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(C)Loser By Committee: Mets 10, Phillies 9

There were two distinct sides of this game for the Mets. The first -- let's call it the "bad" side -- was Mike Pelfrey's performance, which was simply terrible. He allowed eight runs on ten hits in six innings, surrendering homeruns to Pedro Feliz, Chase Utley and Raul Ibanez. Citizen's Bank Park is a tough place to pitch, but I'd expect a groundball pitcher to have a bit more luck there than those who are flyball-prone. Pelfrey did record nine of fifteen in-play outs on the ground, but he coughed up an early Mets lead and dug them a pretty deep hole to crawl out of.

Which brings us to the other side of the game -- the "good" side, which was the Mets' offense in general and their offensive resiliency in particular. Pelfrey left the Mets with an 8-4 deficit when he departed after his sixth inning of work, and the game was 9-5 in favor of the Phillies after the two teams traded single runs in the seventh. Then David Wright took over the game and reminded everyone that he's David "!@#$ing" Wright. With one out and Fernando Tatis on second, Wright strode to the plate and deposited Brett Myers's 1-2 offering over the centerfield wall to pull the Mets to within 9-7. Three of the next four batters singled, the last of which came off the bat of Daniel Murphy, who drove in Carlos Beltran with the Mets' eighth run of the game.

In the bottom of the eighth, Sean Green retired pinch-hitter Matt Stairs on a popup but then walked Jimmy Rollins and Shane Victorino on eight straight balls. Pedro Feliciano relieved Green, and proceeded to walk Chase Utley on five pitches to load the bases. No worries, though, as Feliciano struck out Ryan Howard swinging on a 2-2 pitch to end the threat.

The top of the ninth began predictably enough, with Jeremy Reed grounding out to first and Luis Castillo bouncing out to shortstop. Tatis kept the Mets alive with a single to left, which set the stage for Wright, who disappointed Philadelphia fans and threw another wrench into the Phillies' muddled closer situation by launching "closer" Ryan Madsen's first pitch into the leftfield stands to give the Mets' a 10-9 lead.

The Mets' own "closer" did his job, retiring the Phillies in order in the bottom of the ninth, capping it with a strikeout of Feliz.

As was pointed out in the pre-recap comments on this thread, I've generally been rooting for a high draft pick nowadays but this one was awfully sweet. The Phillies should still coast into the playoffs while the Mets head home early, but for at least one day it was refreshing to watch a Mets game and actually enjoy it.

The Mets and Phillies play two on Sunday, with John Maine returning against Kyle Kendrick at 1:05pm and Tim Redding facing Pedro Martinez in the nitecap at 8:05pm.

Haiku by Howard Megdal

Season's frustration
Briefly lifts in Philly from
Wright's ninth-inning bomb

Star-divide

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SB Nation Coverage

* Traditional Recap
* Boxscore
* Amazin' Avenue Gamethread
* The Good Phight Gamethread

Win Probability Added

Big winners: David Wright, +80.6% WPA, Francisco Rodriguez, +20.9% WPA
Big losers: Mike Pelfrey, -48.1% WPA, Cory Sullivan, -12.3% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Wright two-run homerun in ninth, +71.9% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Ibanez two-run homerun in third, -22.5% WPA
Total pitcher WPA: -26.1% WPA
Total batter WPA: _76.1% WPA
GWRBI!: David Wright

Game Thread Roll Call

Nice job by fxcarden; his effort in the game thread embiggens us all.

Num Name # of Posts
1 fxcarden 67
2 metsguy234 38
3 Jadden Hopkins 32
4 Evan_S 30
5 MetsFan4Decades 22
6 Syler 18
7 GenJackRipper 17
8 Jsz 13
9 blueandorange4life 12
10 lstorie1971 11

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Omg, David Clutch!

And I vote “Bunny Ears”.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Sep 12, 2009 7:36 PM EDT reply actions  

Great title to this post...

And it is quite nice to be on the long end of a game like this. :)

by sjohnson125 on Sep 12, 2009 7:48 PM EDT reply actions  

wow we actually get a game recap today

that’s rare

"Solo homers usually come with no one on base." -Ralph Kiner

by metsguy234 on Sep 12, 2009 8:03 PM EDT reply actions  

we won, there's actually something worthwhile to write about

there isn’t always other than “we lost….again”

"I reject your reality and substitute my own"
-Adam Savage

by blueandorange4life on Sep 12, 2009 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

Rare period?

Or rare for a Saturday? We have recaps for 95% of the games, which is pretty good considering most of those games were awful.

by Eric Simon on Sep 12, 2009 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

considering i think he usually only posts on gamethreads and on the weekends...

i could see how it’d be confusing

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Sep 13, 2009 1:03 AM EDT up reply actions  

I was out shopping

Shopping all over Baltimore, listening to the game on the radio when possible, and came home just in time to see Dub’s GWRBI. Hell yeah. I was so very excited. Fun game, great ending. Would love to see the Mets sweep tomorrow. Bring the pain!

Grission and Husart - that is either the non-union Mexican equivelant of "Starsky and Hutch" or the key to winning the World Series.

by IanB in MD on Sep 12, 2009 8:23 PM EDT reply actions  

great win

first multihomer game of the season for wright. wow. bonus fact: 40% of his homers have come against the phils this year. wow. again.

"The one thing you don't want to do is hit a home run. That's a rally-killer." -Jeff Francoeur

by RangersandMets on Sep 12, 2009 8:50 PM EDT reply actions  

same

"The one thing you don't want to do is hit a home run. That's a rally-killer." -Jeff Francoeur

by RangersandMets on Sep 12, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

I'll say it again.

 Great game. As good as it gets. The game of redemption lives up to its name.

Now, Mets, get out there and LOSE SOME GAMES!!!

Nothing can get by him; especially in a small room: Mike Francessa

by GenJackRipper on Sep 13, 2009 1:27 AM EDT reply actions  

I turned the game off after Castillo's groundout.

I hate myself right now.

"We must win and we must know how to win rather than win because we have statistical people."

by Evan_S on Sep 13, 2009 1:38 AM EDT reply actions  

Actually

I’ve noticed that his swing’s gotten shorter

Nothing can get by him; especially in a small room: Mike Francessa

by GenJackRipper on Sep 13, 2009 1:45 AM EDT up reply actions  

I hope so

He was swinging right through fastballs earlier this season.

King of the bling come to lay down the evidence//Not George Bush, L-Millz be da president

by Sam Page on Sep 13, 2009 2:19 AM EDT up reply actions  

David > Omir

Dub’s homer WPA was .719

Omir’s vs. Papelbon was .707

We have a new champion.

by James Kannengieser on Sep 13, 2009 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions  

Where's the wolfman now?

And his “outrage” post?
Hey wolfman, the phillies aren’t going 160-0

"We're investigating the investigative procedure of the investigation of Tony Bernazard"---Omar Minaya (he really didn't say it but he would"

by firejerrynow on Sep 13, 2009 6:35 AM EDT reply actions  

Let it go man. Let it go.

You don't cheer for the Mets. You drink for the Mets.

by Kevin H on Sep 13, 2009 8:26 AM EDT up reply actions  

He called me a dope

"We're investigating the investigative procedure of the investigation of Tony Bernazard"---Omar Minaya (he really didn't say it but he would"

by firejerrynow on Sep 13, 2009 8:54 AM EDT up reply actions  

True.

You deserve some vindiction.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Sep 13, 2009 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

I Will be vindicitive

"We're investigating the investigative procedure of the investigation of Tony Bernazard"---Omar Minaya (he really didn't say it but he would"

by firejerrynow on Sep 13, 2009 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

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