these two could change the season like Cliff Lee can.  But, these two may come VERY cheap, prospects wise.

The other problem is that recently, Jenrry has had shoulder stiffness and had to leave his last start.

On the other side of the coin, the Marlins are stubbling.  There coaching staff is in flux also.  Fredi Gonzalez was fired this past week and replaced by a minor league coach.  Also, two additionals coaches were fired along with one another coach who resigned after Fredi was fired.

Bobby Valentine may be in the running for the job.

Also, be sure to VOTE for David Wright for the All Star game.

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Mets 7 Marlins 1

The Mets opened up the 2010 baseball season today with a 7 to 1 win over Florida.  Straw threw out the first pitch to Hojo to start the day.

Santana pitched like his usual self, 6 innings pitched, one run and a few hits.  Santana’s change-up was great, especially against Maybin.  Thats what makes a Met fan happy.  He got out of a couple jams, along with a few 11+ pich at bats.

David Wright started off the Mets’ season and his own by going yard in the first.  He took it to the opposite field which is a great sign.  Jason Bay had a single and a big triple which started the scoring in the 6th.  Gary Matthews Jr, Rod Barajas, and Jason Bay all had 2 hits.  What a way to say “Im here!!!’

Fernando Nieve was solid along with Frankie, who closed out the game with a 1-2-3 inning. 

I really liked how the Mets played good defensive and smart baseball.  They really payed attention to the little things.  I also liked the attemted squeeze, which was great although it wasnt successful.

The Marlins had a dismal game in the field.  3 errors in one inning and 2 op-ups were allowed to fall in shallow center.

The Mets will play on Tuesday at 7:10 with John Maine on the mound  

Crazy Ejection

The Phillies Shane Victorino was ejected from center field during the Marlins game in Philadelphia.  He was ejected because after a bad call with a Marlin at the plate, he threw his arms up and the umpire wasn’t happy.  Earlier in the game, Victorino had a bad call during his ABat.