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00:00:00New York, Massachusetts
00:00:29Just a couple of miles away from one of the world's busiest airports
00:00:45We're at Shea Stadium here in New York
00:00:47As 989 Sports coverage of Major League Baseball is about to get underway
00:00:52We've got a good one on tap here
00:00:54As it'll be the Milwaukee Brewers taking on the New York Mets
00:00:58And hello again everybody
00:01:00Matt Vaskersian here to call balls and strikes
00:01:03Alongside me, my partner Dave Campbell
00:01:05And Dave, what should we keep an eye on in this matchup?
00:01:08Well Matt, we've got ourselves a marquee pitching matchup here
00:01:10So we could be looking at a real duel here
00:01:12I think the key is going to be getting a run or two on the board in the early going
00:01:16Because they almost certainly will be hard to come by
00:01:18All right Dave, thank you
00:01:20As now we get a look at how the visiting Milwaukee Brewers will line up here
00:01:24Brady Clark is the leadoff man, he's in center field
00:01:27Junior Spivey will bat second and play second
00:01:30Lyle Overbay will bat third, he's at first base
00:01:34Carlos Lee will bat in the cleanup spot and play left
00:01:37Jeff Jenkins is the right fielder hitting fifth
00:01:40Russell Brannion is in the sixth hole, he plays third
00:01:43Billy Hall, the shortstop batting number seven
00:01:46Chad Moeller will be behind the plate and hit eighth
00:01:49Ben Sheets finally will do the pitching for Milwaukee
00:01:53He bats number nine
00:01:54And it'll still take a while to get used to this site
00:01:58But there you get a look at Mets starter
00:02:00Three-time Cy Young Award winner Pedro Martinez
00:02:03Pedro finally got his ring with the Sox last fall
00:02:07But now he'll face the challenge of taking this Mets staff to the next level
00:02:11And in the field we see the Mets will line up this way
00:02:15Brady Clark will head for the box as we are just about ready to get things going today
00:02:21Brady Clark
00:02:22Here's the pitch
00:02:33And a foul ball straight back
00:02:39Rounded to third
00:02:49Dive but it's just past his outstretched glove for a base hit
00:02:54Good at bat that time leading off the game
00:02:57Now we'll get a chance to see if they want to send him on his way here
00:03:00Junior Spivey will stand in for the first time here
00:03:06Now a hard hit ball back up the middle
00:03:18And that'll get through into center field for a base hit
00:03:22Well a very inauspicious start this afternoon
00:03:27First couple of batters on here
00:03:28And now the heart of the lineup set to stand in
00:03:31Lyle Overbeg will get his first cuts here
00:03:34First baseman
00:03:35Lyle Overbeg
00:03:38Now a ball hit in the air to left center
00:03:51Floyd arranged to his left as he tracks this one down in left center for the first down
00:03:58And it's not in time as he's in well ahead of the throw
00:04:01Carlos Lee
00:04:03Carlos Lee is next as he finds himself behind 0-1
00:04:14Infield at double play depth as they look for two to try to get him out of this
00:04:18Took something off the curveball there
00:04:2876 miles an hour
00:04:29It's 0-2
00:04:30Working quickly here
00:04:32Let's see if they try to finish him off
00:04:33Ooh tough to lay off there
00:04:42But it's called a ball
00:04:431-2
00:04:44Well hit high in the air and deep to center field
00:04:59Beltran is back though and he's there to put it away
00:05:03Two down
00:05:04They put the tag on and he is out at third
00:05:07So a couple of hits here in the top half
00:05:10But nothing comes of it
00:05:11Now the Mets will step up for their first shot in a scoreless ball game
00:05:15Now the starting lineup for the Mets reads as such
00:05:20Jose Reyes will lead things off and be the shortstop
00:05:24Kaz Matsui will bat second and play second
00:05:27Carlos Beltran will bat third and play center
00:05:30Mike Piazza will bat fourth, he's behind the plate
00:05:33David Wright will bat fifth, he's at third base
00:05:36Cliff Floyd will hit sixth and play left field
00:05:39Mike Cameron, the right fielder, bats seventh
00:05:42After that it's the former goal glover Doug Mankiewicz
00:05:45He's at first base
00:05:46And on the mound batting in the number nine spot here
00:05:50Former Cy Young Award winner Pedro Martinez
00:05:53And on the mound to square off against them
00:05:56The former Olympic hero right-hander Ben Sheets
00:05:59Sheets had an overall losing record last year
00:06:02Despite a sparkling 2.70 ERA
00:06:05Which was good for third in the National League
00:06:08And there you see a look at the defensive alignment behind him for the Brewers
00:06:12Jose Reyes will step in now to lead things off in the home half of the first
00:06:18And here's the first pitch
00:06:25There's a strike at the knees, 0 and 1
00:06:29In there and he's ahead 0-2 now
00:06:42Now he's going to have to make an adjustment at the plate
00:06:45Maybe take a little length out of his swing
00:06:47And he looks at a ball, 1 and 2
00:06:56Hard hit towards center
00:07:10Lays himself out and makes a spectacular catch
00:07:15He takes away certain extra bases with that one Matt
00:07:18You'll see it here
