SB Nation New York - Jon Niese Lasts Just Four Innings In 11-0 Loss To Phillieshttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48977/ny-fave.png2011-04-07T19:44:28-04:00http://newyork.sbnation.com/rss/stream/18605082011-04-07T19:44:28-04:002011-04-07T19:44:28-04:00Phillies 11, Mets 0: New York Pitching Embarrassed Once Again
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<p>That 3-1 start sure does feel like it was ages ago. In less than 24 hours, the New York Mets have fallen back to earth after their solid start with two dreadful losses to the Philadelphia Phillies. They followed up Wednesday night's 10-7 defeat with an 11-0 beatdown Thursday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park.</p>
<p>It's hard enough to beat <span>Roy Halladay</span> under normal circumstances, but on this day the Mets decided to spot him six runs over the first four innings. All the Cy Young award winner did was put up zeros for seven innings, giving up six hits and striking out seven while walking just one.</p>
<p>New York did threaten to in the third inning when they loaded the bases with one out behind singles from <span>Josh Thole</span>, <span>Jose Reyes</span> and <span>Willie Harris</span>. Halladay put out the fire quickly by striking out <span>David Wright</span> and getting a weak groundout from <span>Ike Davis</span> to end the inning and the ace never looked back.</p>
<p>Former Met <span>Wilson Valdez</span>, filling in for the injured <span>Chase Utley</span>, knocked New York pitching around as much as any Phillie player on his way to a career-high four hits, including two doubles and three runs batted in. In the seventh inning and Philadelphia holding an 8-0 lead, <span>Raul Ibanez</span> connected on his first home run off the season off of <span>Tim Byrdak</span> to get the Phillies to double digits.</p>
<p>Starter <span>Jon Niese</span> lasted just four innings, a day after <span>Mike Pelfrey</span> barely got through two, and surrendered six runs on eight hits. He did, however, strike out seven while walking just one.</p>
<p>Reyes led what little Mets offense there was with two hits, raising his season average to .310.</p>
<p>Terry Collins' crew won't have much time to stew over the loss with Opening Day at Citi Field coming up on Friday afternoon against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.federalbaseball.com/">Washington Nationals</a>. </p>
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<td colspan="13">WP: Roy Halladay (1 - 0) <br> LP: Jon Niese (0 - 1)</td>
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https://newyork.sbnation.com/new-york-mets/2011/4/7/2097517/phillies-11-mets-0-new-york-pitching-embarrassed-once-againRyan Jones2011-04-07T10:46:36-04:002011-04-07T10:46:36-04:00Mets At Phillies: Jon Niese Duels With Last Year's Cy Young Award Winner, Roy Halladay
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<p>After Mike Pelfrey's implosion last night, Jon Niese takes the hill on Wednesday afternoon (3:05 p.m. EST, SNY) with a goal of providing quality innings and translating that to the New York Mets' second series win of the year. Of course, his task won't be easy because he'll be facing NL Cy Young winner, Roy Halladay, who's pretty much as automatic as any pitcher comes nowadays.</p>
<p>While Niese didn't earn a victory in his first start of the season against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/teams/florida-marlins">Marlins</a>, he threw well: seven two-run innings, with three strikeouts. This start should be a very telling for Niese against a number of plus hitters who hit lefties well and a park that plays like a bandbox. Keep the ball down -- unlike Pelfrey -- and Niese will have a chance. The worst part for him, though, is that giving up one run could be the game against Halladay, who is 6-2 with a 3.86 ERA against the Mets. The 33-year-old allowed one run in six innings and struckout six in his season's debut against the lowly <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.crawfishboxes.com/">Astros</a>. Luckily for the Mets, there hitting isn't nearly as poor as Houston's.</p>
<p><span>Carlos Beltran</span> is expected to receive a day off today; he's 3-for-17 this season. <span>Willie Harris</span> should start in left with <span>Lucas Duda</span> in right field. Most Mets regulars haven't had too many at-bats against Halladay; Beltran has 42 plate appearances, but Reyes is the next with 20 (and is batting .421/.450/.789) while <span>Angel Pagan</span>, <span>David Wright</span> and <span>Ike Davis</span> are the only other batters (with very little success) with double-digit at-bats against the Phillies' ace.</p>
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<p class="game-info"><span>Thursday, Apr 7, 2011, 3:05 PM EDT</span><br> Citizens Bank Park</p>
<p class="pitchers"><span>Jon Niese</span> vs <span>Roy Halladay</span></p>
<p class="weather"> Mostly cloudy. Winds blowing in from right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 50.</p>
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