NY Mets (67-90) at Washington (53-103)

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Mets fine with Evans, despite quiet year

Ryan Colaianni / Special to MLB.com
Nick Evans hasn't seen as much time as he'd like for the Mets this season, but the team hopes that he has learned from his experiences in the Major Leagues regardless of that.
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Mets probable pitcher

Mike Pelfrey

  • #34 RHP
  • (10-12) 5.08 ERA 105 SO
It was another inconsistent outing from Pelfrey, who labored through six innings in a 5-2 loss to the Braves. Pelfrey allowed four runs (three earned) on nine hits, with three of those runs coming in the second. Pelfrey is 1-2 with a 4.12 ERA in three starts this season versus the Nationals. One of those losses came in his lone outing at Nationals Park, where he gave up three runs on six hits in seven innings back on July 22. Pelfrey's had the most trouble with Elijah Dukes (6-for-9, HR) and Josh Willingham (7-for-17, 2 HR) while limiting Adam Dunn to three hits in 15 career at-bats against him.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 28-32 4.60 472.0 180 273 .286
Season 10-12 5.08 177.1 65 105 .289
September 1-3 6.39 31.0 10 21 .304
Vs. Washington 1-2 4.12 19.2 5 7 .278

Series at a Glance

Standings - 09/29/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
New York Mets (NL East) 67 90 .427 23.5 38-40 29-50
Washington Nationals (NL East) 53 103 .340 37.0 31-48 22-55
Stats - 09/29/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
NYM .269 648 93 610 118 907 4.51 1382.1 1419 604 1008
WSH .259 683 150 660 70 1156 5.13 1362.1 1478 608 874
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MacDougal gets vote of confidence

Bill Ladson / MLB.com
A day after struggling against the Braves, closer Mike MacDougal received a pep talk from his manager and bounced back right away against the Mets, getting the save on Monday night.
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Nationals probable pitcher

J.D. Martin

  • #60 RHP
  • (5-4) 4.71 ERA 35 SO
Martin started for the Nationals on Thursday and wasn't effective, allowing four runs in the first inning. It didn't help that he didn't have much of a breaking ball. Matt Kemp highlighted the scoring with a three-run homer. Martin allowed five runs in three innings.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 5-4 4.71 65.0 22 35 .279
Season 5-4 4.71 65.0 22 35 .279
September 2-1 4.50 26.0 13 20 .260
Vs. NY Mets 1-1 6.75 9.1 2 4 .385

Mets hitters vs J.D. Martin

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Beltran, Carlos 1.000 2 0 1 .500 4 0 2
Bowman, Shawn - - - - - - - -
Carter, Chris .200 5 1 2 .200 5 1 2
Castillo, Luis .500 4 0 1 .429 7 0 1
Evans, Nick .000 3 0 0 .286 7 0 0
Francoeur, Jeff .800 5 0 1 .500 8 0 1
Green, Andy .500 2 0 0 .500 2 0 0
Hernandez, Anderson - - - - - - - -
Martinez, Fernando .200 5 0 1 .091 11 0 1
Murphy, Daniel .400 5 0 2 .308 13 0 2
Pagan, Angel .500 6 0 2 .556 9 0 3
Reed, Jeremy .000 2 0 0 .000 2 0 0
Reyes, Jose - - - - - - - -
Santos, Omir - - - - - - - -
Sullivan, Cory - - - - - - - -
Thole, Josh - - - - - - - -
Wright, David .000 5 0 0 .286 7 0 1

Nationals hitters vs Mike Pelfrey

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Bernadina, Roger - - - - .000 1 0 0
Desmond, Ian .333 3 0 0 .500 6 1 2
Dukes, Elijah .667 6 0 2 .615 13 1 3
Dunn, Adam .125 8 0 0 .167 18 1 2
Flores, Jesus - - - - .500 4 0 1
Gonzalez, Alberto .000 2 0 0 .000 3 0 0
Guzman, Cristian .143 7 0 0 .286 21 0 1
Harris, Willie .000 3 0 0 .308 13 0 2
Maxwell, Justin - - - - .000 2 0 0
Morgan, Nyjer .333 6 0 0 .333 6 0 0
Morse, Mike .000 1 0 0 .000 4 0 0
Nieves, Wil .000 2 0 0 .182 11 0 1
Willingham, Josh .571 7 1 2 .412 17 2 6
Zimmerman, Ryan .556 9 1 2 .297 37 1 5

Dukes a hazard to Mets in ninth (67-91) (54-103)

Nationals 4, Mets 3

Tough luck for Pelf

Jeff Seidel / Special to MLB.com
The Mets had victory in their grasp on Tuesday night, but they couldn't quite finish the job. After loading the bases with nobody out in the eighth and being held off the scoreboard, costly errors by Anderson Hernandez and Luis Castillo put a damper on Mike Pelfrey's final start of the season.