00:07:19Watch as he stretches out as far as he can to bring the ball in
00:07:22That's a super play
00:07:24Kaz Matsui will step in now
00:07:29Second base play
00:07:30Kaz Matsui
00:07:33First pitch on the way
00:07:45Swing and a miss and he's behind 0 and 1
00:07:49And they go away here
00:08:02It's a called strike
00:08:03Nothing and 2
00:08:04And with a few pitches to play with
00:08:06Let's see if they get him to chase something here
00:08:08Tried to work it back to that low inside corner
00:08:17But it misses 1 and 2
00:08:19And that's going to be high 2 and 2 now
00:08:30And a good 2 strike pitch
00:08:32Make him go up and get it
00:08:34Now the 2-2 pitch
00:08:41Had him fooled as he swings through the curveball
00:08:46Two down
00:08:46And his eyes just opened wide on the curveball here
00:08:50Take a look
00:08:51This thing is outside the strike zone
00:08:53But he reaches out to get it anyway
00:08:55That was a bad decision
00:08:56Carlos Beltran will stand in now
00:09:00Switch hitter batting from the left side here
00:09:02On the ground to second
00:09:16Therefore to Spivey
00:09:17Throw to first will get him easily
00:09:19And the side is retired
00:09:20So they're held in check here this half of the inning
00:09:24Second inning coming up here at Shea
00:09:26With no score
00:09:29Jeff Jenkins leads things off now
00:09:33In the top half of the second
00:09:34Right fielder
00:09:37Jeff Jenkins
00:09:40First pitch coming
00:09:43Ball 1
00:09:46Now a ball hit hard towards the hole
00:10:03And past the diving infielder
00:10:06That's a base hit
00:10:07Well they set up looking for the corner
00:10:11But this thing comes right back towards the middle of the plate
00:10:13And he pulls it to right for the hit
00:10:15Russell Brannion will dig in here
00:10:19Very thanks mate
00:10:20Russell Brannion
00:10:23Swing and a miss as he was way in front of that one
00:10:43Pedro Reddy with the 0-1
00:10:45Slider and it's off his glove
00:10:47And it bounces away
00:10:49And he'll apply the tag
00:10:52And he is out at second
00:10:53Well when this ball gets away
00:10:57He thinks second easily
00:10:58But a quick recovery leads to a strong throw
00:11:00And it gets him
00:11:01One out
00:11:05Nobody on
00:11:06Now a swing and a hard hit ball to short
00:11:15And a dive by Reyes
00:11:16But it's by him
00:11:17A base hit
00:11:18And already that base running gaff comes into play
00:11:23As they really be in business
00:11:25Instead it's one out and one out
00:11:27Billy Hall will be the batter
00:11:29And a check swing
00:11:46Looked like he went around
00:11:47Yes indeed
00:11:48Says the first base umpire
00:11:50Strike one
00:11:500-1 pitch
00:12:02And he can't make contact on the bender
00:12:040-2
00:12:05Got to shorten up your swing now
00:12:06And try to protect the outer half
00:12:08And a sharp slider from Pedro
00:12:19With two strikes
00:12:19And he gets him for strike three
00:12:21Take a look at this again
00:12:24Pedro loves to dangle that slider out there
00:12:27With two strikes
00:12:27As this pitch was set up perfectly
00:12:30By the previous two
00:12:31Chad Mulder
00:12:32Will take his cuts now
00:12:33Chad Mulder
00:12:35First pitch coming
00:12:46Here's a cold strike about thigh high
00:12:50Nothing and one
00:12:51And here's a swing and a miss
00:13:04As he falls behind nothing and two
00:13:06Not wasting any time here
00:13:08He's coming right after him
00:13:18And a slider swung on and missed
00:13:20And the side is retired
00:13:21So no runs
00:13:25On two hits
00:13:26No errors
00:13:27And a runner left on
00:13:28We'll go to the bottom half
00:13:31Of ending number two
00:13:32And we are tied
00:13:33Nothing-nothing
00:13:34Mike Piazza
00:13:35Will start things off
00:13:37In the bottom of the second
00:13:37Leading up for the best
00:13:39That's right
00:13:41Mike in that side
00:13:44Now here's the first pitch
00:13:53Swing and a miss that time
00:13:56It's 0-1
00:13:56That is such a valuable weapon
00:13:59When you can spot the fastball
00:14:00Down there
00:14:01Swing and a ball hit high
00:14:10But not very far
00:14:11Out toward right center
00:14:13And that ball is going to land
00:14:15Between them
00:14:15Well he goes down
00:14:17And gets this one
00:14:18Off his shoe tops
00:14:19But he makes it pay off
00:14:20David Wright
00:14:21Steps in now
00:14:23And here's the first pitch
00:14:33And they start him
00:14:34With one high and away
00:14:35For bowl one
00:14:37Swung on and missed
00:14:48One and one
00:14:49Hitting his spots
00:14:50With a fastball
00:14:51Now got him to swing
00:14:52Right through it
00:14:52Looked like he was on
00:15:02That one
00:15:03But it's one and two
00:15:04From the stretch
00:15:13Swing and a miss
00:15:15On the fastball
00:15:16And that's the first out
00:15:17Well this is just a case
00:15:21Where he reaches back
00:15:22For a little something extra
00:15:23And he just fired that
00:15:25Fastball by him
00:15:26So a runner on first
00:15:32With one out now
00:15:33And the free swinging
00:15:34Cliff Floyd will stand in
00:15:36And that's swung on
00:15:47And missed for strike one
00:15:48The infields
00:15:49Have double played
00:15:50Daptirambad
00:15:51As they look for a ground ball
00:15:52To get him out of the inning
00:15:53Runners on first
