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Live Blog, Open Thread: Mets @ Diamondbacks, Dan Haren v. Johan

Posted by Kelsdad

570 days ago

Pick up the game in the top of the third. As expected, a fast moving game. Haren has retired the first six Mets hitters, although not without some anxiety, as Ryan Church, David Wright and Carlos Delgado all flied deep to the OF.

The Dbacks have had two baserunners against Santana, a hustle double in the first by Augie Ojeda, and Mark Reynolds reached in the second inning on an error.

Brian Schneider leads off the Mets in the top of the third...

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KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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Schneider walks on a full count pitch, brings up Luis Castillo.

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KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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Castillo takes a fastball high, showing no signs bunting.

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KelsdadAll-Star

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Castillo is second in the NL in infield hits over the past two seasons

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KelsdadAll-Star

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Castillo with a chopper up the middle, Ojeda (playing short) takes it to the bag himself for the force on Schneider, Castillo beats the throw to first. Same situation now, runner on first, this time with one out, with Johan Santana coming up.

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SSreportersLegend

570 days ago

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Feel in the live blogging mood because the Mariners have the worst hitting on the planet eh?

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KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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Uh, no.

KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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Taking a page out of your book, SS. Start my own blog, then talk to myself for three hours for the free points.

KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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Santana, as expected, drops a sacrifice, Castillo to second. Jose Reyes up, fouled to left his first time.

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KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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Reyes with a first pitch bullet into the rightfield corner, Castillo scores easily making it 1-0 Mets, Reyes to second with a standup double. Ryan Church up, flied to Chris Young in deep CF his first time.

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KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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Reyes breaks for third on an 0-2 pitch, Church flies to LF Eric Byrnes to end the inning.

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KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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Dan Haren grounds to third leading off for the Dbacks, Chris Young follows with a walk on a 3-2.

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KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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Augie Ojeda grounds into a 3-6 force

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KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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Eric Byrnes strikes out swinging on a filthy 1-2 changeup down and away.

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KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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Haren starts David Wright off with two big breaking balls, both of which miss. Comes back with a fastball, inside corner and... Big fly, David Wright, 2-0 Mets...

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KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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Beltran next, struck out looking on a fastball first time up. Does it again.

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SSreportersLegend

570 days ago

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Hey, you were the one that said the D'Backs were overrated. So let's see what happens.:)

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KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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They are.

KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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Moises Alou, first pitch swinging, grounds to short. Carlos Delgado, first pitch swinging, double off the CF wall. Brian Schneider, first pitch swinging, foul back. Second pitch, grounder to first unassisted.

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KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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FSN Trivia question of the day. The Mets have never had a no-hitter in the 46 year history of the franchise. Four pitchers however, have thrown complete game one hitters with the Mets, and a no-hitter with another franchise. Who are they?

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KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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Conor Jackson grounds to short on a nice play by the third best shortstop in the NL East.

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KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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and the second best shortstop in New York....

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SSreportersLegend

570 days ago

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David Cone, Doc Gooden, Nolan Ryan, Hideo Nomo?

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KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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First three are correct, SS.

SSreportersLegend

570 days ago

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Tom Seaver?

KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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Correct, SS.

SSreportersLegend

570 days ago

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YES!!! (Hugs Sports Almanac Whenever He Does Trivia)

KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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Justin Upton with a bullet back up the middle for a base hit.

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KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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Wild pitch on the first offering to Mark Reynolds, Upton to second.

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570 days ago

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I figured that someone besides Kelsdad needs to comment on this game. Seems like a pretty good one. 2-0, New York.

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KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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Reynolds strikes out swinging. No surprise there.

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570 days ago

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That makes it his 43rd strikeout of the season. Only Ryan Howard has more in the Major Leagues.

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I say Santana will last about 6 innings.

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KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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Chris Snyder with a missle off the top of the left field wall, takes a bad bounce away from Alou, cruises into third with a triple, Upton scores, 2-1 Mets.

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570 days ago

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Alou is back!? Jeez, why can't I find out this stuff earlier?

KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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Chris Burke HBP, down to second on a bad pitch in the dirt, not far enough away for Snyder to score.

