Brian Mccann

20 August 2008

Pelfrey Goes The Distance

The mystery of how Jerry Manuel will manage the bullpen was put on hold for a day, as Mike Pelfrey pitched his first career complete game Wednesday. Pelfrey didn't even seem to have his best stuff, but he worked economically throughout the game and kept his pitch count down. He only struck out three batters, mainly relying on aggressive Braves hitters putting the ball in play early in the count. The only blemish was the sixth inning, which still could have been much worse. Atlanta loaded the bases on a bunt single and two walks, but Pelfrey induced a double play grounder from Brian McCann, and he had a chance to escape with only one run allowed. But he bounced a wild pitch to the next batter and Yunel Escobar scored from third, before Mark Kotsay lined out to left to end the inning. Pelfrey settled down thereafter and cruised through the next three innings, retiring all nine batters on just 25 pitches.

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Delgado, Easley Spark Comeback Against Braves

The Mets' woes with the bases loaded finally ended Tuesday night when Carlos Delgado doubled off the wall in left to score two and put New York ahead 4-3 in the eighth. Prior to Delgado's two-bagger, the Mets had just three hits in their last 42 at-bats with the bases loaded. Then, after an intentional walk to Fernando Tatis, Damion Easley came up with a bases-loaded hit of his own, singling into left center to score two more runs. Ramon Castro topped the five-run inning off with an RBI double down the line in left, and the Mets completed the comeback from a 3-2 eighth inning deficit.

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