The Mets pounded out 11 runs on 16 hits last night, so Jerry Manuel is sticking with the same lineup, outside of the catcher.
-Jerry Manuel on Fernando Nieve
The Mets were on the right side of this laugher.
The New York Mets (36-34) beat the St. Louis Cardinals (40-33) by a score of 11-0.
Fernando Nieve was stellar once more. Six shutout innings, allowing only three hits and four walks, he continues to impress. Nieve struck out three as well. He is now 3-0 in three starts.
How good has this guy been? Keep it up, Snow!
Brian Stokes, Pat Misch and Bobby Parnell stitched together three innings of scoreless relief to preserve the shutout.
David Wright: 4-4, 2B, 3 R. Ryan Church: 3-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R. Fernando Tatis: 2-4, 3 RBI, 1 R. Nick Evans: 2-3, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R. Brian Schneider: 1-4, 2 RBI.
Wow.
Brad Thompson vs. Fernando Nieve
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Gary Sheffield, the Mets biggest power bat right now, hasn’t played in the last two games. Now, he is said to have received a cortisone shot in his right knee to help with the pain he’s been feeling.
Remember, this is the knee that the Mets said didn’t warrant an MRI last week.
It’s only a matter of time before Sheffield lands on the DL. His 40-year-old body just can’t stand up to everyday play in the field and that’s what he’s been unfortunately forced into.
How long will he last? If I had to put money on it, I’d say not long. Not long at all.
Fernando Tatis, the double play machine, is bumped down the 5th in the order. Daniel Murphy takes a seat as Nick Evans gets his first start of the season.
Lefty reliever Jon Switzer has been designated for assignment, reports Adam Rubin.
Update – 4:45 p.m.: Argenis Reyes has been recalled, tweets Bart Hubbuch.
Original post: This is likely the precursor move to the earlier suggested by Rubin, who mentioned that Argenis Reyes would likely be in uniform very soon.
No official word on Reyes or other move yet.
Via a press release for the MLB Network…
MLB NETWORK LIVE THURSDAY GAME SCHEDULE THROUGH JULY 23 (all times Eastern):
Interesting.
Fernando Tatis leads the Mets with nine GIDP, three of which have come in the last two games.
And he’s the Mets cleanup hitter.
Oh yeah, and he’s batting .248 AVG / .322 OBP / .364 SLG this season and is 4-for-his-last-28 with one RBI in that span.
Again, he’s been the Mets cleanup hitter the past two nights. Enough said.
-Jerry Manuel