Live Mets Chat: NYM @ SFG

Sunday night baseball!  Join in and chat with some fellow Mets fans.

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Lineup set for finale in San Fran; No Reyes (tendinitis)

Jose Reyes has been diagnosed with tendinitis in his calf by SF Giants doctors, according to Adam Rubin.  He will miss his fourth straight start.

Here’s the Reyes-free lineup…

1. Alex Cora – SS
2. Luis Castillo – 2B
3. Carlos Beltran – CF
4. Gary Sheffield – RF
5. David Wright – 3B
6. Daniel Murphy – LF
7. Omir Santos – C
8. Jeremy Reed – 1B
9. Mike Pelfrey – RHP

Live chat starts at 8 p.m. tonight as the Mets are on ESPN to finish out the series in SF.

Live Mets Chat: NYM @ SFG

Enjoy some Saturday baseball with fellow Mets fans.

(Chat removed, as usual.)

Delgado to DL, Pagan called up

The Mets have finally put Carlos Delgado on the disabled list with a right hip impingement.

Angel Pagan has been called up to fill the roster the spot.

Pagan was arrested a few weeks ago for unpid driving tickets in Florida while rehabbing from his shoulder injury. Hey Pagan, I would suggest hiring a driver, as long as it's not the same guy that drove Duaner Sanchez around.

Weekend away

I’ll be heading down to the Jersey shore for a weekend with some friends.  I’m leaving my quickly dying computer behind, so posting will be sparse if at all.  I have my BlackBerry, so if anything super-important breaks, I will try and post it.

Enjoy two scheduled game chats for today’s afternoon game and tomorrow’s night game.

Feel free to use the comments to chat about the Metsies this weekend.

Thanks and let’s go Mets!

-Andrew Vazzano

Game Recap: Mets 8 – Giants 6

Just call them The Comeback Kids.

The New York Mets (20-15) beat the San Francisco Giants (18-17) by a score of 8-6.

Livan Hernandez, making the start for the Mets, got roughed up early.  Hernandez allowed four runs in the first inning and another in the fifth inning before settling down.  He pitched five innings, allowing five runs on eight hits. 

Sean Green allowed a run on two hits in the sixth inning.  Pedro Feliciano and Brian Stokes each turned in scoreless innings.  Francisco Rodriguez turned in a 1-2-3 9th inning to notch his 11th save of the season.

Facing Tim Lincecum, the Mets had a stiff task ahead of them.  David Wright drove in one in the first inning with an RBI single.  Down 5-1, the Mets got two more in the sixth inning on an Omir Santos sac-fly and another Wright RBI single. 

The Mets got two on to start the seventh inning, chasing Lincecum.  With the bases loaded and none out, Wright hit a bases-clearing double to left field to tie the game. 

In the 9th, Ryan Church attempted to bunt over two runners.  Brian Wilson fielded and threw to third, trying to get the lead runner, but his toss went wide and Gary Sheffield scored, giving the Mets the lead.  Santos added another run on an RBI sac-fly.

Wright went 3-5 with 4 RBI and a stolen base tonight.  He has absolutely dominated over the last two games.

What a win.  Hanging in against the 2008 Cy Young winner and then exploiting the Giants bullpen and their mistakes.  I tweeted that this win might be season defining.  What do you think?

Live Mets Chat: NYM @ SFG

Join in to chat about game two of the Mets / Giants matchup by the bay.

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Ex-Mets: Padres DFA Duaner

The San Diego Padres have designated Duaner Sanchez for assignment, according to Corey Brock of MLB.

Sanchez allowed 18 hits in 11 innings.  He had walked eight and had an ERA of 9.00.  Sanchez had only struck out two batters.

Wacky lineup

Here’s the lineup as the Mets look to take game two in San Francisco.

1. Alex Cora – SS
2. Luis Castillo – 2B
3. Carlos Beltran – CF
4. Gary Sheffield – LF
5. David Wright – 3B
6. Ryan Church – LF
7. Omir Santos – C
8. Jeremy Reed - 1B
9. Livan Hernandez – RHP

Reed is making his first start at first base in his major league career.  He has one inning of experience at the position in MLB.

I’m not so sure about Cora leading off, either.

Redding to start Monday

Tim Redding will come off the disabled list and start for the Mets on Monday, according to Bart Hubbuch’s Twitter.

It was going to happen soon enough.  Hopefully Redding can perform at the major league level and play up to his $2.5 million contract.

I’m guessing this spells the end of Ken Takahashi’s run on the Mets.  I guess he’s going back to the minors for when he’s needed once more.

Unless the Mets put Carlos Delgado on the DL and play with a short bench.  But I doubt that.