Mets Beat the Phillies 5-4 in Second Straight 14-inning Game

Post-Game Irish Drinking Song

Oooooo hidy didy didy didy didy didy day

Ooo I can’t believe this Mets game,

Went to the 14^th again.

What’s up with these Mets hitters?

Not scoring sooner on the Phils pen.

But I’m not surprised they pulled it out,

No, a win was never in doubt,

Although when they blew the save,

I had to stand up and shout.

Oooooo hidy didy didy didy didy didy day

They got another great start,

From the youngster ∂eGrom,

But he was left in a few batters too long,

And Howard hit a bomb.

The Mets were still leading though,

And ∂eGrom still in line for the win,

But of course that all would change,

When Familia came in from the pen.

Oooooo hidy didy didy didy didy didy day

The craziest thing about the day,

Of the many choices,

Ruben Tejada homered in one at-bat,

And reached base in four others.

The Mets have had their offensive woes,

Of that we can all be sure,

But Tejada seems to have found his stroke,

Since the Mets recalled Wilmer Flores.

Since the Mets recalled Wilmer Flores!

Astro's PbP, 51s Lose to El Paso 7-4

Las Vegas 51s @ El Paso Chihuahua’s

May 29, 2014

Joel Carreno @ Michael Nix

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E	LOB
Las Vegas	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		4	13	1	8
El Paso	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	X		7	14	0	12

Win: Nix (2-0); Loss: Carreno (1-2); Save: Boyer (4)

MiLB.com boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Michael Nix – 6 IP, 7 H, ER, 2 BB, 5 SO, HR, 99 pitches, 62 strikes, 25 batters faced, 7 groundouts

Blaine Boyer – IP, SO, 2 groundouts

Batters

Omar Quintanilla – 3-5, R, 2 2B (4), SO, E

Josh Satin – 2-5, R, HR (2), 2 RBI (9), GIDP

Andrew Brown – 2-3, R, HR (11), RBI (27), 2 BB, SO

Juan Centeno – 2-4

Jake Goebbert – 2-3, 3B (2), RBI (34), BB

Adam Moore – 2-5, R, 2B (9), RBI (16), 2 SO

Cody Decker – 3-4, R, 2B (11), BB

Alex Castellanos – 2-4, R, 2B (9), RBI

Astro’s Play By Play

1^st inning

Top

1)   SS Omar Quintanilla pulled a sharp groundball through the 2B hole. S9/G34

2)   2B Josh Satin chopped one at the 2B to start a double play. 463/G4

3)   RF Andrew Brown launched a HR over the right-center field wall. HR/89D

4)   1B Allan Dykstra flared a single into shallow CF.

5)   3B Zach Lutz hit a medium roller to the backhand of the 3B. 53/G5

Totals: R, 3 H, HR, GIDP, LOBster

Bottom

1)   SS Jace Peterson hit a high chopper over the mound fielded by Satin near the bag, but Peterson was too fast and beat it out. S4/G4M

2)   2B Brooks Conrad lined a single into RF – Peterson to 3B. S9/L9S

3)   LF Travis Buck hit a sac fly out to deep right-center field – Peterson scored from 3B. SF8/F8D

4)   RF Jeff Francoeur skied out to LF. 7/F7

5)   1B Jake Goebbert hit a sharp line drive into the RF corner for an RBI triple. T9/L9L

6)   C Adam Moore struck out looking at a big hook. K/Lo

Totals: 2 R, 3 H, 3B, SF, LOBster

Mets Series in Review: vs. Pirates

Dates: May 26-28

Results: Win 2 out of 3

L 5-3, W 4-2, W 5-0

Current Record: 24-28, 4^th place

The 1st #ASG Ballot update is out and David Wright is among the leaders at 3B! #VoteMets now: http://t.co/b9chZIeExG pic.twitter.com/YHdwdRCbbS
— New York Mets (@Mets) May 28, 2014

Recaps:

Monday – Mets.com, Amazin’ Avenue, ESPN NY

Tuesday – Mets.com, Amazin’ Avenue, ESPN NY

Wednesday – Mets.com, Amazin’ Avenue, ESPN NY

MVMet: Juanderful Lagares for his combined offensive and defensive effort.

