The Mets beat the Pirates in a tidy 2 hours and 31 minutes behind a solid start from Big Mike Pelfrey. Here are your game thoughts:
- Pelfrey pitched 7 innings, giving up 0 runs, while scattering 7 hits. Big Pelf walked no one, and struck out 1. Not his most dominant performance of the season, but I’ll take no runs in 7 innings. Mike has the stuff to be a strikeout pitcher, but he isn’t at this point in his career. He’s averaging just 5.15 K’s per 9 innings.
- It seemed like the game would become a laugher early, as the Mets scored 2 runs before making an out. Alas, that was the extent of the offense’s damage, as the lineup went away quietly into the night after scoring early. Like this game. And this game. Anddddd this game.
- Carlos Beltran went 0-4, but contributed in a major way with his perfect throw home to gun down Adam LaRoche in the 7th.
- The bullpen horror show didn’t exactly occur, but Jack Wilson’s homer (his FIRST of the season) off Duaner Sanchez made me turn the game off to watch the Olympics briefly.
- I turned the game back on to watch Aaron Heilman close it out, but not without a little defensive help from his friends, namely Argenis Reyes.
- PNC Park looks like a great place to watch a game. I love the yellow bridge behind the outfield. It’s a slightly better view than the Iron Triangle and 7 Train featured at Shea.
The matchup tonight is Zach Duke vs. Pedro Martinez. Hopefully the Mets can score 10 runs in this one, and save Pedro Feliciano and Heilman's arms from falling off.
Duke is one of those guys who sucks vs. every team except the Mets. Crafty lefties seem to baffle the Mets (see Jamie Moyer, Randy Wolf).
- Duke, career, vs. Mets: 2-0, 26.1 IP, 2.39 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 18 K, 4 BB
- Duke, career, vs. everyone else : 23-35, 520.1 IP, 4.53 ERA, 1.54 WHIP, 264 K, 152 BB
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