8/3/14

August 3rd 2014 -- Giants 9, Mets 0

Sunday afternoon at Citi Field Madison Bumgarner went the distance on a 2 hit shutout while Buster Posey and Hunter Pence provided the offense; the Giants blank the Mets in a laugher, 9-0.  Bartolo Colon started for the Mets and didn’t have a chance as the Giants tallied 6 runs on 8 hits in 4 2/3 against the Mets starter. The Giants scored 2 in the 3rd, a single run in the 4th and 3 in the 5th knocking Colon out of the box.   Posey went 3 for 4 with this  13th homer of the year. Brando Belt hit  his 12th and Hunter Pence went 3 for 5 with a pair of homers, 14 and 15 and 4 RBI. Bumgarner was masterful. A double by Wilmer Flores in the 3rd and a 7th inning single by David Wright was all the Met offense.  Bumgarner walked 1 and struck out 10 in the game earning his 13th win.  Colon walked none and struck out 5. He falls to 10-9. Buddy Carlyle, Carlos Torres, Dana Eveland and Josh Edgin mopped up. Torres yielded a pair of runs, Eveland the other.  The Mets trail in the series 2 games to 1.They now stand at 28-26 at Citi Field and 53-58 overall. Monday afternoon the Mets look for a series split. Dillon Gee (4-4  3.88) goes for the Mets, Tim Hudson (8-8  2.71) goes for the Giants. 

5 comments:

David L. Whitman said...

Flores gets one of the two Met hits today after driving in a pair yesterday. How much you wanna bet he sits tomorrow?

bgreg98180 said...

D Whit

Even better. .....
explain to me why Tejada batted 2nd in the order
but Flores batted 7th.

Collins needs to go immediately

David L. Whitman said...

Bob-

Well the Mets are doing a fine impersonation of a "dead ball" era team right now so in his mind it makes perfect sense. Any day now I half expect them to break out baggy flannel unis and webless gloves for a turn back the clock to 1914 night.

I love this quote from Terry in regards to when/if the team is considering calling up Noah Syndegaard:

“We all want our young players up here,” Collins said. “But right now, we’re in the hunt. So we’re going to be careful when they come and the role they’re going to have.”

Just another in a long line of WTF TC moments...

Mack Ade said...

As I will point out in tomorrow morning's report, the 'hunt' is just about over...

Anonymous said...

OK.......now that the charade is over (we have been out classed at home by one of the teams we need to catch in the WC race) can we spend the rest of the 2014 season evaluating who will play a role in 2015?

Get rid of the Abreaus, the Youngs and other stop gaps! Bring up the kids and get them some experience.

Oh and drop TC while you are at it............