NY Mets (38-39) at Pittsburgh (36-42)

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Manuel confident in current cast

Cash Kruth / MLB.com
In several public comments, it appeared as if Jerry Manuel didn't think he had enough talent on his team to compete. But in a private Mets clubhouse, the mind-set was different.
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Mets probable pitcher

Tim Redding

  • #44 RHP
  • (1-3) 6.35 ERA 30 SO
It all fell apart for Redding in a hurry on Saturday against the Yankees. After giving up two hits in the first five innings, Redding allowed four runs on four hits on four consecutive pitches in the sixth, leading to a 5-0 Yankees' win. Redding is 2-2 with a 3.79 ERA in 11 career starts against the Pirates, including an 0-1 mark with a 6.38 ERA in five starts at PNC Park. Pirates shortstop Jack Wilson owns a .385 career average against Redding in 26 at-bats. Redding is glad to finish June -- historically his worst month -- and enter July, when he's 9-11 with a 4.91 ERA in his career.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 35-54 5.01 747.2 306 506 .278
Season 1-3 6.35 45.1 19 30 .265

Series at a Glance

  • Thu, 7/2
    NYM @ PIT
Standings - 07/02/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
New York Mets (NL East) 38 39 .494 2.0 22-17 16-22
Pittsburgh Pirates (NL Central) 36 42 .462 6.0 22-16 14-26
Stats - 07/02/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
NYM .272 343 49 322 76 430 4.21 686.2 682 293 497
PIT .267 338 49 328 44 529 4.19 683.1 670 274 416
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Hanrahan excited about new opportunity

Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com
Newly acquired reliever Joel Hanrahan hopes that a change of scenery brings a change of luck.
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Pirates probable pitcher

Paul Maholm

  • #28 LHP
  • (5-4) 4.35 ERA 63 SO
After laboring through much of June, Maholm closed it out with a bang in his final start of the month. Not only did Maholm snap a personal two-game losing streak, but he did it with the benefit of his sinker, a pitch that had eluded him at times this month. Maholm was also notably efficient, as he typically is when he's at his sharpest. Maholm is 3-2 with a 3.65 ERA in six career starts against the Mets.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 35-39 4.30 700.2 243 450 .279
Season 5-4 4.35 99.1 33 63 .278
Vs. NY Mets 0-1 12.60 5.0 1 2 .417

Mets hitters vs Paul Maholm

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Beltran, Carlos .667 3 1 1 .364 11 1 3
Bowman, Shawn - - - - - - - -
Carter, Chris - - - - - - - -
Castillo, Luis .667 3 0 1 .500 6 0 1
Evans, Nick - - - - .667 6 0 1
Francoeur, Jeff .800 5 0 1 .364 11 0 1
Green, Andy - - - - - - - -
Hernandez, Anderson - - - - .667 3 0 0
Martinez, Fernando - - - - - - - -
Murphy, Daniel - - - - 1.000 1 0 2
Pagan, Angel - - - - .333 9 1 1
Reed, Jeremy - - - - - - - -
Reyes, Jose .667 3 0 2 .438 16 0 3
Santos, Omir - - - - .000 2 0 0
Sullivan, Cory - - - - .000 1 0 0
Thole, Josh - - - - - - - -
Wright, David .333 3 0 1 .250 20 0 2

Pirates hitters vs Tim Redding

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Alvarez, Pedro - - - - - - - -
Bixler, Brian - - - - .333 6 0 0
Cedeno, Ronny - - - - - - - -
Clement, Jeff - - - - - - - -
Cruz, Luis - - - - - - - -
Diaz, Argenis - - - - - - - -
Doumit, Ryan - - - - .500 6 2 3
Hernandez, Gorkys - - - - - - - -
Iwamura, Akinori - - - - - - - -
Jaramillo, Jason - - - - .333 3 0 0
Jones, Garrett - - - - .400 5 0 1
LaRoche, Andy - - - - .000 1 0 0
McCutchen, Andrew - - - - 1.000 1 0 1
Milledge, Lastings - - - - .200 5 0 1
Moss, Brandon - - - - .000 3 0 0
Pearce, Steve - - - - - - - -
Tabata, Jose - - - - .200 5 0 0
Vazquez, Ramon - - - - .250 4 0 0
Walker, Neil - - - - - - - -
Young, Delwyn - - - - .000 2 0 0

Worth the wait (39-39) (36-43)

Mets 9, Pirates 8 (10)

Amazin' resiliency

Wayne Staats / MLB.com
The Mets overcame two rain delays, an early five-run deficit and a blown save by star closer Francisco Rodriguez to upend the Pirates on Ryan Church's RBI single in the 10th inning in what was the team's biggest comeback win of the season.

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Series at a Glance

  • Thu, 7/2
    NYM 9, PIT 8
 
Andy LaRoche watches the rain fail at PNC Park on Thursday. (AP)

Bucs can't hold on

Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com
Adam LaRoche hit a game-tying two-run home run in the ninth inning off Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez, but it wasn't enough to help the Pirates overcome the fact that starter Paul Maholm was unable to take advantage of an early five-run lead.
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Mets 9, Pirates 8

