Shane Victorino drove Pedro Feliz in with a line single to right to propel the Phillies to victory in the opener of their four-game showdown with the Mets.
The Mets and Phillies series, which begins Friday night in Philadelphia, will provide a good litmus test before the Mets close out the first half of the season.
An explosive offensive performance overshadowed an excellent start by Mike Pelfrey and kept the Mets within four and a half games of the Phillies heading into their four-game series.
Tubs of Kozy Shack rice and chocolate puddings are now being sold at Shea Stadium alongside the hot dogs and giant pretzels, and are being included in children’s meals at the ballpark.
The Mets lost a two-run lead in the eighth inning and again failed to muster a comeback, losing to the Cardinals in a game where the chances for victory were there for the Mets' taking.
The Mets’ starting pitching backed Tony Armas Jr.’s first appearance of the season with 14 hits and 7 consecutive runs in storming back from an early two-run deficit.
Shoddy fielding, a slumbering offense and poor pitching, stalwarts of the first 81 games, reappeared as the Mets opened the second half of their season with a 7-1 loss.
After splitting four games with the Mets over the weekend, the Yankees start a nine-game homestand Monday that should help define exactly how good they are.
PHILADELPHIA - Jose Reyes freely admitted Friday that he
confronted former Met and current SNY analyst Keith Hernandez as the team boarded its charter flight to St. Louis. But Reyes, who was fed up with Hernandez's criticism during Sunday's broadcast, denied that the two ever came close to blows, which was backed up by a number of eyewitnesses.
The temptation to peek ahead to the holiday weekend was understandable with a four-game series against the Phillies awaiting them at Citizens Bank Park. So as the Mets prepared for Thursday night's finale with the Cardinals, it was essential for them to concentrate on the task at hand.
ST. LOUIS - The temptation to peek ahead to the holiday
weekend was understandable with a four-game series against the Phillies awaiting them at Citizens Bank Park. So as the Mets prepared for last night's finale with the Cardinals, it was essential for them to stay focused on the task at hand.
Pelfrey s seven strong innings, RBI single in six-run third sends Mets to Philly on high note
ST. LOUIS - With a four-game series against the
Phillies awaiting them at Citizens Bank Park, the temptation to peek ahead to the holiday weekend was understandable. So as the Mets prepared for last night's finale with the Cardinals, it was essential for them to concentrate on the task at hand.
Glaus HR in ninth is final blow in game that kept slipping away
As the raindrops fell, and lightning flashed above Busch Stadium, the Mets hustled for the dugout last night in the third inning. Only Pedro Martinez never stepped off the rubber. He stared up at the sky, the baseball still in his glove, and refused to leave the mound.
ST. LOUIS - The return of Moises Alou, initially scheduled
for tomorrow in Philadelphia, has been delayed by rain. Pushed back by uncooperative weather in Port St. Lucie, Alou hopped a flight to New York yesterday with the expectation of continuing his rehab for Double-A Binghamton tomorrow instead of starting against the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.
ST. LOUIS - The curious case of Luis Castillo took
another predictable turn yesterday when manager Jerry Manuel proclaimed that it was time for another re-evaluation of his ailing second baseman. Manuel replaced him with Damion Easley for the second straight night against the Cardinals and this appears to be a last-ditch effort to see if an extended rest can keep Castillo off the disabled list.
Right fielder Ryan Church, who has suffered two concussions this season and recently spent more than three weeks on the DL because of post-concussion syndrome, left tonight's game in the eighth inning after complaining of dizziness....
Tonight's starter, John Maine, was just removed with two outs in the fifth inning of a 3-3 tie with the Phillies because of a cramp in his left (non-throwing) forearm. Maine had just thrown a pitch to Howard when...
The Mets will try to bounce back tonight from Friday's maddening loss here at Citizens Bank Park when John Maine takes on left-hander Jamie Moyer and the rival Phillies....
The Mets kept up their distressing pattern of precious little run support for Johan Santana (pictured) in an agonizing, 3-2 road loss to the rival Phillies on Friday. It wasn't how the Amazin's wanted to start this pivotal, four-game...
PHILADELPHIA - Now this is getting ridiculous. In what is becoming a broken record, the Mets left Johan Santana with nothing to show for yet another superb pitching performance last night by dropping a 3-2 decision late to the rival Phillies...
PHILADELPHIA - Johan Santana wasn't about to second-guess Jerry Manuel for taking him out after eight superb innings last night. Santana, though, might have been the only one. Manuel's decision to yank the ace left-hander after just 95 pitches...
PHILADELPHIA - The honeymoon lasted all of 16 games - eight of them wins, eight of them losses. That was Jerry Manuel's New York internship, his apprenticeship, his postgraduate fellowship. Sixteen games worth of quips and pithy observations and...
The Mets, who are 4½ games behind the Phillies, open a pivotal four-game road series with their NL East rivals tonight at Citizens Bank Park when Johan Santana takes on rookie left-hander J.A. Happ....
Sources told The Post in an exclusive, back-page report that Jose Reyes (pictured) and Keith Hernandez had quite the showdown Sunday night on the Mets' charter flight to St. Louis over broadcast comments Hernandez made about Reyes' glove-throwing incident...
After losing the NL East by one game last year, the Mets know every game counts the same. Despite the fact they don't even have a .500 record (42-43), Mets players, as well as their manager, know how important this weekend's series with the...
ST. LOUIS -- The Mets decided yesterday that Luis Castillo's health was too much of a distraction, finally placing the gimpy second baseman on the DL with a strained left hip flexor. Castillo's availability (or lack thereof) had been a constant...
PHILADELPHIA - This is what happens when you have a history as shallow and abbreviated as the Mets' history: It is possible that two of the five most popular Mets in history can actually get nose-to-nose on an airplane, deep in an argument in the...
MEMO to SNY: Cut it out, cut it out, now. We're not that stupid. The Mets blew another one, Wednesday night in St. Louis. They had a 7-5 lead in the eighth, but lost to become a 41-43 team. They had David Wright on third, one out in the eighth...
ST. LOUIS - Jose Reyes and Keith Hernandez had to be separated on the Mets' charter plane Sunday night after a tense confrontation over Hernandez's critical comments about the All-Star shortstop. A team source described the situation aboard the...
ST. LOUIS - The Mets rested cleanup hitter Carlos Beltran, littered their lineup with reserves and had their No. 5 starter on the mound last night. So, naturally, they went out and blasted the team with the second-best record in the National...
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Talk With Hernandez Does Little for Reyes
