GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: NY METS (30-17) at FLORIDA (23-25)

NL: NY METS (30-17) at FLORIDA (23-25)

<h3>Maine, Mets hope to carry momentum into matchup with Marlins</h3>

Ny Mets (30-17) at Florida (23-25) 7:05 pm EDT

MIAMI (Ticker) -- The New York Mets broke out of their offensivedoldrums at the last possible minute of their series openeragainst the Florida Marlins. John Maine hopes to awaken from amalaise of his own.

Maine takes the mound Saturday when the Mets visit the Marlinsin the middle contest of a three-game series.

The top team in the National League, New York managed a total ofjust five runs in its three-game series with Atlanta andentered Friday's series opener with just seven runs in itsprevious four contests.

The Mets were headed down a similar path against the Marlins,scoring just once over the first eight innings Friday. But NewYork erupted for a five-run rally in the ninth - capped byCarlos Beltran's two-run double - en route to a 6-2 victory.

On Saturday, the Mets will turn to Maine (5-2, 2.77 ERA), whohas lost each of his last two starts after winning his firstfive decisions this season.

The righthanded Maine struggled through his worst outing of thecampaign in last Sunday's 6-2 loss to the Yankees, yieldingseason highs of five runs and eight hits in five innings.

Maine was outstanding in his only previous start against theMarlins this season, tossing seven strong innings to record thewin here on April 18.

Florida counters with Wes Obermueller (1-2, 3.71), who will makehis first start since May 13. The righthander has not wonsince tossing six innings to beat Washington on April 22, a spanof five appearances.

Prior to Friday's loss, the Marlins had won seven of theirprevious nine games. But Florida has lost four of its sixmeetings with the Mets this season, including all three contestshere.

 

NL: NY METS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NY METS AT FLORIDA -- LINEUPS

NY METS FLORIDA
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
Jose Reyes SS .311 2 24 Alfredo Amezaga CF .238 1 10
Endy Chavez LF .324 1 11 Dan Uggla 2B .259 9 28
Carlos Beltran CF .298 8 32 Hanley Ramirez SS .337 7 12
David Wright 3B .267 8 26 Miguel Cabrera 3B .314 9 33
Carlos Delgado 1B .224 3 23 Josh Willingham LF .278 6 31
Paul Lo Duca C .329 2 14 Jeremy Hermida RF .275 2 8
Damion Easley 2B .274 7 14 Miguel Olivo C .230 2 21
Carlos Gomez RF .263 0 3 Aaron Boone 1B .276 3 17
John Maine RHP .125 0 0 Wes Obermueller RHP .125 0 0
(5-2, 2.77) (1-2, 3.71)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT FLORIDA
WARMUPS: NYM - JOHN MAINE (5-2, 2.77)
FLA - WES OBERMUELLER (1-2, 3.71)

UMPIRES: HP - ED RAPUANO
1B - ED HICKOX
2B - C.B. BUCKNOR
3B - JOE WEST

WEATHER: 79 Degrees, cloudy
WIND: 17 mph, in from center</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT FLORIDA
STARTING BATS: NYM - JOHN MAINE AND PAUL LO DUCA
FLA - WES OBERMUELLER AND MIGUEL OLIVO

DUE UP FOR NY METS: J REYES (.311, 2 HR, 24 RBI)
E CHAVEZ (.324, 1 HR, 11 RBI)
C BELTRAN (.298, 8 HR, 32 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY CARLOS BELTRAN SCORED ENDY CHAVEZ.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: NY METS 1
FLORIDA 0 TOP, 1ST

DUE UP FOR NY METS: D WRIGHT (.267, 8 HR, 26 RBI)</div>

 

NL: NY METS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
NY METS 1 1 1 0
FLORIDA 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