00:15:55With one down
00:15:55One and one
00:16:00Now here's the ball
00:16:15Hit in the air
00:16:15To straight away right field
00:16:17This ball's got plenty
00:16:18Of carry to it
00:16:19And it is
00:16:20Out of here
00:16:21A two run blast
00:16:28To straight away right field
00:16:29As it's now
00:16:30A two nothing ball game
00:16:32Boy and Matt
00:16:39He got every bit
00:16:40Of this thing
00:16:41Straight away right field
00:16:42And that ball
00:16:43Just kept going
00:16:44And going
00:16:45Mike Cameron
00:16:50Will stand in
00:16:51Ball one
00:17:05Looks like it had him fooled a bit
00:17:07But it couldn't hit the target
00:17:08Lays off a fastball
00:17:19That doesn't miss by much
00:17:21And it's two and oh
00:17:22Much too quick on the trigger there
00:17:34It's two and one
00:17:35Three and one
00:17:47Swing and a miss
00:18:01Good pitch
00:18:02And it's full now
00:18:02Three and two
00:18:03Swing and a ball
00:18:14Hit hard on the ground
00:18:15To short
00:18:16Picked up by Hall
00:18:17Long throw
00:18:20But it's not in time
00:18:21As he hustles down the line
00:18:22To beat it out
00:18:23Thought off the crack of the bat
00:18:25They were going to be able
00:18:26To get him at first
00:18:26But he's picking him up
00:18:27And putting him down
00:18:28And gets himself
00:18:29An infield hit
00:18:30Doug Mankiewicz
00:18:31Will be the batter
00:18:32And this is just off the outside corner
00:18:47For a ball
00:18:48One and oh
00:18:48He's running
00:18:59He's running
00:18:59Towards second
00:18:59The tag
00:19:01And he is out at second
00:19:03Well with his speed
00:19:06This has got to be a perfect throw
00:19:07And sure enough
00:19:08It's right on the money
00:19:09Now the one and one pitch
00:19:17Right down the chute
00:19:20That time
00:19:21One and two
00:19:21And there's a reason
00:19:22This team is losing already
00:19:24He's got to stay out of the middle
00:19:25With those
00:19:26Two out
00:19:27Nobody on
00:19:28Fastball
00:19:33And where did that miss
00:19:35Two and two
00:19:35And he missed with it here
00:19:47So now it's a full count
00:19:48Three and two
00:19:49Here's a ball hit into the air
00:20:01And medium deep left center
00:20:03And this is tracked down on the run
00:20:08And with that the side is retired
00:20:10So two runs
00:20:11On three hits
00:20:12Including the home run
00:20:14No errors
00:20:15And no one left
00:20:16We played two full
00:20:17Mets out in front
00:20:19Two to nothing
00:20:20Ben Sheets
00:20:21Ready to go here
00:20:22As we begin the third
00:20:23And a fastball is in there
00:20:37For strike one
00:20:38Well this is what veteran pitchers do
00:20:40They know the importance
00:20:41Of getting ahead in the count
00:20:42He comes up empty that time
00:20:54As he's underneath it
00:20:55Oh and two
00:20:56Now a ball hit back up the middle
00:21:10Reyes has got it
00:21:12Oh got him
00:21:15Oh what a play
00:21:16One thing people said about
00:21:18Jose Reyes coming up
00:21:19Was that he was a defensive whiz
00:21:21And he proves it right on this play
00:21:23Pure poetry
00:21:24Brady Clark will step in
00:21:37A base hit in his last time
00:21:38First pitch to him
00:21:52Swung on and missed for the first strike
00:21:56Bases are empty
00:22:02One man out
00:22:03Swing and a miss here
00:22:11And he's behind in the count now
00:22:13Oh and two
00:22:13Good arm action there
00:22:28But this one misses
00:22:28And it's a ball and two strikes
00:22:30Swing and a high drive
00:22:44Deep left field
00:22:45Should stay in the ballpark
00:22:47And a nice play
00:22:49As he reaches up to grab it on the run
00:22:51For the second out
00:22:52Junior Spivey will stride in
00:22:54He's singled in his last plate appearance
00:22:56And that's in there for a strike
00:23:06Man a fastball just misses
00:23:23It's one and one
00:23:24And Pedro is certainly not afraid to work inside
00:23:27Called strike and he's behind one and two
00:23:39Fastball and where did that miss
00:23:56Two and two
00:23:57Bases are empty here with two men out
00:24:03Sets the 2-2 pitch
00:24:08Swing shot back up the middle
00:24:12And that's in there
00:24:13Base hit
00:24:14And have a look
00:24:19The catcher sets the target down around the knees
00:24:21But this is a good low ball hitter
00:24:23And he gets good wood on this one
00:24:24Lyle Overbeck will step in
00:24:28He's 0 for 1 thus far
00:24:30And this one's hit on the ground
00:24:46But foul
00:24:46Man a fastball just misses
00:24:57It's one and one
00:24:58Overbeck can use the whole field
00:25:00So you've got to be careful where you're pitching
00:25:02Can't do much with that one
00:25:12It's one and two
00:25:13And that's the perfect backdoor curveball
00:25:16Swing and a liner back through the box
00:25:28And that is through
00:25:30Into center field
00:25:31A base hit
00:25:32And Matt he's right on this fastball
00:25:34He locks in right out of the pitcher's hand
00:25:37And just shoots it back where it came from
00:25:39Carlos Lee
00:25:40Will get another shot
00:25:41He hit into a double play as last time
00:25:43First pitch on the way
00:25:50Now a swing and a ball
00:25:51Grounded to second
00:25:52Throw to first in plenty of time
00:25:55And the side is retiring
