NY Mets (44-48) at Washington (26-66)

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Mets playing waiting game with Sheffield

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Jerry Manuel had been hopeful that Gary Sheffield could be back on Tuesday, but after Monday's game, Manuel indicated that the Mets will likely have to wait some more.
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Mets probable pitcher

Oliver Perez

  • #46 LHP
  • (2-2) 7.99 ERA 28 SO
Given to dramatic swings in performance, Perez produced a middle-of-the-road start in his most recent appearance Thursday in Atlanta. His six innings qualified as a quality start -- for those who accept that ultra-forgiving category. He allowed three runs, nine baserunners, four on walks, and bases-empty home runs to two successive batters. Two of the critical hits were produced by left-handed hitters. Those figures might have resulted in a victory, but the Mets scored three, so they resulted in Perez's third no-decision in seven starts. Now he faces an opponent that has troubled him over the years. Since the beginning of the 2006 season, Perez has started eight games against the Nationals, winning twice, losing four times, producing a 7.53 ERA and allowing 72 baserunners in 40 2/3 innings. Austin Kearns has a .345 average and four home runs in 29 career at-bats against Perez.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 57-62 4.50 1032.0 560 1055 .242
Season 2-2 7.99 32.2 32 28 .291
July 1-0 4.09 11.0 11 8 .237
Vs. Washington 0-1 14.54 4.1 3 3 .409

Series at a Glance

Standings - 07/21/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
New York Mets (NL East) 44 48 .478 9.0 25-20 19-28
Washington Nationals (NL East) 26 66 .283 27.0 16-31 10-35
Stats - 07/21/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
NYM .266 390 53 368 84 508 4.34 816.2 829 364 584
WSH .261 394 82 380 41 700 5.19 808.0 896 365 512
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Hernandez giving the outfield a try

Bill Ladson / MLB.com
Anderson Hernandez has lost significant playing time at second base because of the emergence of Alberto Gonzalez, so Riggleman is looking for other ways to play him.
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Nationals probable pitcher

John Lannan

  • #31 LHP
  • (6-7) 3.64 ERA 52 SO
Lannan continues to give the Nationals one good performance after another, but a lack of run support has led to his sub-.500 record. Again, Lannan threw a quality start last Thursday against the Cubs, hurling 6 2/3 innings and giving up three runs (two earned). But the Nationals could only spot him one run during that time, and the bullpen made sure that the Nats offense couldn't come back. Lannan has allowed three earned runs in 15 of his last 17 starts.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 17-24 3.84 335.1 129 179 .262
Season 6-7 3.64 118.2 40 52 .274
July 1-2 4.58 19.2 3 5 .346
Vs. NY Mets 1-1 3.21 14.0 7 2 .261

Mets hitters vs John Lannan

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Beltran, Carlos .333 6 0 1 .278 18 0 2
Bowman, Shawn - - - - - - - -
Carter, Chris - - - - - - - -
Castillo, Luis .400 5 0 0 .278 18 1 2
Evans, Nick - - - - .667 3 0 1
Francoeur, Jeff .333 6 0 0 .500 22 1 6
Green, Andy - - - - - - - -
Hernandez, Anderson - - - - .000 3 0 0
Martinez, Fernando - - - - .333 3 0 0
Murphy, Daniel .000 1 0 0 .286 7 0 2
Pagan, Angel .000 2 0 0 .067 15 0 0
Reed, Jeremy - - - - - - - -
Reyes, Jose - - - - .333 15 0 1
Santos, Omir .200 5 0 0 .182 11 0 1
Sullivan, Cory - - - - - - - -
Thole, Josh - - - - .000 3 0 0
Wright, David .333 3 0 0 .259 27 0 2

