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Mets Snap Losing Streak, Escape Philadelphia With 7-4 Win
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Nick Evans hit a three-run homer and drove in four, as the New York Mets avoided a three-game sweep at the hands of the Philadelphia Phillies with a 7-4 win.
David Wright went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and two RBI while Lucas Duda drove in a run and scored once for the Mets, who snapped a five-game losing streak.
Mike Pelfrey (7-10) got the win after giving up just three runs on nine hits, with two walks and two strikeouts, over six innings. Shane Victorino drove in two while Chase Utley went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored for the Phillies, who had won five of seven. Kyle Kendrick (7-6) gave up six runs -- two earned -- on seven hits in just four innings. A costly error helped trigger a four-run first for the Mets. After Angel Pagan's single, Ruben Tejada hit a tailor-made double-play grounder to short, but Michael Martinez couldn't handle the transfer, leaving everyone safe on the error. Wright then singled to load the bases in front of Duda, who drove in the first run on a grounder to second that forced out Wright. After a strikeout that would have been the third out without the error, Evans crushed a middle-in fastball deep into the left-field seats for a 4-0 lead. The Phillies squandered a scoring opportunity in the first, but capitalized with three two-out runs in the second. Carlos Ruiz singled with one out and moved to second on Martinez's single. After Kendrick sacrificed both runners up one base, Victorino came through with a two-run single to center. Placido Polanco followed with a single to right, moving Victorino to third, and Utley fought off a fastball, rolling it up the middle for a 4-3 game. Pelfrey retired Hunter Pence for the second time with runners on base, this time on a fly out to right with the bases loaded. New York got one of the runs back on Wright's opposite-field solo shot to right in the third. The third baseman drove in another run with a sacrifice fly in the fourth. Evans struck again in the fifth, driving a double past Victorino in center, scoring Bay for a 7-3 game. Philadelphia narrowed the gap in the seventh as Utley split the gap in right- center and scampered all of the way to third on Pagan's throwing error. He scored on Pence's infield single. Ross Gload doubled with one out in the eight and Victorino reached base on a Duda error to put runners on the corners. Polanco then hit a sharp grounder that seemed to be heading into the outfield, but Justin Turner made a diving stop and the Mets turned the 4-6-3 double play to end the frame. Bobby Parnell allowed two men on in the ninth to bring the tying run to the plate with two outs, but got Ruiz to ground out to short for his first save of the season. Game Notes The Phillies have taken two of three from the Mets in each of the five series between the two teams this season...The Phillies host Florida for three games starting on Friday...The Mets return home to face the Braves for three games starting on Friday...Ruiz's stolen base in the third was his first of the season...Both teams stranded 12 men on base.
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WP: Mike Pelfrey (7 - 10)
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Mets Place Jon Niese On DL, Scott Hairston Could Soon Follow
After a very difficult start against the Phillies on Tuesday, the Mets have put hobbled pitcher Jon Niese on the DL with a muscle strain in his side according to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com. Niese has been suffering from the injury for a while, and after his start had been moved back for a couple days, he re-aggravated the injury during the third inning on a pitch to Hunter Pence. He stayed in the game after that, but his command was off. Niese doesn't believe that he caused the injury to get any worse by staying in the game.
"I don't know if I damaged it more," Niese said. "I doubt it. But it's one of those things where I can't pitch with it. I've just got to get it better."
DiComo also reports that he may be joined on the DL by Scott Hairston who is awaiting the results of an X-Ray.
The news was no better for Hairston, who underwent an X-ray after injuring his left intercostal muscle on a swing in the seventh inning. Though the Mets were still awaiting the results of that test late Tuesday night, Hairston is almost certainly headed to the disabled list.
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Mets At Phillies: Mets Need Pelfrey To Cure Losing Woes
(Sports Network) – The New York Mets hope a quick turnaround will cure their recent woes when they finish a three-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies this afternoon from Citizens Bank Park.
New York suffered its fifth straight loss in last night’s 9-4 decision in the second portion of this series, as starting pitcher Jon Niese was rattled for eight runs and 10 hits in four innings of work. Niese, a lefty, aggravated a muscle on his right side and could be headed to the disabled list.
“I don’t know if I damaged it more,” Niese said on the club’s official website. “I doubt it. But it’s one of those things where I can’t pitch with it. I’ve just got to get it better.”
Lucas Duda hit a two-run homer and Justin Turner chipped in two hits and an RBI for New York, which is just 2-11 in its last 13 games and will head home after today’s game to begin an eight-game residency versus Atlanta and Florida. Duda has two homers and six RBI over his last four games. Center fielder Angel Pagan is battling a stomach bug and has reached base safely in 18 of the 19 games he’s played this month. Pagan was forced out of the game Monday because of possible symptoms of colitis.