00:25:56So it's no runs on two hits
00:25:59No errors
00:26:00And two men left stranded
00:26:01Will heading out of the home half
00:26:03Of inning number three
00:26:04The Mets lead this one
00:26:06Two to nothing
00:26:07Pedro Martinez
00:26:08Makes his way to the plate
00:26:10To get us started here
00:26:11In the bottom of inning number three
00:26:13Here's the first offering
00:26:17And that misses for ball one
00:26:21And he's got to remember to pull down on that pitch
00:26:23Just like you're pulling the shades down
00:26:25And he misses low with it
00:26:34Two and oh
00:26:35Swing and a bouncer out in front
00:26:48Throw on to first in time
00:26:52One away
00:26:53Jose Reyes
00:26:59Will get another shot
00:27:01After he was robbed of a hit
00:27:03On a gorgeous play
00:27:04Last time
00:27:05Swing and a ground ball
00:27:13Towards the middle
00:27:13And that'll get by
00:27:15Into center field
00:27:16For a base hit
00:27:17Kaz Matsui
00:27:18Who dig in
00:27:190 for 1 in the ball game
00:27:21And he takes ball one
00:27:38And they better keep an eye
00:27:39On that runner at first
00:27:40Runner at first here
00:27:44One man out
00:27:45And this one's
00:27:50Too far inside
00:27:51Ball two
00:27:52He's set
00:28:02Now the pitch
00:28:03Now a softly hit liner
00:28:05Towards second
00:28:06Look at this
00:28:07Throw to second
00:28:08Is in time
00:28:10And that's a fantastic play
00:28:11He sees he's not going to have time
00:28:13To get to his feet
00:28:14So he just flings this thing
00:28:15From his knees
00:28:16And still gets his man
00:28:17So a runner at first
00:28:23With two away
00:28:24And here's the ever dangerous
00:28:25Carlos Beltran
00:28:26Swing hard hit ball
00:28:39To second
00:28:40Throw in time
00:28:43And the side is retired
00:28:44So it's no runs
00:28:46On a hit
00:28:47No errors
00:28:47And a man left
00:28:48On now to the top
00:28:50Of inning number four
00:28:51The Mets are out on top
00:28:53Two to nothing
00:28:54Jeff Jenkins
00:28:55Will dig in
00:28:56He singled his last time around
00:28:58Right fielder
00:29:01Jeff Jenkins
00:29:03First pitch
00:29:10Curve ball
00:29:10Swung out
00:29:11And missed
00:29:11Strike one
00:29:12Swing and a miss
00:29:26And he's in the hole
00:29:270-0-2 now
00:29:28And the fastball
00:29:43From Pedro
00:29:44Is right by him
00:29:44As he chalks up
00:29:45The strikeout
00:29:46And many say
00:29:47Pedro's lost
00:29:48A couple of inches
00:29:48On his fastball
00:29:49In the last year or so
00:29:50But it didn't look like
00:29:51It there
00:29:52Russell Bramion
00:29:54Will step in
00:29:55A base hit
00:29:56In his last time
00:29:57And a first pitch slider
00:30:08Is right there
00:30:09For strike one
00:30:10Now a swing
00:30:24And a high fly ball
00:30:25And this one
00:30:26Has some carry on
00:30:27At the deep right field
00:30:28Cameron
00:30:30Back in plenty of time
00:30:31To put this away
00:30:32However
00:30:32And there are two gone
00:30:34Billy Hall
00:30:37Will dig in
00:30:380-1 here
00:30:39Swung on and missed
00:30:57And that's a sign
00:30:59Of a veteran pitcher
00:31:00Getting ahead
00:31:01Early in the count
00:31:02Man a fastball
00:31:13Just misses
00:31:13It's one and one
00:31:14Two out
00:31:20Nobody on
00:31:21This is hit high in the air
00:31:29And pretty deep down
00:31:30The left field line
00:31:31Floyd will have room
00:31:34Though as he makes
00:31:35The catch in the side
00:31:36As retired
00:31:36So not much trouble
00:31:38There for Pedro
00:31:39On now to the bottom half
00:31:41Of inning number four
00:31:42The Mets lead it
00:31:43Two to nothing
00:31:44Mike Piazza
00:31:46Will lead things off
00:31:48Here in the home
00:31:49Half of the fourth
00:31:50First pitch coming
00:32:04Good off speed pitch
00:32:08Had him out in front
00:32:08For strike one
00:32:09Now a high pop up
00:32:22Right back behind home plate
00:32:24One gone
00:32:26David Wright
00:32:30Will step in
00:32:31He's 0-1 thus far
00:32:33Lays off
00:32:431-0
00:32:44And it's a called
00:32:57Strike to even
00:32:58The count at one
00:32:58And he lays off
00:33:11For a ball
00:33:11Two and one
00:33:12He'll come in
00:33:13With that thing
00:33:14But guys won't
00:33:14Chase down there
00:33:15Good spot
00:33:25For the change
00:33:25There
00:33:26And that'll
00:33:26Knock things up
00:33:27At two and two
00:33:27And he struck him out
00:33:39So he's down on
00:33:40Strikes for the second
00:33:41Time this afternoon
00:33:42Well nothing to be
00:33:44Ashamed of here
00:33:45He's just running into
00:33:46Some good pitching
00:33:46Here this afternoon
00:33:47He'll bounce back
00:33:48Cliff Floyd
00:33:50Will try again
00:33:51After hitting that
00:33:52Two run homer
00:33:53His last time around
00:33:54Floyd
00:33:55Swing and a liner
00:34:06Toward the gap
00:34:07In left center
00:34:08Base hit
00:34:09And now it'll
00:34:10Rattle up
00:34:10Against the wall
00:34:11Mike Cameron
00:34:20Mike Cameron
00:34:20Will stride in
00:34:21He's singled
00:34:22In his last plate
00:34:23Appearance
00:34:23Mike Cameron
00:34:24And that's by him
00:34:35It's oh and one
00:34:36Pause now the pitch
00:34:47And he misses with it
00:34:49One and one
00:34:49Good break to that thing
00:35:02And it's one and two
00:35:03Cameron's a guy
00:35:05That strikes out
00:35:05Quite a bit
00:35:06Let's see if he can
00:35:06Make contact here
00:35:08And here's one
00:35:16That barely misses
00:35:16Off the inside corner
00:35:18Two and two
00:35:18And he takes ball three
00:35:30So it's a full count now
00:35:32Runner in scoring position
00:35:37And it's second
00:35:38With two down
00:35:38Has a look
00:35:41Now the pitch
00:35:41Now a fastball
00:35:44Swung on
00:35:44And missed
00:35:45And that is
00:35:46Out number three
00:35:47So no runs
00:35:49On a hit here
00:35:50No errors
00:35:50One man left on
00:35:51We played four full
00:35:53Mets out in front
00:35:55Two to nothing
00:35:56Chad Moeller
00:35:59Will try again
00:36:00Struck out swinging
00:36:01His last time through
00:36:02After it
00:36:04Chad Moeller
00:36:06Here's the first pitch
00:36:14To him
00:36:15Swing and a ground
00:36:18Ball to short
00:36:18Throw by Reyes
00:36:21Is right there
00:36:22For the first down
00:36:23Ben Sheets
00:36:28Will dig in
00:36:290 for 1
00:36:30In the ball game
00:36:30Now here's the first pitch
00:36:41And that misses
00:36:44Ball one
00:36:44Might have been trying
00:36:45To overthrow that one a bit
00:36:47One out
00:36:51Nobody on
00:36:52Swing and a miss
00:37:01Looked like the slider there
00:37:02A ball and a strike
00:37:03Foul back
00:37:19And the pitch
00:37:26Swing and a broken bat
00:37:29As this ball is hit on the ground
00:37:31And a throw to Minkiewicz
00:37:33Gets him
00:37:33Two gone
00:37:34Take another look
00:37:37Great pitch
00:37:38That just splinters the bat
00:37:40And gets the ground ball out
00:37:42Brady Clark
00:37:46Will step in
00:37:47One for two
00:37:47In the ball game
00:37:48First pitch
00:38:01Coming
00:38:01And he takes a cold strike
00:38:050 and 1
00:38:06Tough pitch
00:38:06To start the at bat
00:38:08No way
00:38:09He gets a hit
00:38:10Now here's one hit
00:38:21In the air
00:38:21To the right side
00:38:22But this is back
00:38:24Into the seats
00:38:25Of foul ball
00:38:25Good waste pitch
00:38:33One and two
00:38:34Now the pitch
00:38:46Just a bit low
00:38:50Tough call
00:38:51But it's two and two
00:38:52Too high
00:39:06Ball three
00:39:06And if he's confident
00:39:08In that cutter
00:39:08He'll go up the ladder
00:39:09In the air
00:39:22To left center
00:39:22Floyd
00:39:25Is there
00:39:26And he'll make the catch
00:39:27To retire the side
00:39:29So five shutout
00:39:30Innings for him thus far
00:39:32Home half
00:39:33Of the fifth
00:39:33Coming up
00:39:34The Mets lead this one
00:39:35Two to nothing
00:39:36Doug Mankiewicz
00:39:39Will stand in
00:39:40To lead things off
00:39:41In the bottom
00:39:42Of the fifth
00:39:42First
00:39:44Ace point
00:39:45Doug Mankiewicz
00:39:47Swing and a ground
00:39:54Ball to first
00:39:55What a stop
00:39:56Throw
00:39:57Got him
00:39:58And I'm gonna tell you
00:40:00That is an incredible
00:40:02Play
00:40:02Well not only
00:40:04Is this a great play
00:40:05Just to get to the ball
00:40:06But then to throw
00:40:07A strike to first
00:40:08For the out
00:40:08That is pretty
00:40:09Pedro Martinez
00:40:16Will dig in
00:40:180 for 1
00:40:18Here in this one
00:40:19Pedro Martinez
00:40:21First pitch
00:40:25On the way
00:40:25On the ground
00:40:28To third
00:40:28And a throw
00:40:31On to Overbay
00:40:32For route number two
00:40:33Well he had a gift pitch
00:40:37That time
00:40:37Right down Broadway
00:40:38But he couldn't do
00:40:39Anything with it
00:40:40Jose Reyes
00:40:45Will step in
00:40:46One for two
00:40:47In the ball game
00:40:47And he throws the fastball
00:40:58By him here
00:40:590 and 1
00:41:00And Matt
00:41:00When the first two guys
00:41:01Make outs
00:41:02On the first pitch
00:41:03You've got to be
00:41:04Laying off there
00:41:04Swing
00:41:07And a miss
00:41:11As he pulls
00:41:12As the top hand over
00:41:13It's 0 and 2
00:41:14Tried to get him out front
00:41:26But it's a ball
00:41:271 and 2
00:41:27Bases are empty
00:41:32Here with two men out
00:41:33Outside and low
00:41:39That time
00:41:40Now it's two balls
00:41:41And two strikes
00:41:41Out in front
00:41:52As he yanks
00:41:53This down the line
00:41:54At first
00:41:54And an underhanded throw
00:41:56Is in time
00:41:57For route number three
00:41:58So they go quietly
00:42:00Here in this half inning
00:42:01Five innings complete
00:42:03The Mets lead it
00:42:04Two to nothing
00:42:05Junior Spivey
00:42:09Will dig in
00:42:10He singled his last time around
00:42:12And he gets ahead
00:42:230 and 1
00:42:24I don't think he was
00:42:25Expecting a deuce
00:42:26On the first pitch
00:42:27Matt
00:42:27Pedro Reddy
00:42:36With the 0-1
00:42:37And that misses
00:42:39Downstairs
00:42:40For a ball
00:42:411 and 1
00:42:411-1 pitch
00:42:56Is a curveball
00:42:56Just off the black
00:42:582 and 1 now
00:42:59At the knees
00:43:12For a called strike
00:43:13And it's back to even
00:43:14At 2 and 2
00:43:15Here's the 2 and 2 offering
00:43:25Swing and a ball
00:43:28Headed towards the hole
00:43:29Oh look at Matsui
00:43:31And he'll flip it
00:43:32To the pitcher
00:43:33Covering for the out
00:43:34Well he takes away
00:43:38A hit here
00:43:38Have a look at this
00:43:39He's got to stretch out
00:43:41To get the thing
00:43:42And then pop into
00:43:43Throwing position
00:43:43To get his man at first
00:43:44Lyle Overbank
00:43:53Will dig in
00:43:541 for 2 thus far
00:43:55Lyle Overbank
00:43:57Now here's a ball
00:44:12Hit hard on the ground
00:44:13Towards short
00:44:13Right there is Reyes
00:44:15And a throw to Minkiewicz
00:44:16Gets him
00:44:17Two gone
00:44:17Carlos Lee
00:44:22Will step in
00:44:23A ground out victim
00:44:24As last time
00:44:25Carlos Lee
00:44:27First pitch to him
00:44:39Looks like he might be getting squeezed
00:44:40A little bit there
00:44:41Two out
00:44:42Two out nobody on
00:44:43Two out nobody on
00:44:45Now a ground ball towards the hole
00:44:54Throw not in time
00:44:58As he's able to leg it out
00:44:59Thought off the crack of the bat
00:45:01They were going to be able to get him at first
00:45:02But he's picking him up
00:45:03And putting him down
00:45:04And gets himself an infield hit
00:45:06Jeff Jenkins will dig in
00:45:09Strike at victim
00:45:10His last time
00:45:11Jeff Jenkins
00:45:13First pitch coming
00:45:20Just off the outside
00:45:22And it's 1-0
00:45:23Good patience there to stay back
00:45:25And watch that all the way
00:45:26Now a circle change
00:45:37But he takes it low
00:45:39Ball two
00:45:39And in a close ball game
00:45:41I think you let him throw you one here
00:45:43Slider taken for a cold strike
00:45:53Two and one
00:45:53Swung on and missed
00:46:07And it's even at 2-2
00:46:08Swing and a miss on the breaking ball
00:46:24And he sets him down for route number three
00:46:26And that's six shutout innings thus far
00:46:29As he's been very difficult to solve
00:46:32Two, three, and four
00:46:33Due up in the home half of the sixth
00:46:35Mets out in front
00:46:37Two to nothing
00:46:38Kaz Matsui
00:46:39We'll dig in
00:46:400-2 with a strikeout
00:46:42In this one
00:46:42And a ball
00:46:591-0
00:46:59Hard to get the barrel of the bat on that one
00:47:02Good eye
00:47:021-0 pitch is a curveball
00:47:13That looked good from here
00:47:15But it's 2-0
00:47:16And he's flying open a bit
00:47:27That misses high
00:47:28Ball three
00:47:29And when you're already down
00:47:30You don't want to walk the leadoff guy
00:47:323-0 pitch
00:47:38Up in the strike zone
00:47:41Up in the strike zone but the take sign was on
00:47:42Three and one
00:47:43Fastball in there
00:47:55Three and two
00:47:56And he takes strike three cold on the fastball
00:48:11One gone
00:48:12And just like the last time he was set down
00:48:15He just didn't look comfortable up there during this entire at bat
00:48:18Carlos Beltran will dig in
00:48:210-2 thus far
00:48:23And that's in there for strike one
00:48:38And he buzzed him with that one a bit
00:48:40Swing and a miss
00:48:52It's 0-2
00:48:52Bases are empty
00:49:00One man out
00:49:01Swing and a miss on the breaking pitch
00:49:06Two away
00:49:07And we'll see this from his eyes
00:49:13Batting averages of course go way down when the count is 0-2
00:49:16So he's trying to be aggressive here and it doesn't pay off
00:49:18Mike Piazza will be the batter
00:49:20One for two thus far
00:49:37Swung on and missed that time
00:49:41It's 0-1
00:49:42Big swing and a miss at the fastball
00:49:55And he's behind in the count 0-2
00:49:57Tried to get him to go after one below the knees
00:50:09But it's one and two
00:50:10Lays off
00:50:22Two and two now
00:50:23And he tries to get him to reach for it but it stays outside
00:50:37Three and two
00:50:39David Wright would be next
00:50:42And a great inning here as he gets another punch out and strikes out the side in order
00:50:54So they breeze through this half of the inning
00:50:57Seventh inning coming up
00:50:59The Mets are out on top
00:51:00Two to nothing
00:51:01Russell Brannion will stand in
00:51:06He flew out his last time up
00:51:08The pitch
00:51:16Swing and a miss
00:51:190-1
00:51:20Swing and a ball bounce back up the middle
00:51:37Reyes has got it
00:51:39Throw gets him at first
00:51:41And that was a magnificent play
00:51:43Well he takes away a hit here
00:51:46Have a look at this
00:51:47He's got to stretch out to get the thing
00:51:49And then pop into throwing position to get his man at first
00:51:52Billy Hall will stand in
00:51:550-2 thus far
00:51:57Bill Hall
00:51:58Sometimes guys go down and get the soft stuff
00:52:16Not there
00:52:16In for a strike
00:52:30It's one and one
00:52:31One out
00:52:37Nobody on
00:52:38In for a strike
00:52:46And he jumps ahead
00:52:47One and two now
00:52:48Matt that starts right in on his hands
00:52:50And breaks right back over the plate
00:52:52Swing and a ball lifted into straightaway center
00:53:04Beltran is there now
00:53:07And he has it
00:53:08Two gone
00:53:08Boy left that fastball up that time
00:53:11But he got away with it
00:53:12And got him to fly out
00:53:13Chad Moeller will step in
00:53:18He's 0-2 to this point
00:53:19Chad Moeller
00:53:21Here's the first offering
00:53:32In there
00:53:35No balls and a strike
00:53:36Man a fastball just misses
00:53:52It's one and one
00:54:06Two and one
00:54:07And they're likely not to give in to this guy
00:54:10And let the pitcher in the on-deck circle
00:54:12Try and swing the bat
00:54:13Bases are empty here with two men out
00:54:17Three and one now