NY Mets AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Castillo, L, 2B 4 0 1 0 2 0 4 .274
Cora, SS 6 1 2 0 0 0 5 .257
Wright, D, 3B 5 2 1 0 1 1 2 .338
Sheffield, RF 4 0 1 1 1 0 2 .288
  Martinez, F, CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .178
Tatis, LF-1B 4 4 3 2 0 0 2 .261
Church, CF-RF 6 2 3 2 0 0 4 .292
Evans, N, 1B-LF 6 0 2 1 0 1 1 .333
Santos, O, C 4 0 1 0 1 1 3 .262
Redding, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083
  Misch, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  a-Murphy, Dn, PH 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 .245
  Dessens, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  b-Reed, PH 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .282
  Stokes, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  c-Reyes, A, PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .083
  Feliciano, P, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Green, S, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  d-Schneider, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .239
  Rodriguez, F, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 43 9 15 9 6 3 24  

a-Singled for Misch in the 4th. b-Hit a sacrifice fly for Dessens in the 5th. c-Walked for Stokes in the 7th. d-Grounded into a fielder's choice for Green, S in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Cora (9, Maholm), Tatis (8, Jackson, S), Santos, O (8, Jackson, S).
HR: Tatis (3, 6th inning off Karstens, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Castillo, L; Cora 3; Wright, D; Sheffield; Tatis 7; Church 3; Evans, N 2; Santos, O 2; Murphy, Dn.
RBI: Murphy, Dn 2 (26), Sheffield (31), Church 2 (21), Evans, N (5), Reed (4), Tatis 2 (19).
2-out RBI: Tatis 2; Church.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Church 3; Sheffield; Castillo, L; Cora 2; Evans, N.
SF: Reed.
GIDP: Castillo, L.
Team RISP: 7-for-19.
Team LOB: 13.

BASERUNNING
SB: Tatis (3, 2nd base off Capps/Diaz, R), Reyes, A (1, 2nd base off Meek/Diaz, R), Cora (7, 2nd base off Maholm/Diaz, R).

FIELDING
DP: (Castillo, L-Cora-Evans, N).
 
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
McCutchen, A, CF 5 0 1 1 0 1 3 .288
Wilson, J, SS 3 0 0 1 1 2 3 .280
Young, De, RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .309
  Jackson, S, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Chavez, J, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  b-Sanchez, F, PH-2B 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .316
LaRoche, Ad, 1B 5 2 2 2 0 0 3 .270
Jones, G, LF-RF 5 3 3 2 0 0 0 .333
LaRoche, An, 3B 4 1 0 0 1 2 1 .274
Diaz, R, C 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 .284
Vazquez, R, 2B 4 0 2 0 1 0 2 .255
  Capps, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Maholm, P 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 .094
  Karstens, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .063
  a-Salazar, Je, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
  Meek, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Moss, LF 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .266
Totals 39 8 12 8 4 7 22  

a-Flied out for Karstens in the 6th. b-Singled for Chavez, J in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: McCutchen, A (6, Redding), Jones, G (1, Redding), Diaz, R (6, Redding).
3B: Jones, G (1, Redding).
HR: Jones, G (1, 7th inning off Feliciano, P, 0 on, 2 out), LaRoche, Ad (12, 9th inning off Rodriguez, F, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: McCutchen, A 2; Sanchez, F; LaRoche, Ad 5; Jones, G 9; Diaz, R 4; Vazquez, R 2.
RBI: Diaz, R 2 (17), McCutchen, A (19), Wilson, J (26), Jones, G 2 (2), LaRoche, Ad 2 (39).
2-out RBI: Jones, G.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: LaRoche, Ad; Young, De; Maholm; Wilson, J; Moss.
S: Wilson, J.
SF: Wilson, J.
GIDP: LaRoche, Ad.
Team RISP: 2-for-13.
Team LOB: 10.

FIELDING
DP: (Vazquez, R-Wilson, J-LaRoche, Ad).
 
NY Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Redding 2.1 6 5 5 2 2 0 6.99
Misch 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.40
Dessens 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.86
Stokes 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.78
Feliciano, P (H, 15) 0.2 1 1 1 0 1 1 2.78
Green, S (H, 8) 1.1 0 0 0 1 2 0 5.00
Rodriguez, F (BS, 3)(W, 2-2) 2.0 4 2 2 0 1 1 1.59
 
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Maholm 4.1 11 6 6 1 1 0 4.69
Karstens 1.2 1 2 2 2 0 1 4.80
Meek 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2.73
Jackson, S 1.2 2 0 0 1 1 0 4.40
Chavez, J 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.41
Capps (L, 1-4) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 4.88

WP: Maholm.
HBP: McCutchen, A (by Redding), Young, De (by Dessens), Diaz, R (by Green, S), Tatis (by Maholm), Tatis (by Capps).
Pitches-strikes: Redding 49-27, Misch 6-4, Dessens 19-10, Stokes 21-15, Feliciano, P 18-11, Green, S 25-14, Rodriguez, F 46-30, Maholm 81-53, Karstens 28-17, Meek 15-6, Jackson, S 33-19, Chavez, J 1-1, Capps 25-18.
Groundouts-flyouts: Redding 2-3, Misch 2-0, Dessens 2-1, Stokes 1-4, Feliciano, P 1-0, Green, S 2-0, Rodriguez, F 2-3, Maholm 9-3, Karstens 0-5, Meek 3-0, Jackson, S 2-2, Chavez, J 0-1, Capps 1-1.
Batters faced: Redding 16, Misch 2, Dessens 4, Stokes 7, Feliciano, P 3, Green, S 6, Rodriguez, F 10, Maholm 25, Karstens 8, Meek 5, Jackson, S 8, Chavez, J 1, Capps 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Misch 1-0, Karstens 2-1, Chavez, J 2-0.
EjectionsPittsburgh Pirates right fielder Delwyn Young ejected by HP umpire Chad Fairchild. (7th).
Umpires: HP: Chad Fairchild. 1B: Wally Bell. 2B: Mike Estabrook. 3B: Marty Foster.
Weather: 65 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 6 mph, R to L.
T: 3:48 (1:13 delay).
Att: 14,321.
July 2, 2009

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