Aftermath: Mets vs Cardinals (04/01/2007)

by Eric Simon on Apr 1, 2007 11:37 PM EDT in Aftermath Comment 6 comments

Mets 6, Cardinals 1

(Source: fangraphs.com - what's this?)

Tom Glavine's pitching line:

 IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR   PC-ST   GS
6.0   6   1   1   1   2   0   89-50   57

I love FanGraphs' new live win probability graphs, which are updated in real time to show you the current win expectancy at any given point of the game. Judging by the graph above, the Mets were really in control of this one from the get-go. The Cardinals had a slight early edge, but as soon as Carlos Delgado knocked in two with a double in the third, the Mets never really looked back. There were a couple of scares -- the bottoms of the sixth and eighth innings -- but the Mets mostly kept the Cardinals in check and were able to keep them mostly off of the scoreboard with solid pitching and spectacular defense.

Mr. Met:

Hitting: Carlos Delgado, 16.3% WPA
Pitching: Tom Glavine, 21.7% WPA

Mr. Regret:

Hitting: Jose Reyes, -4.4% WPA
Pitching: Joe Smith, -7.0% WPA

(FanGraphs.com)
(Yahoo! Boxscore)

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There's an invisible spike

as that ball rocketed up the middle, prior to being amazingly gloved in Stachetastic fashion...

Watch me paste this pathetic palooka with a powerful paralyzing perfect pachydermous percussion pitch.

by Mr. Met on Apr 2, 2007 11:00 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The four ingredients for success were present

Pitching
Hitting
Defense
'Stache-power

"It's Father's Day today at Shea, so to all you fathers out there, Happy Birthday." -- Ralph Kiner

by dissento on Apr 2, 2007 1:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

and

5. a wicked throw from the outfield

The butcher and the baker and the people on the street, where did they go? To meet the Mets!

by Rod Gaspar Fan Club on Apr 2, 2007 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

off-topic

...but was anyone else disappointed that both the Braves and Yankees came from behind to win this afternoon? I know a Braves win means a Phillies loss, but still, I hate the Braves far more than I do the Phillies.

Driving the Oliver Perez bandwagon!

by Greenpoint Ian on Apr 2, 2007 4:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs