Game Recap: Yankees 9 – Mets 1

Slppy.  Slopy.  Lopy.  Sloppy.

The New York Yankees (40-32) beat the New York Mets (37-34) by a score of 9-1.

Three errors led to two unearned runs off of Mike Pelfrey, who surrendered four runs total over five innings. Pat Misch pitched well for his 1 1-3 innings on the mound.  Elmer Dessens escaped trouble in the seventh, then surrendered two home runs in the 8th inning.

Bobby Parnell got one out, but also balked and threw a wild pitch.  Sean Green allowed two runs on three hits in mop-up duty.

Overall, not a great night for the Mets pitchers.

Also, not a great night for the Mets batters.

The Mets managed just three hits and CC Sabathia carried a perfect game into the fifth inning.  Gary Sheffield broke up the bid with a solo home run to deep left field.  Sheffield now leads the Mets in home runs with nine.

That says something when a 40-year-old outfielder who doesn’t play everyday leads your team in home runs.  Yeesh!

Game Chat: NYY @ NYM [Game 1]

CC Sabathia vs. Mike Pelfrey

Join in for some barstool banter with your fellow fans.

(Chat removed, as usual.)

Lineup for game one against NYY

Fernando Martinez’s glove just isn’t good enough to keep him in the lineup, as Ryan Church gets a shot at manning the expanse of Citi Field’s center field. Also, Gary Sheffield is back.

1. Luis Castillo – 2B
2. Alex Cora – SS
3. David Wright – 3B
4. Gary Sheffield – RF
5. Fernando Tatis – LF
6. Ryan Church – CF
7. Nick Evans – 1B
8. Omir Santos – C
9. Mike Pelfrey - RHP

Niese improving at Triple-A

After an abysmal start to the 2009 season and a call-up to the Major Leagues, Jon Niese has been impressing at Triple-A Buffalo.

Last night, in the 7th inning of his start, his consecutive scoreless innings streak was snapped by a sacrifice-fly.  The streak ran 24 1-3 innings.

Niese is 3-0 over his last three starts and has a 1.03 ERA over his last four, according to Joel Sherman.

With John Maine and Oliver Perez on their way back to the major leagues and decent starting pitching already on the roster, this logjam is a great problem to have.

The State of the Mets [6/26/09]

After a long time off, I’m back with another edition of The State of the Mets.

Today, I discuss the injury bug, Daniel Murphy and Nick Evans and update you on John Maine and Oliver Perez.

Two Mets minor leaguers in Futures Game

The 2009 Futures Game rosters have been released and two members of the Mets organization have been named to the World team.

17-year-old Wilmer Flores and 19-year-old Jenrry Mejia will play in the Futures Game in St. Louis on July 12.

Flores is playing his first full professional season this year. Mejia was recently promoted to Double-A Binghamton and was rumored to hit 102 mph on the gun in his last start.

Get to meet Daniel Murphy and win Subway Series tix

YANKEES’ JOBA CHAMBERLAIN AND METS’ DANIEL MURPHY JOIN DELTA TO SEND FANS TO THE SUBWAY SERIES FOR “FIRST CLASS” EXPERIENCE

OFFICIAL AIRLINE OF THE NEW YORK YANKEES AND NEW YORK METS CELEBRATES SUBWAY SERIES WITH PREMIUM TICKETS TO SUNDAY’S GAME FOR FANS WITH THE MOST FLAIR

New York Yankee Joba Chamberlain, New York Met Daniel Murphy and Delta Air Lines are sending fans with the most team flair to this weekend’s Subway Series at Citi Field to watch the game in truly “first class” seats at the ballpark.

The players will join Delta, the official airline and proud sponsor of the New York Yankees AND the New York Mets, to host “Fan Flair at Pershing Square” on Friday, June 26, 12pm at Pershing Square in Manhattan. Yankees and Mets fans are invited to dress in their best team-themed attire for a chance to attend Sunday’s game, the grand finale of the Subway Series.

Joba Chamberlain will be on hand to pick the Yankee fan with the flashiest flair and award one pair of tickets to Sunday’s game at Citi Field, while Daniel Murphy will award one pair to the Mets fan with the most festive attire. The lucky fans will sit in the Field Level premium area with access to the Delta Sky360 Club, a 22,500-square-foot, club-level space behind home plate that offers upscale dining and superior views of the game from behind home plate.

The first 50 Mets fans and first 50 Yankees fans to show up in their best team attire to Pershing Square will be eligible.

PHOTOS AVAILABLE WITH CHAMBERLAIN AND MURPHY

WHO:              JOBA CHAMBERLAIN, DANIEL MURPHY, DELTA AIR LINES

WHAT:           DELTA HOSTS “FAN FLAIR AT PERSHING SQUARE” -- PREMIUM TICKET GIVEAWAY TO SUNDAY GAME OF SUBWAY SERIES FOR FANS WITH THE MOST FESTIVE ATTIRE

WHEN:           FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 12PM

WHERE:         PERSHING SQUARE, 42^nd STREET AND PARK AVENUE  (Across from Grand Central)

If you go, send some photos my way: TheRopolitans@gmail.com

Where have the strikeouts gone, Johan Santana?

With only three strikeouts in yesterday’s win, Johan Santana has only struck out 14 batters over his last five starts, spanning over 30 innings.

Here’s a chart of Santana’s strikeouts by starts… Look how far his strikeouts per nine innings has fallen for the month of June… The problem seems to be that Santana just isn’t throwing as many strikes swinging lately.  Strangely, though, his strikes looking have gone up over his last two starts.  Take a look… It seems to just be a strange anomaly, I would guess.  With the increased strikes looking, one might assume an increased strikeout count.  Not so, lately.

What gives, Johan?

Don’t get me wrong: In no way am I complaining.  Outside of the debacle at Yankee Stadium a few weeks ago, Santana has been just as good as we all expected from him. 

It’s just strange to see his strikeouts dip so low after he was seemingly mowing them down in the beginning of the year.

Manuel’s Musing for June 25

“He keep hitting, he keep playing.”

-Jerry Manuel on Nick Evans

Mets hat in Michael Jackson’s ‘Bad’

RIP Michael Jackson

How is this Mets related?  Check for the Mets hat in the “Bad” video.