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570 days ago

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Was Burke hit? According to MLB Gameday, he got intentionally walked.

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Chris Burke is intentionally walked. And a wild pitch is thrown while Dan Haren is up. That puts runners on 2nd and 3rd.

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KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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Right, Romi.

KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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Haren strikes out swinging, Dbacks leave two but pick up a run. 2-1 Mets after four.

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570 days ago

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And Haren strikes out swinging. That makes it three out, with the D-Backs trailing by only 1 run now (2-1).

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KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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bouncer up the middle by Castillo, nice grab, spin and throw by Ojeda to get him at first.

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KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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Doug Davis update.

Had cancerous thyroid removed two and a half weeks ago, will throw a 60-65 pitch sim tomorrow.

Santana strikes out looking

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570 days ago

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I hope Doug Davis gets better soon. I always hate to hear about how a certain athlete has cancer. Since he's throwing a 60-65 pitches tomorrow, it seems like he's trying to get his strength back. Good signs point to Davis. My prayers and thoughts are still with him.

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Wow, I haven't realized this: in 108 at-bats, Ryan Church is hitting .324, with 4 homers and 22 RBIs. He's been a surprise so far this season.

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KelsdadAll-Star

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Jose Reyes strikes out swinging, slams his bat and helmet to the ground.

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570 days ago

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You know, I've followed a couple of Mets games before, and now that I hear about how Reyes is a soar loser, I think of him extremely differently.

KelsdadAll-Star

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Santana has 75 pitches thru four innings. Looks like you're right Romi. Chris Young grounds to short

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570 days ago

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Johan needs to start throwing first pitch strikes. But at least he's getting outs.

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KelsdadAll-Star

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Base hit to left by Ojeda.

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KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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That's why his count is high, Dbacks have been jumping on Santana's first pitch strikes. Messing up his routine, he doesn't like pitching from behind.

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He's still pitching pretty strong though: 6 strikeouts in 4 1/3. However, look at Byrnes' at-bat. 6 pitches, and a 2-2 count. Byrnes keeps battling with Johan, which is good. The more pitches Johan throws, the better the DBax will be later on in the game when he gets taken out.

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And a 7th pitch is fouled off.

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And a changeup for a ball. He's going to throw a fastball for either a foul or ball 4.

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Well, it was a fastball... POP out to Reyes. Johan is now up to 87 pitches! But he's still pitching well, I guess.

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Ojeda now has a .400 batting average, and in 25 at-bats, he was able to pick up 8 RBI's.

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KelsdadAll-Star

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Foul pop to the left side, Wright calls off Schneider and lets the ball drop. Interesting to see if another defensive lapse by the Mets comes back and bites them.

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KelsdadAll-Star

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No harm, Byrnes pops to short

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KelsdadAll-Star

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Conor Jackson strikes out looking

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Now it seems like he's gotten into a groove. 12 of the 17 pitches he threw this inning were strikes, with Johan throwing a strike on the first pitch to 3 of the 4 batters. Not a bad inning for Johan.

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Here comes the surprise hitter that I've been talking about: Ryan Church.

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A curveball, and Church grounds out to Chris Burke for the first out of the inning.

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KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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Wright strikes out swinging

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And Wright K's, making it Haren's 7th. 2 outs.

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KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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Holy crap, Beltran made contact. Grounder to second, nice, quick inning for Haren.

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And Carlos Beltran grounds out to Chris Burke. He's had a disappointing season so far, hitting only .202.

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KelsdadAll-Star

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Upton strike out looking.

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And Santana gets his 8th strikeout of the night, striking out Justin Upton. 1 out.

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Mark Reynolds grounds out to Jose Reyes. WOW! Contact! I thought he was going to be the surprise sophomore for the D-Backs. Judging from the stats so far, that's not going to be the case at all.

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KelsdadAll-Star

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Double to the gap by Snyder with two outs. Nice play by Beltran to cut the ball off, headfirst slide by Snyder just beats the throw.

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KelsdadAll-Star

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Intentional walk to Burke, a gimpy (hamstring) Orlando Hudson to hit for Haren. This is a very surprising move. Bob Melvin usually does the right thing, but I disagree with this move big time.