00:54:25As that misses down and in
00:54:26This is a guy you don't need to get cute with up there
00:54:29Just go right after him
00:54:36I think he held up in time
00:54:41But that becomes moot
00:54:42As it's a cold strike two
00:54:44Here it comes
00:54:53Swing and a ball pretty well hit out
00:54:57Towards left center
00:54:58Beltran
00:55:02Will get under it though
00:55:03And he puts it away
00:55:04To retire the side
00:55:05Seven shutout innings for him thus far
00:55:08As he's really been in control here
00:55:10Seventh inning scratch time
00:55:12Here at the ballpark
00:55:12The Mets lead it
00:55:14Two to nothing
00:55:15David Wright
00:55:16Will step in now
00:55:17To lead off the home half
00:55:18Of the seventh
00:55:19Leading up for the Mets
00:55:20Very nice man
00:55:23David Wright
00:55:25Now here's the first pitch
00:55:27In there
00:55:290-1
00:55:29Now a swing
00:55:44But oh
00:55:44Too far in front
00:55:46As this one had the distance
00:55:48But is well fouled
00:55:49Oh tough to lay off there
00:55:54But it's called the ball
00:55:55One and two
00:55:56Outside
00:56:07Two balls and two strikes
00:56:09The count now
00:56:10And he's struck him out
00:56:22And there's the hat trick
00:56:24As that's his third strikeout
00:56:26Of the ball game
00:56:27And sometimes you just have those days
00:56:30Where nothing goes right
00:56:31And he's in the middle of one
00:56:32Right now
00:56:33Cliff Floyd
00:56:34Will step in now
00:56:36Up next for the Mets
00:56:40Left fielder
00:56:42Left Floyd
00:56:45Swing and a ball lifted in the air
00:56:50To straight away right
00:56:51Jenkins is right there
00:56:53As he takes it for the second out
00:56:55That's one turn through the lineup now
00:56:57Nine straight is retired
00:56:58Mike Cameron
00:57:02He'll dig in
00:57:02He's one for two in the ball game
00:57:04Oh miss that one by a mile
00:57:18It's oh and one
00:57:19And he pulled up in time
00:57:32But it's a cold
00:57:33Strike two
00:57:33And he misses there
00:57:45One and two
00:57:46And he'll back that hitter off here
00:57:48Maybe to set up something away
00:57:49And the pitch
00:57:56And he takes
00:57:59Very close to the inside corner here
00:58:02Two and two though
00:58:03In the air to center
00:58:13Clark will wait on it
00:58:16And he will make the catch
00:58:20So that'll do it
00:58:21Nothing across here this half
00:58:23Eighth inning coming up
00:58:25Mets out in front
00:58:27Two to nothing
00:58:27Ben Sheets will stand in
00:58:330 for 2 thus far
00:58:34Dave Prinzel
00:58:41Dave Prinzel will get the call here
00:58:42As he'll hit for the pitcher
00:58:43And here's the first pitch
00:58:49Now a swing and a ground ball to third
00:58:53Throw by right is in time
00:58:55For route number one
00:58:56Brady Clark
00:58:58Will get another crack
00:59:00One for three thus far
00:59:02Swing and a miss and he's behind 0-1
00:59:18Now the pitch
00:59:30Swing and a ball hit in the air to right field
00:59:35And deep back is the right fielder
00:59:37But he will look up and watch this one sail out of here
00:59:41A solo shot here to straight away right field
00:59:46As they cut the lead in half
00:59:48It's 2-1 now
00:59:49Well you could usually count on Pedro
00:59:51Keeping the ball in the ballpark
00:59:52But he actually gave up 26 of these last year
00:59:55Tying his career high
00:59:56Junior Spivey will dig in
00:59:59Looking for hit number three in the ball game
01:00:01And he lays off a pitch in there for the first strike
01:00:13Bases are empty
01:00:19One man out
01:00:20Boy right down the middle for strike two
01:00:29The pitch
01:00:40Swing hot shot to the left side
01:00:45And that'll get down for a base hit
01:00:48Well and he's on base again here with one out
01:00:52As that's his third hit of the game
01:00:54So a runner at first now with one away
01:00:57And in steps doubles King Lyle Overbank
01:01:00First pitch coming
01:01:12And here's the ball lifted high into foul ground
01:01:15Down the right field line
01:01:17And he can't come up with it
01:01:19Ball one
01:01:26Swing and a miss on the cut fastball
01:01:42One and two
01:01:43Line hard
01:01:56And this is going to be a foul ball
01:02:00Runners on first with one down
01:02:02He'll try again
01:02:05One two
01:02:05Outside and low that time
01:02:07Now it's two balls and two strikes
01:02:09And that's swung on and fouled straight back
01:02:28And the slider gets him swinging
01:02:37Two gone
01:02:38Worth another look here
01:02:41You'll see they want to challenge him up in the zone
01:02:44But he chases after one right up there
01:02:45That he should have let go
01:02:47Carlos Lee will get another crack
01:02:49One for three thus far
01:02:51Carlos Lee
01:02:52Felix Heredia will be the new pitcher
01:02:56Line hard to the left side
01:03:05But this will be a foul ball
01:03:08From the belt
01:03:13Kicks and deals
01:03:14And he takes this one high
01:03:16One and one
01:03:17And Lee's the guy that had a 28 game hit streak last year
01:03:20So he knows what he's doing up there
01:03:22And this is pulled foul
01:03:29As he was way out in front there
01:03:30And this is hit hard on the ground towards short
01:03:40Yeah close play at first
01:03:43But he's called out of his side
01:03:44As retired
