Mets Notes:
- The New York Mets overcame more troublesome fielding to end a season-high four-game losing streak in Friday night’s series opener against the Boston Red Sox.
- The Mets (22-19) are one of the worst defensive teams in baseball with 35 errors, and David Wright has been the biggest culprit with seven after committing 16 all last season
- Pelfrey, who has never faced Boston, has won his only two interleague starts with both coming on the road, but he’s given up 10 runs and 16 hits in 11 innings in those contests
- Carlos Beltran, bothered by a bruised knee, has opted to DH rather than play center field Saturday night. That means David Wright at third base and Jeremy Reed in center field.
Lineup
Daniel Murphy 1b
Angel Pagan RF
Carlos Beltran DH
Gary Sheffield LF
David Wright 3B
Jeremy Reed CF
Omir Santos C
Ramon Martinez(ugh) SS
Luis Castillo 2B
Red Sox Notes:
- The Mets will attempt to beat Boston ace Josh Beckett for only the third time in 14 tries Saturday night when the teams play the middle game of their interleague set at Fenway Park.
- The right-hander is 6-2 with a 2.50 ERA in 13 career starts against the Mets – all but one outing coming with NL East rival Florida. He hasn’t lost to them since pitching for the Marlins on April 15, 2005, and is 3-0 with a 2.70 ERA in four starts since. He last faced them at New York on June 28, 2006, leading the Red Sox to a 10-2 win.
- Beckett has been solid of late, going 2-0 with a 3.79 ERA and 15 strikeouts in 19 innings over his last three starts. He’ll attempt to help Boston win for the fourth time in five games.
- Beckett labored through a season-high 120 pitches over seven innings last Saturday, yielding three runs and four hits while striking out five, walking three and hitting another batter in a 5-3 win at Seattle
Lineup
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Dustin Pedroia 2B
David Ortiz DH
Kevin Youkilis 1B
Jason Bay LF
J.D. Drew RF
Mike Lowell 3B
Jason Varitek C
Nick Green SS
The Real Dirty Mets 
If Putz blows this, Jerry should be fired and Putz should be traded. Krod should be in. We will see
i dont like this
col\uld it be k-rods record w/ boston?
I dunno, but we better win this..
yup putz….
k-rod must be hurt or something
Is KRod injured or ill?
You have got to be kidding me here, J.J.
Please shut the door…
fudge dp plz
Better be a good reason why there is no Krod available
tonight is our night
YES !!! OMG!! Tag team of Wright and Castillo.
Wow Howie Rose is going crazy over the play that Wright/Castillo made!
who needs soap operas when you have the everyday drama called the mets
Howir said Papelbon started coming on the field ’cause he thought the ump blew the call at 2nd.
And the ballgame is OVER!
They did it! They pulled it out of their hat.
Ramon ‘gold glover’ SS !!
Holy Toledo!!! It’s 1986 all over!
Astonishing, phenomenal frigin win!!!!!
fantastic D
Spectacular Victory
Keith is Speechless
WOOHOO!!
Man, Schneider can stay the hell in PSL.
Pelf was awesome
Guys, we can sweep and preserve this road trip. Yes Omir, ty
I’m speechless too. What a team effort by all.
Put it in the books!!!!!
What did I tell you yesterday??? Keep the faith!!!
Great day, Pap blows one, Lidge blows one…
You got that rite!
WOW! great 9th inning, great defense, great great win.
You said it mrbill!!
Great to have you here, sorry about the other day.
Man thank God for instant reply!
Meant to say ‘instant replay’….
But reply is nice too. You can’t reply on my lame blog as we all know.!!
If we MAKE the playoffs by one game this year, may we all remember this win….
You’ve got that right, my friend. One we’ll be talking about for a long while.
Grave: I only feel a little sorry that you have to re-write the post game ending – lol.
Can’t wait to read it and see the graphics chosen to go along with this great win!
Frankie had back spasms…according to Jerry
Frankie down with some ‘serious’ back spasms – per Jerry on the post game show.
NO……please, no.
and he continues….Frankie was in rough shape right after batting practice. Said he could barely walk. Doesn’t know what his history is with back spasms.
Jerry didn’t know where he’s at right now.
K-rod unavailable because of severe back spasms
so from back spasms, we go to serious back spasms, and then severe back spasms. lol
Just shoot me now, Case.
Big Sigh…..
That balloon from that great win just seriously deflated….
lol, yeah
Lets just hope it is nothing serious. We cant afford to lose him or have him become unreliable.
Man this season is killing me, the injuries wont stop…
anyone still want to trade Putz?
Uh, no. And I was one of the ones saying if we had to give up anyone for a trade, as much as I’d hate it, keep Parnell and trade Putz.
I take it back. Keep them both. Don’t know what I was thinking after that nightmare that was our BP last year. I have to claim temporary insanity.
glad you came to your senses
awesome freakin win..
now i get back to settin up this good ole’ site we got goin
Cripes what is it with injuries with this team? Please let KRod be OK.
Howie said on the radio that a Mets fan sitting atop the Green Monster was pointing to where Santos’s HR ball landed, when the umps were conferring. Didn’t one of the creators of this site go to the game tonite? Maybe it was him!
Have some experience with severe backs spasms myself stemming from an ‘unstable’ spine..
They are not fun. Sometimes, if you catch it early, you can work it out fairly quickly. Sometimes, they’re so bad, you can’t move for days.
I hope it’s the former. He’s such an important piece of this puzzle.
And Bobby O. talking about back spasms now. He says the same thing. He’s had them before, depends on the severity of the particular episode. And even after they let up, you’re sore for awhile. Yup, spoken like someone who has been there, done that and worn that tee shirt…..
Agreed, and you can think you are better and turn to speak to someone and be gone again.
Well if KRod is out for awhile Putz will not have to worry about lack of adrenaline in the 8th innings.
that was a nice birthday gift for me!
May you have many more happy birthdays, and may the Mets have many more happy recaps!