6/16--Mike Pelfrey hadn't won in his last 5 decisions before last night's 6-4 win at Camden Yards. Pelfrey went 5.2 innings allowing 2 runs on 2 hits while walking 3 and striking out 2 to improve his season record to 5-2. Pelfrey's velocity increased over the course of his outing as his fastball was able to max out at 94mph in the 5th inning.
The Mets got their big break offensively in the 4th inning which also saw the Orioles play some bad defense. Fernando Martinez lead off with a walk that was followed by a Brian Roberts error that allowed Carlos beltran to reach safely.Wright then singled Martinez home and Beltran was able to advance to third on on a bad throw from the outfeild. Ryan Church came up next and singled Beltran home and then Gary Sheffield singled to load the bases. The next batter, Daniel Murphy, hit a sac fly and Brian Schneider singled home the Mets fourth run of th inning before Louis Castillo grounded into a double play.
The Orioles made it 4-2 in the 6th inning with a Nick Markakis home run with Adam Jones singling before him. In the 7th the Mets were able to plate two more due to more poor defensive play by the O's, with Alberto Castillo having replaced Jeremy Guthrie on the mound. Two singles by Alex Cora and Fernando Martinez chased Castillo from the game and h was replaced by Danys Baez. A David Wright pop up was dropped by first baseman Aubrey Huff leading to two Mets runs scoring.
In the 9th, the Orioles tried getting the game tied by getting the first two men on against Bobby Parnell. Francisco Redriguez came into the game next and the Orioles could only manage 2 more runs before K-Rod closed the door for his 17th save in 18 trys.
Jeremy Guthrie ptceh farily well for the O's. Of the 5 runs he gave up in 6.1 innings, only 3 were earned. He struck out 4 and walked 2.
The combination of Sean Green and Pedro Feliciano continued they're fine pitching that they have been doing of late. Green went 1.2 innings and Feliciano 0.2 allowing nothing in they're combined efforts. Green continues to improve,looking nothing like he did when he struggled mightliy from May until this recent hot streak.
6/13 -- Bronx, NY. The Yankees were able to get another strong outing from ace CC sabathia as they defeated the lowly Washington Nationals 5-3. Sabathia pitched a strong 7.2 innings while striking out 2 and walking 1. The only hiccup in his outing was a 5th inning 3 run home run off the bat of Anderson Hernandez who is not known for his power.
The New York runs came on RBIs by Mark Taxiera, Melky Cabrera, Ramiro Pena and 2 from Robinson Cano, his 40th and 41st of the year.
Sabathia was able to keep his team in the game after the Hernandez home run until the offense was able to tie and eventually get the lead. Mariano Rovera cam on in the 9th to get his 15th save.
Nat's starter Shairon Martis was solid, keeping his team in the game during his 6 innings on the mound. Martis' problem was 5 walks which shortened the length of his outing. “His sinker was working real good but he started a little up and that’s why he threw so many pitches,” catcher Wil Nieves said of Martis. “His sinker was moving so good it was running away from the corner.” (Source: Jay Cohen, AP sports writer - http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=290616110)
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