NY Mets (62-79) at Philadelphia (80-59)

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Mets set for tilt with Phillies on FOX

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That their series against the Phillies this weekend has lost its juice is a disappointment to the Mets. And they are not alone in that regard.
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Mets probable pitcher

Mike Pelfrey

  • #34 RHP
  • (10-10) 4.83 ERA 93 SO
Following extended conversations with manager Jerry Manuel and sage Alex Cora, Pelfrey completed eight innings for the first time in 28 starts this season, beating the Cubs at Citi Field on Sunday. Pelfrey allowed six baserunners and one run, and he needed merely 105 pitches -- 25 in the seventh inning and 10 to his final batter -- to do so. Pelfrey returned to his two-seam fastball and threw it for strikes the way he hadn't in his two previous starts, in which he walked 10 in 9 2/3 innings. Next, he faces the team he has beaten three times in four starts this season -- the Phillies. The Mets lost Pelfrey's no-decision against Philadelphia this year. The right-hander's ERA in 24 1/3 innings against the Phillies is 3.70, and though his career ERA in Citizens Bank Park is 5.28 in 15 1/3 innings, he has a 1-1 record there. Pelfrey has surrendered 30 home runs in 453 career innings. Chase Utley has faced him 23 times and hit three of the 30.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 28-30 4.49 453.0 176 261 .283
Season 10-10 4.83 158.1 61 93 .283
September 1-1 5.25 12.0 6 9 .239
Vs. Philadelphia 3-0 3.70 24.1 8 7 .281

Series at a Glance

Standings - 09/12/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
New York Mets (NL East) 62 79 .440 19.0 36-36 26-43
Philadelphia Phillies (NL East) 80 59 .576 - 37-31 43-28
Stats - 09/12/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
NYM .269 589 81 554 108 812 4.48 1244.2 1282 551 920
PHI .258 700 199 675 98 1002 4.14 1252.0 1253 429 990
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Moyer looks to keep up recent success

Todd Zolecki / MLB.com
Until J.A. Happ, who is recovering from a strained right intercostal muscle, returns to the mound, his spot in the rotation belongs to left-hander Jamie Moyer.
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Phillies probable pitcher

Jamie Moyer

  • #50 LHP
  • (12-9) 4.98 ERA 85 SO
Left-hander J.A. Happ will miss his second start because of a strained oblique, which means Moyer will get his second start in his place. He allowed three hits and two runs in six innings Monday in a loss to Houston at Minute Maid Park. He went 2-0 with a 1.35 ERA (two earned runs in 13 1/3 innings) in three relief appearances since the Phillies demoted him to the bullpen to make room for Pedro Martinez.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 258-194 4.22 3889.1 1114 2333 .268
Season 12-9 4.98 142.2 40 85 .282
September 0-0 3.00 9.0 2 6 .133
Vs. NY Mets 1-1 7.08 20.1 7 7 .342

Mets hitters vs Jamie Moyer

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Beltran, Carlos .429 7 1 5 .186 43 2 8
Bowman, Shawn - - - - - - - -
Carter, Chris - - - - - - - -
Castillo, Luis .333 9 0 0 .227 22 0 0
Evans, Nick .500 2 0 0 .143 7 0 0
Francoeur, Jeff .333 3 0 0 .300 30 0 1
Green, Andy - - - - - - - -
Hernandez, Anderson .167 6 0 0 .385 13 0 2
Martinez, Fernando .000 2 0 0 .000 2 0 0
Murphy, Daniel 1.000 1 1 2 .500 4 1 2
Pagan, Angel - - - - .167 6 0 0
Reed, Jeremy - - - - - - - -
Reyes, Jose .200 5 1 1 .279 43 1 3
Santos, Omir .333 3 0 0 .167 6 0 0
Sullivan, Cory - - - - - - - -
Thole, Josh - - - - - - - -
Wright, David .556 9 1 3 .426 47 3 11

Phillies hitters vs Mike Pelfrey

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Berry, Quintin - - - - - - - -
Dobbs, Greg .600 5 0 0 .538 13 1 3
Francisco, Ben .000 1 0 0 .250 4 0 0
Howard, Ryan .545 11 1 3 .435 23 1 3
Ibanez, Raul .250 12 0 3 .267 15 1 5
Mayberry, John - - - - - - - -
Rollins, Jimmy .154 13 0 0 .261 23 1 4
Ruiz, Carlos .000 7 0 0 .231 13 0 2
Utley, Chase .333 9 1 1 .304 23 4 8
Victorino, Shane .100 10 0 0 .174 23 0 0
Werth, Jayson .400 10 0 0 .263 19 0 0

Wright ending: Mets stun Phillies (63-79) (80-60)

Mets 10, Phillies 9

Huge day for Wright

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David Wright belted a go-ahead two-run homer in the top of the ninth inning to propel the Mets past the stunned Phillies on Saturday. Wright, who also hit a two-run shot an inning earlier, drove in six runs, and Carlos Beltran also went deep.

