John From Albany: 10 Years Ago - Mets Drop Rubber Game in Tampa Bay, 8/9/2015

 

Daniel Murphy. 2015 Topps Stadium Card

2015, the last year the Mets made the World Series.  This daily post will detail the game by game journey to the Fall Classic.  Click here for More Mets History and Calendar Classics.

Year: 2015; Game #111; Sunday;  Aug 9, NYM 3 @ TBR; 4; boxscore;   WP: Cedeno; LP: Colon;  Save: McGee; Time: 02:38; DAY; Attendance: 26,681; Record: 59-52; Standings: 1; Games up/behind: up 1.5; L;  

Curtis Granderson DH: 1 for 4; 1 RBI; 1 walk; 2 Ks; Daniel Murphy 2B: 2 for 4; 2B; 2 RBIs; Yoenis Céspedes CF: 2 for 4; 1 K; Lucas Duda 1B: 0 for 4; GDP; 3 Ks; Juan Uribe 3B: 0 for 3; 1 run; 1 walk; 1 K; Michael Conforto LF: 0 for 4; 2 Ks; Wilmer Flores SS: 1 for 3; 1 run; 1 walk; 1 K; Kelly Johnson RF: 0 for 2; 1 K; Juan Lagares PH-RF: 0 for 1; HBP; 1 K; Kevin Plawecki C: 0 for 3; 1 run; 1 walk; 1 K; Bartolo Colón, L (10-11): 6.2 innings; 4 runs; 4 ERs; 9 hits; 1 HR; Eric O'Flaherty: 0.1 inning; no runs; Bobby Parnell: 1 inning; no runs; 1 hit; 1 K;  

NY Post: Mets’ strike out headaches arise again in anotherloss. “On Sunday, the Mets struck out 13 times, running their total to 28 over two games. Of their six hits against Chris Archer and the Rays bullpen, only one went for extra bases…Daniel Murphy stroked a two-run single in the second to give the Mets a 3-0 lead. Archer issued four walks in the inning, including one to Curtis Granderson that forced in the first run. Murphy then smacked a full-count slider for two runs…Bartolo Colon (L,10-11) flushed a three-run lead and watched the Rays go ahead in the seventh on Richie Shaffer’s leadoff homer."

Nationals lost to the Rockies to allow the Mets to maintain their 1.5 game lead in the NL East.

NL East Standings 8/9/15

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
NYM	59	52	.532	--	409	395	.516
WSN	57	53	.518	1.5	459	432	.528
ATL	51	61	.455	8.5	421	490	.431
PHI	45	67	.402	14.5	418	541	.384
MIA	44	68	.393	15.5	400	458	.438

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 8/9/2015.