“Oliver Perez, Mets fall in 13th inning to Dodgers, 3-2” |
| Oliver Perez, Mets fall in 13th inning to Dodgers, 3-2 Posted: 24 Jul 2010 05:52 PM PDT LOS ANGELES – When Oliver Perez reported back to the Mets it was with a job description of lefty specialist. What was left out was that it was a last resort lefty specialist. So Perez, who Mets manager Jerry Manuel hoped to use only in the middle of a game or in a blow-out, was on the mound with the game on the line Saturday. In the 12th inning, Perez emerged from the bullpen with the game on the line and magically escaped trouble. But the magic ran out in the 13th inning as Perez served up a monstrous home run to James Loney to send the Mets to a 3-2 defeat at the hands of the Dodgers. It marked the 12th walk-off loss for the Mets this season. When the Mets offense finally shook out of its slumber Friday night the Mets believed – hoped, prayed – that the long slump was over and the bats would take over now. So much for that theory. The Mets slept through 13 innings before finally succumbing to the Dodgers. This was the Mets second extra-inning game on the already-arduous road trip, having played 14 innings in Arizona Wednesday before flying to Los Angeles. More to the point, it was the eighth loss in 10 games since the All-Star Break and the 14th time in the last 15 games that they scored four runs or less. The absent offense wasted a bounceback effort on the mound from Mike Pelfrey, who had given up 40 hits in 14 innings over his last three starts. He pitched five innings, allowing six hits and two runs this time. Pelfrey fell behind in the first inning, partially his own fault even if it wasn't his pitching that was the problem. Rafael Furcal led off with a single that bounced right by Jose Reyes, who appeared to never pick it up off the bat and never moved. Pelfrey then tried to pick him off first, but threw behind Furcal, who scampered all the way to third and scored on a sacrifice fly by Xavier Paul. Matt Kemp and James Loney followed with singles, but Pelfrey managed to get a pair of ground-ball outs to escape the inning. But the Dodgers upped the lead to 2-0 in the fourth when Blake DeWitt led off with a triple into the rightfield corner and scored on a base hit by Brad Ausmus. The Mets wasted opportunities – stranding runners at third in the first and third inning. In the fourth inning they loaded the bases but Pelfrey came up and grounded back to the mound. But they evened the score in the sixth inning, mounting a rally and taking advantage this time. Ike Davis started it with a one-out double, followed by a walk to Jason Bay. Rod Barajas singled to left, scoring Davis. Jeff Francoeur rolled a soft grounder in front of the plate and pitcher Jack Taschner flipped it home – where no one was heading – and the bases were loaded. Jose Reyes singled in the tying run, but Henry Blanco, running for Barajas, who suffered a right oblique strain, was held up at third base. Luis Castillo grounded into an inning-ending double play. Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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