Game two of the day-night double-header. Schneider, Castillo, Alou, and Church get the game off for the Mets.
Mets with a uniform switch from black to white.....
Here we go!
Top 1st
Pelfrey gives up the first run early. Freel leads off with a double to left and Junior scores him with a sac fly. Two fly outs sends it to the Mets
1-0 Reds
Bottom 1st
Bronson Arroyo strikes out the side. Yeesh. He's 1-4 with an 8.45 ERA....given last game's heat, the Mets probably were planning on hitting this guy hard......
1-0 Reds
Top 2nd
Pelfrey gives up a single to Keppinger but then retires the next two. For the third out, Beltran makes his second great, sliding catch of the day on Arroyo's line to center.
1-0 Reds
Bottom 2nd
Beltran takes a walk. Delgado continues a solid day of hitting by ripping one to center for a base hit. A bobble by Hatteberg on the throw to Arroyo at first allows Marlon Anderson to reach and juice the bases with only one out. Pelfrey almost drops one to the right gap, but Junior makes a good play to strand all three base-runners.
1-0 Reds
Top 3
1-2-3 inning for Pelfrey.
1-0 Reds
Bottom 3
Mets get on the board after Wright grounds one past Encarnacion for an RBI single that drives home Reyes. Wright tries to hustle home on Beltran's double, but gets beat at the plate.
1-1
Top 4th
Two away and Keppinger knocks one to right for a base hit. Marlon Anderson motors to the left line on Hetteberg's hit, but can't come up with it cleanly. Pelfrey loads the bases on a walk, and Arroyo grounds out, leaving all ducks on the pond. Nice job getting out of trouble there , but Pelfrey's entering the danger zone here in pitch count. He's at 82 through four. This could be a long night for the bullpen.
1-1
Bottom 4th
No runs and no hits for Arroyo in the fourth. Mets are going to have to capitalize on their opportunities when they arise. But I guess that much is obvious.
1-1
Top 5th
With two outs, Junior hits a bleeder to shallow center, but the Reds can't keep the inning alive. Pelfrey's at 96 pitches now....yikes!
1-1
Bottom 5th
Mets go down in order after Junior chases down Wright's shot to deep center.
1-1
Top 6th
Keppinger singles on a grounder to center. He's now 3-for-3 tonight. Hatteberg then brings him home with an RBI double to center. Anderson goes to the left retaining wall to snag Bako's line drive. Pelfrey's at 106 now, with Schoeneweis warming up in the bullpen.
2-1 Reds
Bottom 6th
Another 1-2-3 for Arroyo, who's pitching very efficiently. He's at only 84 pitches through six.
2-1 Reds
Top 7th
Heilman in for Pelfrey. Freel flies out and Heilman fans Hairston Jr. KGJ's fly-out makes it a 1-2-3 for Heilman. And we're on the second 7th-inning stretch of the day.
2-1 Reds
Bottom 7th
Arroyo strikes out both Anderson and Castro. Pinch-hitting, Church, goes down for the third out. Arroyo strikes out the side once again. A one-run lead and Arroyo's being stingy.....
2-1 Reds
Top 8th
Set-up man Duaner Sanchez in for Heilman. Dunn hits a dribbler down the left line. Keppinger now 4-for-4 after reaching on Sanchez' change-up for a base hit on a grounder to left. Patterson, in to pinch-run, scores on Hatteberg's single to left. That makes three straight hits given up by Sanchez. Bako makes it four and the Reds are now up three runs. Looks like Arroyo will pitch the eighth since he hits a fly ball caught for the second out.....
4-1 Reds
Bottom 8th
Arroyo still bringing the heat through eight, striking out Reyes swinging with a change-up. And both Chavez and Wright go down in order....1-2-3 for Arroyo, who's looking sharp even after 116 pitches.
4-1 Reds.
Top 9th
Wagner in to pitch, and he walks Junior for only his third walk in 13 1/3 innings. David Wright with an error on Encarnacion's grounder to third...looks like it took a strange spin there before he could get a handle on it. Another defensive gaffe for the Mets after a Delgado throwing error to second. Bases loaded now with only one out. Junior scores on Keppinger's ground ball to short. Reyes fired it to third, but misses the out by a sliver. Encarnacion then scores on Hatteberg's sac fly. Wagner looks really out of sync tonight. Well-known for dishing out the criticism, Wagner better be ready to shoulder some of it tonight. That's 3 runs given up this inning, and Randolph pulls him in favor of Jorge Sosa to retire the side.
7-1 Reds
Bottom 9th
Big hole for the Mets here and the bullpen is gonna take some heat. Mets can't muster any remaining firepower from the earlier game.
Final score 7-1 Reds