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Series at a Glance

 

Nats pull it out

Bill Ladson / MLB.com
The Nationals took advantage of some breaks on Tuesday, but also created their own luck. Two Mets errors allowed the go-ahead run to score in the eighth inning, and then Elijah Dukes made a sensational catch at the wall to rob David Wright of a game-tying hit to end the game.
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Nationals 4, Mets 3

NY Mets AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Pagan, LF 5 2 3 1 0 1 0 .302
Castillo, L, 2B 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 .309
Wright, D, 3B 4 0 2 1 1 1 1 .307
Beltran, CF 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 .330
Murphy, Dn, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 .264
Francoeur, RF 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 .276
Schneider, C 4 0 1 0 0 0 6 .218
  Rodriguez, F, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Valdez, W, SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .268
  a-Reed, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .245
  Hernandez, A, SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258
Pelfrey, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .096
  Feliciano, P, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Green, S, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Santos, O, C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252
  b-Sullivan, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .248
Totals 35 3 10 3 3 4 23  

a-Hit into a double play for Valdez, W in the 8th. b-Struck out for Santos, O in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Pagan (19, Martin, J), Valdez, W (3, Martin, J), Wright, D 2 (38, Martin, J, Martin, J).
TB: Pagan 4; Castillo, L; Wright, D 4; Beltran; Murphy, Dn; Schneider; Valdez, W 2.
RBI: Beltran (47), Pagan (32), Wright, D (70).
2-out RBI: Wright, D.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Schneider 2; Beltran; Murphy, Dn.
S: Pelfrey.
Team RISP: 2-for-10.
Team LOB: 9.

FIELDING
E: Hernandez, A (12, throw), Castillo, L (11, throw).
 
Washington AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Harris, W, CF-LF 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .234
Dukes, RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .254
Zimmerman, R, 3B 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .287
Dunn, A, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .270
Morse, LF 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .282
  1-Maxwell, PR-CF 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .236
Orr, 2B 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .271
  Clippard, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  a-Guzman, C, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287
  MacDougal, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Desmond, SS 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 .305
Nieves, C 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .255
Martin, J, P 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .174
  Gonzalez, Al, 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .262
Totals 33 4 8 3 3 3 9  

a-Reached on error for Clippard in the 8th.
1-Ran for Morse in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Desmond (6, Pelfrey).
HR: Desmond (2, 5th inning off Pelfrey, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Harris, W; Dukes 2; Zimmerman, R; Orr; Desmond 6; Martin, J.
RBI: Desmond 2 (8), Zimmerman, R (103).
2-out RBI: Zimmerman, R.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Dukes; Dunn, A; Nieves; Gonzalez, Al.
Team RISP: 1-for-6.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
SB: Desmond (1, 3rd base off Rodriguez, F/Santos, O).

FIELDING
DP: (Gonzalez, Al-Dunn, A).
 
NY Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Pelfrey 7.0 8 3 3 1 2 1 5.03
Feliciano, P 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.07
Green, S (L, 1-4) 0.1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4.72
Rodriguez, F 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.09
 
Washington IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Martin, J 6.0 7 3 3 2 0 0 4.69
Clippard (W, 3-2) 2.0 2 0 0 1 2 0 2.91
MacDougal (S, 18) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4.42

Pitches-strikes: Pelfrey 108-74, Feliciano, P 4-3, Green, S 10-5, Rodriguez, F 7-3, Martin, J 95-64, Clippard 31-19, MacDougal 16-10.
Groundouts-flyouts: Pelfrey 13-6, Feliciano, P 0-0, Green, S 1-0, Rodriguez, F 0-1, Martin, J 6-12, Clippard 1-2, MacDougal 0-1.
Batters faced: Pelfrey 30, Feliciano, P 1, Green, S 3, Rodriguez, F 2, Martin, J 27, Clippard 8, MacDougal 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Rodriguez, F 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Rob Drake. 1B: Kerwin Danley. 2B: Wally Bell. 3B: Brian Runge.
Weather: 62 degrees, clear.
Wind: 5 mph, L to R.
T: 2:37.
Att: 19,614.
September 29, 2009

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