“It’s scary, because when you have a disease that’s going to be with you your whole life, you don’t know what it’s going to turn into,” Pagan said. “I’m very thankful now that they know how to control everything and I know how to take care of everything myself. I’m a little more calm about it.”
The Mets are hoping Mike Pelfrey can get back into the win column for the first time since July 27 when he gets the nod this afternoon. Pelfrey is 0-1 in five starts since then and lost to Milwaukee on Friday in a 6-1 defeat. Pelfrey allowed four runs — three earned — and eight hits in five frames to fall to 6-19 in 26 games (25 starts) to go along with a 4.61 ERA.’’
Pelfrey lost to Philadelphia back on July 17 and was reached for four runs and six hits in five innings. The righty is 6-6 with a 5.12 ERA in 17 career starts against the Mets. He is only 3-8 as the visitor this season.
Philadelphia has the best record in baseball at 83-44 and posted its fifth win in seven tries last night. John Mayberry hit a three-run homer and Shane Victorino finished with two hits, including a home run, and three RBI for the Phillies, who still lead Atlanta by 6 1/2 games for the NL East lead. Victorino is riding an 11-game hitting streak and Mayberry owns 12 homers.
“I’m feeling relaxed and feeling comfortable,” said Mayberry, who has homered three times in his last five games. “I’m getting good pitches to hit and right now, I’m not missing them.”
Ben Francisco had three hits and winning pitcher Vance Worley went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a pair of runs scored. Worley threw seven innings of one-run ball and struck out nine batters. The Phillies have won each of the righty’s last 12 appearances. Worley hasn’t lost since May 29, when he gave up eight runs in three innings to the Mets.
The Phillies will host Florida for three games over the weekend. First baseman Ryan Howard is listed as day-to-day with bursitis in the heel and Achilles region of his left foot. Raul Ibanez is also day-to-day with a left groin injury.
Kyle Kendrick gets the start for the Phils today and is 7-5 with a 3.24 ERA in 29 games (12 starts). He is 2-0 in his last four appearances and has posted consecutive no-decisions, last taking the hill in an 8-4 loss at Washington on Friday. Kendrick tossed six innings of two-run ball, struck out four and issued just one walk after a rain delay forced Roy Oswalt to the bench.
Kendrick, a right-hander, has been mainly relegated to bullpen duties this season and will get some starting action with Cole Hamels resting. Kendrick defeated the Mets on July 17 with seven innings of one-run ball in an 8-5 triumph and is 4-5 with a 2.88 ERA in 13 games (10 starts) against New York.
Philadelphia has won 10 of 14 meetings with New York this season. The Mets are 5-15 this month, while the Phils are 46-20 as the host.
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Mets Sleepwalk Through Another Game, Fall 9-4 To Phillies
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Home runs by Shane Victorino and John Mayberry, Jr. in the third inning got the Phillies started, but they were hardly finished and rolled to a 9-4 victory over the Mets.
Philadelphia got another good start from rookie Vance Worley, who escaped two early jams with strikeouts. Worley (9-1) went on to post a career-high nine while giving up just one run in seven innings, and also drove in a run.
The Phillies have won each of his last 12 starts, the longest stretch for the team this season and the longest for any MLB rookie since 1986, when Texas won 12 consecutive starts by Bobby Witt.
Philadelphia won his outing Tuesday thanks to several bursts of offense. After Victorino's solo blast and Mayberry's three-run shot, the home team added one run in the fourth and four in the fifth. As the runs piled up for the Phillies, the miscues piled up for the Mets. A few times, the two coincided -- like in the fifth inning, when Mets center fielder Angel Pagan misjudged a fly ball by Victorino, having it fly over his head for a two-run triple. That's just how things are going for the Phillies and Mets these days. NL East-leading Philadelphia has outscored New York 19-4 in the first two games of this set, and has won each of the four series so far this season. Meanwhile, the Mets fell to 2-11 in their last 13 games.
Final - 8.23.2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Mets At Phillies: Struggling Mets Try To Find Answers In Philadelphia
(Sports Network) – The Philadelphia Phillies have won Vance Worley’s last 11 starts and look to make it a perfect dozen when they resume a three-game series versus the New York Mets tonight from Citizens Bank Park.
Worley hasn’t tasted defeat since May 29, when the rival Mets hammered him for eight runs — five earned — in a 9-5 decision at Citi Field. He has beaten the Mets since then and is 2-1 with a 3.52 ERA in four career games (3 starts) in this series.
