Category Archives: Mets 2008 Games

Mets 4 Rangers 2 After nearly coming from behind to beat the Rangers in the first game of the day, the Mets rode their momentum to take the “rubber match” and win the series. Pedro Martinez pitched very well, going … Continue reading →

Rangers 8 Mets 7 It was a tough loss, but a good loss. Unlike the Mets of April and May, these Mets did not give up after they were down by six, but continued fighting and very nearly came out … Continue reading →

Mets 7 Rangers 1 Against the best offensive team in MLB, Oliver Perez was terrific. The over-aggressive Rangers batters swung early and swung often, and Ollie gave them a steady diet of sliders out of the strike zone to induce … Continue reading →

Diamondbacks 5 Mets 4 For the second consecutive day, the Mets wasted an outstanding effort by their starting pitcher. Johan Santana pitched seven shutout innings, allowing only three hits and three walks, striking out ten in a 115-pitch effort. The … Continue reading →

Mets 5 Diamondbacks 3 The Mets blew another one, then went into a coma, were lucky enough their opponents did also, and then finally recaptured a win in the lucky 13th inning. Mike Pelfrey had perhaps his most dominating outing … Continue reading →

Diamondbacks 9 Mets 5 What started out so promising ended horribly. John Maine was shaky in the first frame, allowing a run, but the Mets came right back in the bottom of the inning to jump ahead 3-1. They tacked … Continue reading →

Padres 8 Mets 6 This is the way it should have happened: Tony Clark looks at strike three to end the eighth inning, stranding two runners. Billy Wagner finishes off a four-out save by setting down the Padres in order … Continue reading →

Padres 2 Mets 1 This is what’s called “playing down to your competition”. I know about this first-hand, having played on a college team that would play “up” and to nationally ranked Seton Hall — who had Mo Vaughn, Craig … Continue reading →