LVMet: Valverde, duh-doy

Statistics: (In order of first appearance)

Mets Player	Performance
Juan Lagares	4-13, 2 R, 2B (10), 2 RBI (18), BB, 3 SO, CS Defense: Tue, Wed
Daniel Murphy	4-11, 2 R, 2 2B (14), 2 RBI (21), 2 BB, SO, GIDP
David Wright	2-11, R, HR (4), 2 RBI (29), BB, SB (3), 2 E (6)
Curtis Granderson	0-9, R, 3 BB, 4 SO, E (2)
Bobby Abreu	3-7, 2B (4), RBI (5), BB
Lucas Duda	3-8, 3 R, 2 HR (7), 3 RBI (22), 3 BB, SO, Poor D
Wilmer Flores	0-4, GIDP
Juan Centeno	0-7, BB, SO
Chris Young	0-5, BB, 2 SO
Matt ∂en Dekker	0-1, SO
Anthony Recker	0-4, 3 SO
Ruben Tejada	2-5, 2 R, 2B (5), 3 BB, SO, E (3)
Eric Campbell	0-2, SO, E (1)
Jacob ∂eGrom	6.2 IP, 5 H, 5 BB, 4 SO, 122 pitches, 67 strikes (2-2, R)
Jeurys Familia (H, 2)	2 IP, H, SO (1-1)
Scott Rice (H, 5)	0.2 IP, H, R, HR
Jose Valverde (BS, 2), (L, 1-1)	0.2 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, BB DFA’d!
Carlos Torres	0.2 IP 2 H, BB, SO
Jon Niese	5.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 4 BB, 2 SO, 104 pitches, 63 strikes (0-2, 2 SO)
Vic Black (W, 1-0)	1.1 IP, H, 2 BB, 2 SO
Jenrry Mejia (S, 4)	2 IP, H, 2 BB, SO
Bartolo Colon  (W, 4-5)	7.1 IP, 5 H, BB, 9 SO, WP (Video) (0-3, SO)

Key Moments:

Monday

            With the bases loaded and one out in the 1^st, Russell Martin hit a grounder to Wright that start a 543 double play.

            With Lagares on 3B and two outs, Granderson struck out swinging.

            Pirates led off the 2^nd inning with a single and walk, but ∂eGrom recovered to get: fly out, strikeout swinging, and a groundout to SS.

            Pedro Alvarez led off the 4^th with a double, but never advanced beyond 2B.

            With two outs and two on in the 5^th, Murph lined a single into RF that scored ∂eGrom from 2B. On the play, Lagares advanced to 3B, and then scored when the ball got away from Alvarez. He was initially called out but the play was overturned because Martin was illegally blocking the plate. (Video)

The Mets Road to 90 - Mathematically Eliminated Already?

Thanks to a 22-28 start to the season, the Mets will need to finish 68-44, which is a .607 winning percentage (or 98.4 win pace), to reach Sandy Alderson’s challenge of 90 wins.

Photo: #Mets GM Sandy Alderson on a conference call with bloggers... pic.twitter.com/l7AZLhSQhw
— Randy Medina (@ReadTheApple) February 27, 2013

            The 2014 season will likely be remembered for how well the Mets fared relative to GM Sandy Alderson’s 90-win challenge/prediction in spring training. Here at Astromets Mind, I have been keeping track of the Mets pace towards 90 wins while looking at individual performances over approximately 20 game intervals (Here’s the second report). Yesterday, before the Mets lost, I saw a post at MetsMerizedOnline (Is The Quest For 90 Over? The Math Says It Is.), which concluded, “I’m still that annoying optimistic Mets fan, but the #QuestFor90 is over.” His conclusion is based on the fact that “The Mets have achieved 97 wins only five other times in their history – 1969, 1986, 1988, 1999, and 2006,” and that this team is ‘hardly’ on par with those teams. First, I wasn’t alive quite yet, but www.baseball-reference.com has the Mets winning 98 games in 1985 – I’m a 1987 baby – which makes the total six (out of 52 completed season, or 11.5%). I understand that he’s not claiming the Mets are mathematically eliminated, we’re all still dreaming they have a chance, but the piece did make me want to dig a little deeper into the Mets history.