The young right-hander is 6-0 with a 2.41 earned run average in his last 11 trips to the mound, but hasn’t looked so sharp in each of his previous two outings — both no-decisions. He allowed six runs in four innings of a 9-8 win in Los Angeles on Aug. 10, then lasted three innings in a 4-1 win over Arizona last Thursday. That game was delayed by rain, forcing Worley to the bench. A thunderstorm delayed the game for 2 hours, 17 minutes after three innings.
Worley is 8-1 with a 2.76 ERA in 17 games, 15 of which have been starts, this season and will put his 4-0 record in eight starts at home on the line.
Jonathon Niese takes the mound for New York and has dropped consecutive starts since winning four of his previous five decisions. He last pitched in Tuesday’s 6-1 loss at San Diego, where he allowed three runs and 10 hits in six innings. Niese dropped to 11-10 in 26 games (25 starts) with a 4.05 ERA.
The lefty defeated Philadelphia the last time he faced the NL East rivals in an 11-2 triumph on July 16, as he was reached for two runs — one earned — in seven innings. Niese is 3-3 with a 2.82 ERA in seven career starts against the Phillies.
Philadelphia gave Cliff Lee more than enough run support in Monday’s series- opening 10-0 win, as John Mayberry Jr. and Hunter Pence both hit two-run homers to lead the way. Pence also scored four runs, Shane Victorino and Carlos Ruiz had two RBI apiece and Lee threw seven scoreless innings to go along with seven strikeouts.
“I was throwing a lot of strikes early. Working ahead in the count,” said Lee.
Lee extended his personal winning streak to five starts and has given up just six runs in 38 2/3 innings during the span. He also set a career-high with 191 strikeouts this season, beating his previous mark of 185 set last year with No. 186 in the third inning. Lee has won 12 of his last 15 decisions.
Placido Polanco had two hits in his return from the disabled list because of a sports hernia, while Jimmy Rollins landed on the DL with a groin strain. Raul Ibanez was scratched from the lineup with a sore left groin and Mayberry started in his place at left field. Ibanez may sit again with Niese pitching.
The Phillies will also host Florida for three games on this homestand.
New York has dropped four straight and 10 of its last 12 games.
Mets center fielder Angel Pagan left the game with a stomach virus and is expected to play Tuesday, while Lucas Duda and Ruben Tejada had two hits apiece for the Mets. Pagan is hitting .375 with three homers and seven stolen bases over his last 17 games dating back to Aug. 2.
“There’s not much (left to say),” Mets manager Terry Collins said. “We’ve got to make sure to continue to prepare ourselves and play the game hard. If we ever get hot, times will change. Right now, we’re not hitting and we’re not pitching. That’s a bad combination.”
Jose Reyes is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment Thursday with Double-A Binghamton and has been sidelined since Aug. 8 with a strained left hamstring. The All-Star shortstop ran a series of sprints to first base on Monday and is taking it slow to avoid further injury. Entering Monday’s play, Reyes still led the National League with a .336 average and 16 triples.
Philadelphia has won nine of 13 meetings with New York this season. The Mets are 5-14 this month, while the Phils are 45-20 as the host.
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Mets At Phillies: Struggling Mets Try To Find Answers In Philadelphia
(Sports Network) – The Philadelphia Phillies have won Vance Worley’s last 11 starts and look to make it a perfect dozen when they resume a three-game series versus the New York Mets tonight from Citizens Bank Park.
Worley hasn’t tasted defeat since May 29, when the rival Mets hammered him for eight runs — five earned — in a 9-5 decision at Citi Field. He has beaten the Mets since then and is 2-1 with a 3.52 ERA in four career games (3 starts) in this series.
The young right-hander is 6-0 with a 2.41 earned run average in his last 11 trips to the mound, but hasn’t looked so sharp in each of his previous two outings — both no-decisions. He allowed six runs in four innings of a 9-8 win in Los Angeles on Aug. 10, then lasted three innings in a 4-1 win over Arizona last Thursday. That game was delayed by rain, forcing Worley to the bench. A thunderstorm delayed the game for 2 hours, 17 minutes after three innings.
Worley is 8-1 with a 2.76 ERA in 17 games, 15 of which have been starts, this season and will put his 4-0 record in eight starts at home on the line.
Jonathon Niese takes the mound for New York and has dropped consecutive starts since winning four of his previous five decisions. He last pitched in Tuesday’s 6-1 loss at San Diego, where he allowed three runs and 10 hits in six innings. Niese dropped to 11-10 in 26 games (25 starts) with a 4.05 ERA.
The lefty defeated Philadelphia the last time he faced the NL East rivals in an 11-2 triumph on July 16, as he was reached for two runs — one earned — in seven innings. Niese is 3-3 with a 2.82 ERA in seven career starts against the Phillies.
