| The agony continues. J. A. Happ, fresh up from the minors, goes 6 decent innings in his major league debut, leaving the game with a 4-3 Phillie lead, in line for his first major league win if the lead holds up. It was not to be. JC Romero, fresh from the Sox, pitches a 1-2-3 7th but allows a Carlos Delgado RBI double to tie the game in the 8th. I then made a double switch that I would later regret. Michael Bourn got the start in left field, so when Antonio Alfonseca came in to pitch with two runners on base Pat Burrell took over in left field, batting in the 9 hole. The first batter Damion Easley rips a double over Burrell's head to score two runs (he is a 4 fielder) and give the Mets the lead. It got worse, as after an intentional walk and a strikeout Ricky Ledee rips one to left that Burrell can't handle, going as a 3 base error scoring two more runs for 5 Met runs in the inning. "Superman" Chris Coste (look at his batting average - 8 for 13 so far with six extra base hits!) would get a pinch-hit 2 RBI double in the 9th off Billy Wagner, but that would be all the Phils could get and lose by two runs. This will be Happ's only start for the year, as he goes back to the minors before tomorrow's game. At least he didn't get the loss. In his actual real-life start, he allowed 7 hits and 5 runs in 4 innings, so at least he improved on that. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 New York (NL) Mets At 2007 Philadelphia Phillies 6/30/2007
Mets AB R H RBI AVG Phillies AB R H RBI AVG
J.Reyes SS 4 1 1 0 .300 J.Rollins SS 4 2 1 0 .272
P.Lo Duca C 3 0 1 1 .299 M.Bourn LF 4 0 0 0 .286
C-R.Gotay PR 1 1 0 0 .278 A.Alfonseca P 0 0 0 0 .000
P.Feliciano P 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Mesa P 0 0 0 0 ----
B.Wagner P 0 0 0 0 .096 G-C.Coste PH 1 0 1 2 .615
C.Beltran CF 4 1 2 1 .296 C.Utley 2B 5 1 1 1 .314
D.Wright 3B 5 0 0 0 .324 R.Howard 1B 4 1 3 1 .308
C.Delgado 1B 4 1 1 0 .313 A.Rowand CF 4 1 1 1 .274
D.Easley 2B 3 3 3 4 .305 S.Victorino RF 4 0 0 0 .269
S.Green RF 3 1 1 0 .269 G.Dobbs 3B 3 1 1 0 .257
C.Gomez LF 4 0 0 0 .181 C.Ruiz C 3 0 0 0 .293
J.Sosa P 2 0 1 0 .190 J.Happ P 1 0 0 0 .000
B-J.Franco PH 1 0 0 0 .250 A-A.Nunez PH 1 0 0 0 .230
A.Sele P 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Romero P 0 0 0 0 ----
E-R.Ledee PH 1 0 0 0 .200 D-P.Burrell LF 0 0 0 0 .195
F-R.Castro C 0 0 0 0 .296
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 35 8 10 6 Totals 34 6 8 5
A-Pinch Hit For Happ In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Sosa In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Lo Duca In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Romero In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Sele In 8th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Ledee In 8th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Mesa In 9th Inning
Mets............ 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 - 8 10 0
Phillies........ 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 - 6 8 1
Mets (51-28) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Sosa 6 7 4 4 2 5 2 112 4.80
A.Sele WIN(3-0) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 6.92
P.Feliciano 1 1/3 0 2 2 2 1 0 23 2.87
B.Wagner SAVE(17th) 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 3.18
Totals 9 8 6 6 4 6 2
Phillies (34-47) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Happ 6 7 3 3 2 5 2 93 4.50
J.Romero L(0-2) BS(1st) 1 1/3 1 3 3 2 1 0 27 4.94
A.Alfonseca 0 2/3 1 2 0 2 2 0 21 4.99
J.Mesa 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 4.50
Totals 9 10 8 6 6 8 2
ATTENDANCE- 39,608 DATE- Saturday, June 30th 2007 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 3:04
LEFT ON BASE- Mets: 6 Phillies: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Mets: 0 Phillies: 3
ERRORS- P.Burrell
DOUBLES- J.Reyes(7th), P.Lo Duca(8th), C.Beltran(26th), C.Delgado(14th),
D.Easley(8th), J.Rollins(21st), C.Utley(21st), G.Dobbs(7th)
HOME RUNS- D.Easley-2(9th), R.Howard(21st), A.Rowand(14th)
STOLEN BASES- S.Green(6th), J.Rollins(19th)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Happ
WALKS- J.Reyes, P.Lo Duca, C.Beltran, C.Delgado, D.Easley, S.Green, J.Rollins,
G.Dobbs, C.Ruiz, P.Burrell
STRIKE OUTS- P.Lo Duca, R.Gotay, C.Beltran, C.Delgado, C.Gomez-3, J.Sosa,
M.Bourn, C.Utley-2, A.Rowand, S.Victorino, J.Happ
GIDP- D.Wright, C.Delgado, S.Green
WILD PITCHES- J.Sosa
Second baseman Damion Easley cracked 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI as the New York
(NL) Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies by a score of 8 to 6 at
Citizen's Bank Park.
Easley was in a groove all day. The Philadelphia fans hated to see him
approaching the batter's box. He ripped a solo home run in the 2nd inning,
delivered a solo blast (his 9th of the season) in the 4th inning and doubled
scoring two baserunners in the 8th inning. The game was a wild affair with
the lead changing hands 5 times.
Aaron Sele(3-0) got the win allowing no runs in 1 inning. Billy Wagner
recorded the save, his 17th. J.C. Romero(0-2) took the loss in relief.
'I had good swings today,' Easley said, 'Everything felt right'.
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