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Hmmm... and then Max Scherzer pinch runs for Hudson.

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Orlando Hudson pinch hits for Dan Haren after intentionally walking Chris Burke. Johan is now at 108 pitches.

109, 110, 111, 112, AND 113.

Hudson walks to load the bases with 2 outs and Chris Young up to bat.

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KelsdadAll-Star

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Hudson walks, Chris Young with the bags juiced

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KelsdadAll-Star

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Young pops to short right, nice catch by Church.

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Young looks at the first two strikes that go right down the middle. Look for the fastball again, Young.

And Johan pitches it again. And Young flies out to Church, leaving the bases juiced and nothing to show for that AB.

Johan got outta that gem. Good for him.

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116 pitches by Santana, BTW. He's done. I was right. 6 innings.

KelsdadAll-Star

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Sequence was changeup, fastball, changeup

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And a groundout to Augie Ojeda. Moises Alou is gone for the first out, still hitless this season.

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Delgado flies out to Eric Byrnes. That's two. Looks like it's going to be a pretty easy outing for Doug Slaten. Could he possibly go for a second inning?

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...As Brian Schneider grounds out to make it 3. Only 8 pitches to get the inning overwith for Slaten.

KelsdadAll-Star

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Doug Slaten in for Haren, easy inning. Alou out 6-3, Delgado pop to left, Schneider grounds to short, nice play to his left by Ojeda.

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Pretty good game going on here, Kelsdad. Thanks for making the live blog.

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KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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Who the fack is Joe Smith?

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He's pitched in 14 games. Was a rookie last year. As of now, Smith has a 2.70 ERA, and a 1.050 WHIP. 2:1 strikeout/walk ratio...

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...And we've got Joe Smith relieving for Johan Santana.

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KelsdadAll-Star

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A side armer, strikes out Ojeda looking. Ojeda is now 7-10 lifetime against Mets pitching.

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KelsdadAll-Star

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Eric Byrnes with the hat trick.

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KelsdadAll-Star

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Jackson rips a first pitch base hit to left.

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After back-to-back strikeouts by Joe Smith (Ojeda and Byrnes), Conor Jackson is able to get on base, singling to left. 2 out.

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3 straight balls, and it looks like Smith is losing Justin Upton. And... he finally gets a strike in there. He gets the count to a full count after Upton swings at a high and inside fastball. And Upton walks. 2 out.

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KelsdadAll-Star

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Upton walks on a full count, nice AB for the kid.

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KelsdadAll-Star

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Slider shatters Reynolds' bat, bloops one just in front of Alou, Jackson scores the tying run.

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KelsdadAll-Star

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Snyder waves at a slider away, Dbacks leave two but tie the score

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And Joe Smith strikes out the side! Do you know who Joe Smith is NOW, Kels? ;)

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KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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Yeah, Romi. He allowed the tying run.

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And Slaten does go back out there again.

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KelsdadAll-Star

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Pitching change, Juan Cruz in to face the pinch hitter Angel Pagan.

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Juan Cruz is now in for Doug Slaten. After pitching 21, Melvin wants him out now.

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Sorry, this is outside of this game, but Hunter Pence just hit a 2 run homer to win the game in 12 against the Milwaukee Brewers.

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KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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Cruz goes 3-1 on Pagan and comes back to strike him out. Goes 3-1 on Reyes and walks him.

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Jose Reyes walks, still 2 out. I think Reyes is going to steal 2nd. Just a hunch.

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2 pickoffs, and it's a 2-0 count. With Reyes on, that could make any pitcher nervous, especially during the 8th inning of a tied ballgame... like it is now.

KelsdadAll-Star

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As expected, Reyes steals second. Church is 2-4 lifetime against Cruz with a HR. He has to be careful but not careless, with Wright on deck.

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WOO! I'm good...

KelsdadAll-Star

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Stevie Wonder knew Reyes was going to steal there, Romi. Good call.

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Another 3-1 count to Church. I say Cruz gives him a strike, but Church hits it to drive in Reyes.

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It's a called strike right down the pipe. But the next pitch is out of the strike zone and Church takes first base. David Wright is now up with 2 out. The run that could give the Mets the lead is on second.