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Series at a Glance

 

Madson stumbles

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Facing a four-run deficit after a half-inning, the Phillies stormed back to score eight unanswered runs behind homers from Pedro Feliz, Chase Utley and Raul Ibanez. But Ryan Madson allowed a pivotal two-run homer in the ninth to take the loss.
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Mets 10, Phillies 9

NY Mets AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Castillo, L, 2B 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 .310
Tatis, LF-1B 5 3 4 0 0 0 0 .275
Wright, D, 3B 5 3 3 6 0 0 1 .318
Beltran, CF 5 2 3 2 0 0 1 .339
Francoeur, RF 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 .272
Santos, O, C 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .259
Murphy, Dn, 1B 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .261
  Feliciano, P, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Rodriguez, F, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Valdez, W, SS 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 .222
  b-Sullivan, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .282
  Hernandez, A, SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252
Pelfrey, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .104
  a-Evans, N, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226
  Takahashi, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Green, S, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Reed, LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257
Totals 41 10 15 10 0 0 8  

a-Grounded out for Pelfrey in the 7th. b-Popped out for Valdez, W in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Castillo, L (12, Moyer), Murphy, Dn (31, Moyer), Tatis (18, Myers).
HR: Beltran (9, 1st inning off Moyer, 1 on, 0 out), Wright, D 2 (10, 8th inning off Myers, 1 on, 1 out; 9th inning off Madson, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Castillo, L 2; Tatis 5; Wright, D 9; Beltran 6; Francoeur; Santos, O; Murphy, Dn 3.
RBI: Wright, D 6 (66), Beltran 2 (42), Valdez, W (5), Murphy, Dn (55).
2-out RBI: Murphy, Dn; Wright, D 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Sullivan.
GIDP: Santos, O.
Team RISP: 5-for-7.
Team LOB: 4.

BASERUNNING
SB: Murphy, Dn (4, 3rd base off Moyer/Ruiz).
 
Philadelphia AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Rollins, SS 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 .246
Victorino, CF 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 .299
Utley, 2B 4 2 2 1 1 1 0 .297
Howard, 1B 5 2 2 0 0 1 4 .272
Ibanez, LF 5 1 2 3 0 2 1 .281
Werth, RF 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 .267
Feliz, 3B 5 2 2 2 0 1 1 .271
Ruiz, C 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 .258
Moyer, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .128
  Myers, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222
  Park, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143
  a-Stairs, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194
  Madson, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 37 9 12 9 4 7 11  

a-Popped out for Park in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Ruiz (22, Pelfrey), Feliz (25, Pelfrey), Utley (27, Takahashi).
3B: Rollins (4, Pelfrey).
HR: Feliz (11, 2nd inning off Pelfrey, 1 on, 2 out), Utley (31, 3rd inning off Pelfrey, 0 on, 2 out), Ibanez (31, 3rd inning off Pelfrey, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Rollins 4; Utley 6; Howard 2; Ibanez 5; Feliz 6; Ruiz 3.
RBI: Feliz 2 (69), Utley (88), Ibanez 3 (86), Rollins 2 (65), Ruiz (38).
2-out RBI: Feliz 2; Utley; Ibanez 2; Rollins 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Moyer; Victorino; Feliz; Howard 2.
S: Moyer 2.
Team RISP: 4-for-10.
Team LOB: 7.

FIELDING
DP: (Utley-Howard).
 
NY Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Pelfrey 6.0 10 8 8 1 3 3 5.09
Takahashi 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 2.92
Green, S 1.1 0 0 0 2 1 0 5.14
Feliciano, P (W, 6-4) 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3.15
Rodriguez, F (S, 31) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.03
 
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Moyer 7.0 7 5 5 0 0 1 5.05
Myers 0.1 3 3 3 0 0 1 4.74
Park (H, 12) 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.48
Madson (BS, 6)(L, 5-5) 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 1 3.41

WP: Green, S.
Pitches-strikes: Pelfrey 110-65, Takahashi 15-10, Green, S 22-10, Feliciano, P 11-5, Rodriguez, F 17-11, Moyer 93-60, Myers 19-11, Park 15-8, Madson 15-9.
Groundouts-flyouts: Pelfrey 9-6, Takahashi 0-1, Green, S 2-1, Feliciano, P 0-0, Rodriguez, F 0-1, Moyer 10-11, Myers 1-0, Park 0-2, Madson 2-1.
Batters faced: Pelfrey 29, Takahashi 3, Green, S 6, Feliciano, P 2, Rodriguez, F 3, Moyer 27, Myers 4, Park 4, Madson 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Green, S 1-0, Feliciano, P 2-0, Park 1-1.
Umpires: HP: Bruce Dreckman. 1B: Paul Emmel. 2B: Todd Tichenor. 3B: Gary Darling.
Weather: 69 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 3 mph, Out to LF.
T: 3:08.
Att: 45,243.
September 12, 2009

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