Philadelphia gave Cliff Lee more than enough run support in Monday’s series- opening 10-0 win, as John Mayberry Jr. and Hunter Pence both hit two-run homers to lead the way. Pence also scored four runs, Shane Victorino and Carlos Ruiz had two RBI apiece and Lee threw seven scoreless innings to go along with seven strikeouts.
“I was throwing a lot of strikes early. Working ahead in the count,” said Lee.
Lee extended his personal winning streak to five starts and has given up just six runs in 38 2/3 innings during the span. He also set a career-high with 191 strikeouts this season, beating his previous mark of 185 set last year with No. 186 in the third inning. Lee has won 12 of his last 15 decisions.
Placido Polanco had two hits in his return from the disabled list because of a sports hernia, while Jimmy Rollins landed on the DL with a groin strain. Raul Ibanez was scratched from the lineup with a sore left groin and Mayberry started in his place at left field. Ibanez may sit again with Niese pitching.
The Phillies will also host Florida for three games on this homestand.
New York has dropped four straight and 10 of its last 12 games.
Mets center fielder Angel Pagan left the game with a stomach virus and is expected to play Tuesday, while Lucas Duda and Ruben Tejada had two hits apiece for the Mets. Pagan is hitting .375 with three homers and seven stolen bases over his last 17 games dating back to Aug. 2.
“There’s not much (left to say),” Mets manager Terry Collins said. “We’ve got to make sure to continue to prepare ourselves and play the game hard. If we ever get hot, times will change. Right now, we’re not hitting and we’re not pitching. That’s a bad combination.”
Jose Reyes is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment Thursday with Double-A Binghamton and has been sidelined since Aug. 8 with a strained left hamstring. The All-Star shortstop ran a series of sprints to first base on Monday and is taking it slow to avoid further injury. Entering Monday’s play, Reyes still led the National League with a .336 average and 16 triples.
Philadelphia has won nine of 13 meetings with New York this season. The Mets are 5-14 this month, while the Phils are 45-20 as the host.
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Mets-Phillies Score: Cliff Lee, Philly Bats Dominate Mets 10-0
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - The Phillies scored 10 runs for Cliff Lee.
He only needed one. Lee continued another one of his dominant streaks, striking out seven batters in seven shutout innings, and Hunter Pence hit a two-run homer and scored four times Monday in a 10-0 win over the Mets. Lee (14-7) extended his personal winning streak to five starts and has given up just six runs in 38 2/3 innings during the span. He allowed just three hits and three walks to the Mets on Monday. The left-hander also set a career-high with 191 strikeouts this season, beating his previous mark of 185 set last year with No. 186 in the third inning. "I was throwing a lot of strikes early. Working ahead in the count," said Lee. John Mayberry also hit a two-run homer for the Phillies, while Placido Polanco went 2-for-4 with a walk and a run scored in his return from the disabled list from a sports hernia. The Phillies placed Jimmy Rollins on the 15-day disabled list with a mild Grade 2 right groin strain he suffered Sunday. Mets rookie Dillon Gee (11-5) was lit up for eight runs on seven hits in just 3 2/3 innings and suffered only his second loss in the last seven starts. Center fielder Angel Pagan, who was Lee's 186th strikeout in the third, left the game with a stomach virus. Lucas Duda and Ruben Tejada had two hits apiece for the Mets, who have lost four straight and are just 2-10 in their last 12 games. "There's not much (left to say)," said Mets manager Terry Collins. "We've got to make sure to continue to prepare ourselves and play the game hard. If we ever get hot, times will change. Right now, we're not hitting and we're not pitching. That's a bad combination. The Phillies poured it on in the opener of this three-game series, starting with a three-run rally in the second inning that included an RBI single by Wilson Valdez and Shane Victorino's two-run triple. Mayberry belted his 11th homer in the third inning, scoring Pence after a walk, and he drew a bases-loaded walk in the fourth that chased Gee from the game. Carlos Ruiz then greeted reliever Ryota Igarashi with a two-run single to make it 8-0. Pence hit his 16th homer off Igarashi in the sixth inning, plating Ryan Howard after a single, for the final score. Lee hit a ball to the warning track in the seventh inning that was caught. David Herndon replaced him on the mound in the eighth and faced the minimum, getting double plays in both innings he pitched. Game Notes The Phillies are 9-4 against Mets this season...The Phillies are 5-4 since a 12-1 stretch...Lee has won 12 of his last 15 decisions...Both teams left seven runners on base...Collins, on having his pitchers watch Lee throw, said: "He knows what he's doing. You've got to watch guys like that. You've got to pay attention to one of the great pitchers and how he handles success."
Final - 8.22.2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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WP: Cliff Lee (14 - 7)
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