KelsdadAll-Star

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Ouch, that might hurt...

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KelsdadAll-Star

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Tough pitch, Wright pops it up to retire the side.

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1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, and Wright pops out to Chris Burke for the final out of the top half of the 8th.

STILL TIED AT TWO!?

Can you believe this, Monty?

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Pedro Feliciano fills in for Joe Smith.

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KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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Chris Burke drops a bunt, its a good one, Feliciano throws, gets past Delgado down the right field line, Burke to second easily. WHOA, what the fack, Burke keeps going, Church with a bullet to Wright, who slaps the tag on Burke for the first out. Dbacks lose this game, Burke's buying the beer.

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And Micah Owings is going to pinch hit again. Good move by Melvin.

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Like I said, good move by Melvin. Micah Owings gets on base with a single. Jorge Sosa is now in for Pedro Feliciano. Very tense situation here. We're getting down to the nitty gritty.

KelsdadAll-Star

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Owings pinch hitting, beats out a grounder to short. Now what, Bo-Mel?

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KelsdadAll-Star

570 days ago

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Two players for one play, this game goes extra innings Melvin might have backed himself into a corner.

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570 days ago

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I agree. I don't think he should've taken out Owings. I don't think he's going to be that unlucky to the fact that he's going to pull a hamstring while running the bases. It's not likely.

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I've just realized something: the Mets only have 3 hits. Reyes (the #1 hitter) has one of them, and Wright (the #3 hitter who was last out) has another one of them. Not a big offensive night for the Mets.

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Once again, Ojeda is due. 2 outs. An extra base hit can give the D-Bax the lead.

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Inning over. Ground out to Luis Castillo for the 3rd out. And we head to the 9th. I think Bob Melvin made a pretty bad decision there.

KelsdadAll-Star

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to the ninth we go

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KelsdadAll-Star

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Beltran smokes one past Jackson into right for a single.

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KelsdadAll-Star

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Chad Qualls on for the Dbacks, has pitched 16 2/3 innings this season without allowing an earned run.

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As soon as I say something, then the Mets start hitting. They have 40% of the hits the Mets have so far are in the 9th inning.

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KelsdadAll-Star

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Alou reaches, replaced by Endy Chavez. Delgado next.

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KelsdadAll-Star

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Delgado bounces to first, easy play for Jackson, WHOA, airmails Ojeda into left, Beltran scores, 3-2 Mets.

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KelsdadAll-Star

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Schneider sacrifices 5-3, runners move up.

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Guys on 2nd and 3rd, 1 out. Intentional walk to Luis Castillo, which loads the bases. The 'Backs are hoping for that double play off a pinch hitter... Marlon Anderson.

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But they don't. Marlon Anderson singles on a line drive to Upton. 4-2 Mets.

KelsdadAll-Star

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Castillo walked to load 'em up, Marlon Anderson to pinch hit.

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KelsdadAll-Star

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Marlon Anderson, first pitch, fastball hitter. What does Qualls throw him? Smoked into right, 4-2 Mets. Slow ass Delgado has to stop at third.

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Reyes drives in another run on a sac fly. 5-2 Mets.

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KelsdadAll-Star

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5-2 Mets, sac fly. Somewhere deep in the right field corner, Billy Wagner is warming up.

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DRE-LOAAA-er

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Meet the Mets, Meet the Mets, Head to the park and Greet the Mets...

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The inning is now over. Church strikes out.

Qualls: BAD OUTING! The streak of no earned runs has ended, in a dramatic way.

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I say it's over. Billy Wagner has been doing really well so far this season.

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KelsdadAll-Star

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Byrnes pops to second, one down.

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KelsdadAll-Star

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Ground ball up the middle, nice play Castillo, two down.

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DRE-LOAAA-er

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BALL GAME IS OVER!!!

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KelsdadAll-Star

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Upton down swinging, another cheap save for Wagner.

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1 out. Pop out to Luis Castillo.

2 out. Conor Jackson grounds out to Luis Castillo.

3 out. Justin Upton strikes out swinging.

What a way to end it.

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KelsdadAll-Star

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First series loss for the Dbacks since the opening three gamer in Cincinnati. Phillies come to town for four starting tomorrow.

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