01:03:45So they pick up a run
01:03:48On two hits
01:03:49No errors
01:03:50And a man left
01:03:51Home half of the eighth
01:03:52Straight ahead
01:03:53The Mets lead this one
01:03:55Two to one
01:03:56Doug Mankiewicz
01:03:57Will lead things off here
01:03:59In the bottom half
01:04:00Of inning number eight
01:04:01Brooks Kishnick
01:04:06Is on
01:04:06And he'll take over
01:04:07On the mound
01:04:08Hit hard on the ground to short
01:04:17He's got it
01:04:18Throw
01:04:20Got him
01:04:21Oh what a play
01:04:23They don't come much better than this
01:04:25Watch how he lays out
01:04:27Then gathers himself
01:04:28And makes a great throw
01:04:29For the out
01:04:30Felix Heredia
01:04:34Will get his first opportunity now
01:04:36Oh and he just blows the fastball by him
01:04:53For strike one
01:04:54And that's up in the zone a bit
01:05:07But a called strike
01:05:08Oh and two
01:05:09Oh tough to lay off there
01:05:22But it's called the ball
01:05:23One and two
01:05:24And now a slider
01:05:37In there
01:05:38For a called third strike
01:05:39And there are two gone now
01:05:41Well here you go
01:05:42He thinks it's a little high
01:05:43But from dirt cam
01:05:44It looks pretty good to me
01:05:45Jose Reyes
01:05:47Will get another crack
01:05:48One for three thus far
01:05:50And he lays off a fastball
01:06:00Looked good
01:06:00But it's one and oh
01:06:01A little late that time
01:06:15As he swings and misses for strike one
01:06:17On the ground is short
01:06:29Throw on to first gets him
01:06:33And the side is retired
01:06:34So nothing happening this time around
01:06:37Ninth inning coming up
01:06:39Last chance for Romance
01:06:41The Mets are out on top
01:06:43The Mets are out on top
01:06:43Two to one
01:06:44Jeff Jenkins
01:06:45Will stand in
01:06:46Needing to get things started
01:06:48Here in the top of the ninth
01:06:49Right fielder
01:06:51Brayden Looper
01:06:52Is on now
01:06:52To try to close things down
01:06:54Here in the ninth
01:06:54Miguel Cairo
01:06:58Come into the ballgame
01:06:59As a defensive upgrade
01:07:01An upgrade is the operative word
01:07:03As he's a much better guy
01:07:04To have out there defensively
01:07:05In the late innings
01:07:06Ninth inning underway now
01:07:09As the first pitch is taken
01:07:10For a cold strike
01:07:11Swing and a miss
01:07:21And he's in control
01:07:220-2
01:07:23And as a manager
01:07:24This is how you want your guy
01:07:26To come out of the bullpen
01:07:27Here it comes
01:07:33Struck him out
01:07:36As his woes continue
01:07:37As that's his third strikeout
01:07:39Of the game
01:07:40And that's a lonely feeling
01:07:42Walking back to the dugout
01:07:43Let me tell you
01:07:44Russell Brinion
01:07:46Will get another crack
01:07:47One for three thus far
01:07:49Russell Brinion
01:07:50Here's the first pitch to him
01:07:57Swing and a miss
01:07:58But he's right on here
01:07:59One strike
01:08:00Grounded foul
01:08:12Can't get him to chase
01:08:22It's one and two
01:08:23Hit hard to the right
01:08:36But foul
01:08:37Ooh and heads up
01:08:46As this is pulled foul
01:08:47Swing and a miss on the fastball that time
01:08:58Out number two
01:08:59Billy Hall
01:09:00Will try again
01:09:010-3 thus far
01:09:03First pitch fastball
01:09:18Swung on and missed
01:09:19Going one
01:09:19In on the hands that time
01:09:31One and one
01:09:32And if I'm on the mound
01:09:34I go right back in there
01:09:35With a fastball
01:09:36And here's a slider
01:09:45For a called strike
01:09:46And he's behind one and two now
01:09:47And they're down to their last strike here
01:09:50So he'll need to fight
01:09:51To keep this game alive
01:09:52Fastball
01:09:58And where did that miss
01:09:59Two and two
01:10:00Swing and a high pop-up
01:10:13Straight back
01:10:14Should have enough room
01:10:15Back there though
01:10:16Piazza
01:10:17Is there to make the catch
01:10:18And with that
01:10:19The ball game is over
01:10:20Boy and a good pitch
01:10:22To end this thing
01:10:23As he just couldn't get enough
01:10:24Oop
01:10:24Behind that swing
01:10:25So it's a win for the Mets
01:10:34Here in our ball game
01:10:35And soot
01:10:35Let's check out
01:10:36Our play of the game
01:10:37The match you're going to see
01:10:47He just sits on this offering
01:10:49And sends it over the wall
01:10:50For a two run shot
01:10:51That not only gave him the lead
01:10:53But also gave him the momentum
01:10:54To carry this through to victory
01:10:56Well runs at something of a premium
01:11:03In this battle
01:11:03So it doesn't make it quite as hard
01:11:05To find our 989 sports player of the game
01:11:08Yeah man you can see a couple of hits
01:11:09Including an important home run
01:11:11And he really supplied the difference
01:11:12In this game as far as I'm concerned
01:11:14So that'll just about wrap things up
01:11:18Here in this one
01:11:18For my partner Dave Campbell
01:11:20This is Matt Vaskirjian
01:11:21Saying thanks for joining us here
01:11:22This afternoon
01:11:23Once again the final score
01:11:24The Mets come out on top
01:11:26Two to one
01:11:27This has been a presentation
01:11:30Of 989 sports
01:11:31For more log on to 989sports.com
01:11:34So long everybody
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