Nationals hitters vs Oliver Perez

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Bernadina, Roger - - - - - - - -
Desmond, Ian - - - - - - - -
Dukes, Elijah - - - - .000 2 0 0
Dunn, Adam .000 3 0 0 .258 31 3 7
Flores, Jesus 1.000 3 1 3 .667 6 1 4
Gonzalez, Alberto .667 3 0 1 .333 9 0 3
Guzman, Cristian - - - - .182 11 1 2
Harris, Willie - - - - .000 10 0 0
Maxwell, Justin .500 2 0 0 .500 2 0 0
Morgan, Nyjer - - - - .000 2 0 0
Morse, Mike - - - - - - - -
Nieves, Wil - - - - .500 10 1 4
Willingham, Josh .000 2 0 0 .280 25 3 6
Zimmerman, Ryan .000 2 0 0 .350 20 0 1

First National blank (44-49) (27-66)

Nationals 4, Mets 0

Oliver the place

Mark Selig / MLB.com
Wildness marred Oliver Perez's performance, as he allowed six walks and a hit batsman in addition to four hits, for four runs in six innings. Meanwhile, the offense couldn't score off John Lannan, marking the fifth time in 13 games the Mets were shut out.

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Series at a Glance

 

Working-class hero

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John Lannan needed 106 pitches to complete his first career shutout, scattering seven singles and walking none throughout the nine innings. Ryan Zimmerman scored two runs and Adam Dunn had an RBI and a run scored, for skipper Jim Riggleman's first Nats win.
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Nationals 4, Mets 0

NY Mets AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Pagan, CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .316
Castillo, L, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .290
Wright, D, 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .317
Francoeur, RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .261
Tatis, LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .240
Murphy, Dn, 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .243
Santos, O, C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .253
Cora, SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242
Perez, O, P 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333
  Stokes, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  a-Berroa, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .115
  Parnell, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 32 0 7 0 0 1 8  

a-Struck out for Stokes in the 8th.

BATTING
TB: Pagan; Castillo, L; Wright, D; Francoeur 2; Murphy, Dn; Perez, O.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Wright, D.
GIDP: Castillo, L; Tatis.
Team RISP: 0-for-1.
Team LOB: 5.

FIELDING
PB: Santos, O (2).
Pickoffs: Perez, O (Morgan at 1st base).
 
Washington AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Morgan, CF 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 .288
Guzman, C, SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .293
Zimmerman, R, 3B 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 .283
Dunn, A, 1B 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 .268
  Johnson, N, 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .305
Willingham, LF 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 .283
  Harris, W, LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235
Kearns, RF 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .198
Gonzalez, Al, 2B 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 .308
Nieves, C 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 .271
Lannan, P 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .118
Totals 24 4 4 4 6 4 11  

BATTING
TB: Zimmerman, R; Dunn, A 2; Nieves.
RBI: Gonzalez, Al (16), Nieves (14), Dunn, A (65), Willingham (27).
2-out RBI: Nieves.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Lannan; Morgan.
S: Lannan.
SF: Gonzalez, Al; Willingham.
Team RISP: 2-for-5.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Morgan (29, 2nd base off Perez, O/Santos, O).
CS: Morgan (13, 2nd base by Perez, O/Santos, O).
PO: Morgan (1st base by Perez, O).

FIELDING
DP: 2 (Gonzalez, Al-Guzman, C-Dunn, A, Gonzalez, Al-Dunn, A).
 
NY Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Perez, O (L, 2-3) 6.0 4 4 4 6 4 0 7.68
Stokes 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.66
Parnell 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.14
 
Washington IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Lannan (W, 7-7) 9.0 7 0 0 0 1 0 3.38

HBP: Morgan (by Perez, O).
Pitches-strikes: Perez, O 103-57, Stokes 8-6, Parnell 15-9, Lannan 106-80.
Groundouts-flyouts: Perez, O 7-6, Stokes 2-1, Parnell 1-2, Lannan 17-9.
Batters faced: Perez, O 28, Stokes 3, Parnell 3, Lannan 32.
Umpires: HP: Doug Eddings. 1B: Dana DeMuth. 2B: Brian Knight. 3B: Hunter Wendelstedt.
Weather: 81 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 3 mph, In from RF.
T: 2:09.
Att: 23,390.
July 21, 2009

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