The weather may have a hand on whether this game is player / delayed. Stay tuned.
Game Chat will be up at 8 p.m. regardless.
These were sent to me by reader Jack W. Thought they were pretty interesting…
Only 3 teams (NL) have allowed fewer runs and all 3 have played 1 less game.
- Giants: 51
- Padres: 57
- Cards: 59
- Mets: 64
Only 5 teams (NL) have better run differentials
- Phillies: +33
- Giants: +28
- Padres: +22
- Cards: +17
- Mets: +10
- Brewers: +10 (skewed because of the 20-0 Pirates game)
The Mets are one of the hottest teams in the NL going by the last 10 games
- Padres: 8-2
- Mets: 7-3
- Astros: 7-3
- Marlins: 6-4
- Nats: 6-4
The Mets lead the league in putouts
- Mets: 513
- Nats: 489
- Rockies: 488
Thanks, Jack!
-Jerry Manuel
That’s three in a row, if you’re counting at home. (Also 5-1 this homestand.)
Bark at the Park Day. I love dogs.
Jason Bay: 3-4, 2B, RBI. That double to dead center was a rocket. Is someone heating up?
Jon Niese was a bit wild, but… 5 1/3 innings, five hits, five walks and only one run. He struck out six. Still winless, but continues to pitch well.
Manny Acosta vs. his old team. Acosta earned the win with 1 2/3 hitless innings, walking one and striking out three. Not bad, not bad at all.
K-Rod makes it easy. A 1-2-3 9th inning was way, way easier than yesterday. More of these, Frankie.
Henry Blanco stole a base. Yeah, I know!
Only five hits, three of them by Bay. Blanco and Francoeur picked up the other Mets hits. But only four strikeouts. Yay?
Frequent Fernando and Perpetual Pedro. They turned in a combined scoreless 8th inning, but it’s only a matter of time before their arms both fall off.
Jason Bay
Sunday night baseball on ESPN tomorrow, an 8 p.m. start.
Last night I tweeted that Castillo looked like he came up limping after sliding into home – more so than usual – and today he’s out of the lineup. Could be the usual day off for Castillo, or it’s something to keep your eye on.
Game Chat will be up at 1 p.m.
-Jerry Manuel on winning
It’s never easy.
Ike Davis’ first career home run. It was an absolute bomb, 450 ft. to the Shea Bridge. The legend grows.
Hisanori Takahashi out of the ‘pen. Taka, who came in for an injured John Maine, tossed three innings, striking out seven batters(!). He did allow one run, but hey, out of the pen in relief of an injury, and seven Ks? Nice.
The new lineup. Hooray for small sample sizes.
Chip Hale, Mets third base coach. Infield fly, runners advance and Hale send Angel Pagan from third as no one is covering the plate. It was a strange set of circumstances, but Hale and Pagan both kept their heads in it and it paid off. Who says Pagan is bad on the basepaths?
Jose Reyes and Jason Bay’s back-to-back triples. That’s always fun to watch.
Maine’s non-throwing arm. Muscle spasms and pain in his left elbow forced Maine out of the game in the fourth inning. While on the bump, Maine allowed one run on four hits and two walks. He struck out three. He’s listed as day-to-day.
Francisco Rodriguez loves to make it interesting. A hit and a walk brought the tying run to the plate before K-Rod closed out the game, passing Mike Pelfrey for the team lead in saves.
My nerves. Seriously, K-Rod, you’ve got to stop doing this.
Fernando Nieve’s arm. Though he never got into the game, Nieve was seen warming up at least twice. His arm is going to fall off by June.
Hisanori TaKKKKKKKahashi
Mets and Braves do it again tomorrow afternoon, a 1:10 p.m. start.
Update via Gary Cohen on SNY: Muscle spasms and pain in his left elbow. He is, of course, listed as day-to-day. (Note: That is his non-throwing arm.)
John Maine was forced to leave the game in the fourth inning due to what seems to be an undisclosed injury.
Hisanori Takahashi took over for Maine.
Maine didn’t even look at his arm and was still in the dugout after coming out of the game, at least until Takahashi finished off the inning.
Will update when more info is released on Maine’s injury.