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作者: Deathscythe (秋天的樹) 看板: Baseball
標題: Mets 9, Athletics 6
時間: Fri Jun 17 08:47:00 2005
Mets 9, Athletics 6
June 16, 2005
AP
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Led by two struggling stars, the New York Mets broke
out of their offensive funk.
Mike Piazza ended the longest home run drought of his career, Carlos Beltran
hit a three-run shot and New York avoided a three-game sweep with a 9-6
victory over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday.
Beltran's eighth homer, a long drive to right in the fifth that put the Mets
ahead, was his first for New York in a game not started by Pedro Martinez.
Piazza hadn't homered since May 9 at Wrigley Field, a stretch of 98 at-bats
without going deep, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
"It's been a while. I felt like I've been swinging the bat better the last 30
or 40 at-bats or so, but I'm still not driving the ball as well as I can,"
Piazza said. "Carlos came up with a big home run. That kind of got us going."
Willie Randolph is a man of intuition, and everything told the Mets' manager
that a couple tweaks to the lineup might be all it would take to get his
team's offense back on track. He moved David Wright to the second spot for
the first time this season, and Wright delivered an RBI single before
Beltran's homer.
"I'm a vibe person," Randolph said. "You might think I'm crazy, but when I
get a feeling about something it usually works."
Ramon Castro had a two-run double and matched his career high with three
RBIs, and Kris Benson (5-2) pitched six solid innings to win his second
straight decision despite giving up two home runs in a game played in a
steady drizzle.
This was a key victory for the Mets, who have been struggling to score and
were in need of a lift as they concluded the first series of their
season-long 12-game road trip. They had one hit through the first four
innings, then the first six batters got hits in the fifth.
New York had lost three in a row and six of seven and hadn't scored more than
three runs in any of the defeats. The Mets scored more runs in their
seven-run fifth than they had in their previous three games.
Braden Looper pitched the ninth for his 13th save in 15 chances, getting
Bobby Crosby to ground into a game-ending double play. Jason Kendall slid
hard into second baseman Kaz Matsui, who stayed down briefly before limping
off the field.
Matsui had ice on his left knee afterward, but said he would try to play
Friday. Neither he nor Randolph accused Kendall of a dirty slide.
"I didn't do anything wrong," Kendall said. "He didn't get out of the way."
Nick Swisher hit a two-run homer and Mark Kotsay also connected for the A's,
who had won three straight and nine of 10 at home. Every A's starter had a
hit.
Oakland made it interesting with three runs in the eighth off Danny Graves.
Bobby Kielty and Swisher each had an RBI single, and Keith Ginter doubled in
a run.
After Swisher's second-inning homer, Benson allowed back-to-back singles
before retiring 13 of his final 16 batters.
Beltran's homer chased A's starter Ryan Glynn (0-3), and reliever Juan Cruz
gave up consecutive singles to Cliff Floyd and Piazza. Castro hit his two-run
double three batters later.
Piazza led off the seventh with a shot to left-center, giving him 385 homers
to tie Dwight Evans for 47th place on the career list.
Glynn made his third start of the season after being called up June 3. He
might be the odd man out upon the return of Rich Harden, who will make a
rehab start at Triple-A Sacramento on Friday as the final step in his
recovery from a strained stomach muscle.
Brian Daubach started at first base for New York, drew three walks and scored
twice, one day after being called up from Triple-A Norfolk when Miguel Cairo
went on the disabled list with a hamstring injury.
Daubach was drafted by the Mets in the 17th round in 1990, but this was his
first big league game for the club.
"It's about time," he said, still carrying a Norfolk Tides duffel bag. "I
signed with the Mets and it took me 15 years."
Notes: Mets OF Mike Cameron was given another day off to allow the swelling
in his right knee to subside. Cameron hopes to play sometime this weekend
against his former team in Seattle. ... A's DH Erubiel Durazo, on the DL with
tendinitis in his left elbow, flew to Los Angeles to be examined by Angels'
team doctor Lewis Yocum. ... The Mets signed C Benito Santiago to a minor
league contract and agreed to terms with RHP Kyle Risinger and assigned him
to Class-A Brooklyn of the New York-Penn League.
AP NEWS
The Associated Press News Service
http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/story/8569880/1
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