Phillies 3 Mets 2 So I blinked, and missed the game. The Phillies disposed of the Mets in short order, cruising to their 93rd win of the season in a mere 2 hours, 10 minutes. That’s pretty impressive, considering: – a knuckleballer pitched 6 innings for the Mets – there were 5 pitching changes in … Read more
Phillies 3 Mets 0 As Mets fans we are blessed to have the Phillies in our division and in turn the opportunity to see two of the best righthanded starters in baseball pitching over the course of a weekend. Roy Oswalt was spectacular, spinning a complete-game, 4-hit shutout. He completely stymied the Mets hitters, and … Read more
Mets 4 Phillies 3 The Mets ran up a four-zip lead, and the Phillies were supposed to roll over and die. Strangely enough, they didn’t, and rallied late to give Mets fans a scare. However, the home team held on in the end to take their 70th victory of the season and 40th win in … Read more
Phillies 8 Mets 4 The game was over by the fourth inning. But for whatever reason, I kept watching till the end. Must be the same reason people stop to look at car accidents, or watch bad movies on Cinemax at 2 AM. Game Notes For the second straight start, Jenrry Mejia did not look … Read more
Phillies 3 Mets 1 At what point do the Mets do something about the offense? Even if it is “change for the sake of change” ? The Mets lost a close one, but scored only one run against a very hittable pitcher in Kyle Kendrick. Even if this was 1968, you can’t expect the starting … Read more
Mets 1 Phillies 0 The R.A. Dickey dreamscape continues … For the first time in 42 games — about a month and a half — the Mets won back-to-back games. And it took two straight shutouts, the first time they did that in eight years (the last time it was Pedro Astacio and Jeff D’Amico). … Read more
Phillies 6 Mets 5 Not even seven homegrown players in the lineup could beat Roy Halladay and the Phillies. The Mets had seven fruits of the farm in their lineup: Jose Reyes, David Wright, Angel Pagan, Ike Davis, Josh Thole, Ruben Tejada, and Fernando Martinez. Yet, all that fruit — some of it very fresh … Read more
Mets 1 Phillies 0 The Mets played the role of spoiler, beating the Phillies and knocking the reigning NL East champions a game further from the Braves, who also won on Saturday evening. Game Notes Johan Santana was brilliant, shutting out the Phillies through 7 1/3 and allowing only 5 hits and 3 walks, striking … Read more