CURRENT PITCHERS: NYM - JOHN MAINE
FLA - WES OBERMUELLER

DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: A AMEZAGA (.238, 1 HR, 10 RBI)
D UGGLA (.259, 9 HR, 28 RBI)
H RAMIREZ (.337, 7 HR, 12 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NY METS (1) VS FLORIDA (0) - MID 1ST - IN PROGRESS

NY METS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Reyes ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .310
E Chavez lf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333
C Beltran cf 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .298
D Wright 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265
C Delgado 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224
P Lo Duca c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .329
D Easley 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
C Gomez rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263
J Maine p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125

Totals 3 1 1 1 0 0 0

BATTING: 3B - E Chavez (2, W Obermueller). SF - C Beltran. RBI - C Beltran
(33). Team LOB - 0.


FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Amezaga cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238
D Uggla 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259
H Ramirez ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .337
M Cabrera 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314
J Willingham lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278
J Hermida rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275
M Olivo c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230
A Boone 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276
W Obermueller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


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NY METS - 1 -- 1
FLORIDA - -- 0
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NY METS ip h r er bb so hr era
J Maine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.76

FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era
W Obermueller 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 3.90

Pitches-strikes: W Obermueller 14-8. Ground balls-fly balls: W Obermueller
0-3. Batters faced: W Obermueller 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Ed Rapuano. 1B--Ed Hickox. 2B--C.B. Bucknor. 3B--Joe West.

Weather: 79 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 17 mph, in from center.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT FLORIDA
CONFIRMED STARTERS: NYM - JOHN MAINE
FLA - WES OBERMUELLER</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
NY METS 1 1 1 0
FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 (TOP 2)

CURRENT PITCHERS: NYM - JOHN MAINE
FLA - WES OBERMUELLER

DUE UP FOR NY METS: C DELGADO (.224, 3 HR, 23 RBI)
P LO DUCA (.329, 2 HR, 14 RBI)
D EASLEY (.274, 7 HR, 14 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NY METS (1) VS FLORIDA (0) - END 1ST - IN PROGRESS

NY METS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Reyes ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .310
E Chavez lf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333
C Beltran cf 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .298
D Wright 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265
C Delgado 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224
P Lo Duca c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .329
D Easley 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
C Gomez rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263
J Maine p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125

Totals 3 1 1 1 0 0 0

BATTING: 3B - E Chavez (2, W Obermueller). SF - C Beltran. RBI - C Beltran
(33). Team LOB - 0.


FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Amezaga cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236
D Uggla 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258
H Ramirez ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .335
M Cabrera 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314
J Willingham lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278
J Hermida rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275
M Olivo c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230
A Boone 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276
W Obermueller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125

Totals 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


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NY METS - 1 -- 1
FLORIDA - 0 -- 0
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NY METS ip h r er bb so hr era
J Maine 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.72

FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era
W Obermueller 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 3.90

Pitches-strikes: J Maine 7-5; W Obermueller 14-8. Ground balls-fly balls: J
Maine 1-2; W Obermueller 0-3. Batters faced: J Maine 3; W Obermueller 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Ed Rapuano. 1B--Ed Hickox. 2B--C.B. Bucknor. 3B--Joe West.

Weather: 79 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 17 mph, in from center.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
GROUND OUT BY CARLOS GOMEZ SCORED CARLOS DELGADO.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D EASLEY ON SECOND, P LO DUCA ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: NY METS 2
FLORIDA 0 TOP, 2ND

DUE UP FOR NY METS: J MAINE (.125, 0 HR, 0 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
NY METS 1 1 2 3 0
FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 (BOT 2)

CURRENT PITCHERS: NYM - JOHN MAINE
FLA - WES OBERMUELLER

DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: M CABRERA (.314, 9 HR, 33 RBI)
J WILLINGHAM (.278, 6 HR, 31 RBI)
J HERMIDA (.275, 2 HR, 8 RBI)</div>

 

NL: NY METS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NY METS (2) VS FLORIDA (0) - MID 2ND - IN PROGRESS

NY METS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Reyes ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .308
E Chavez lf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333
C Beltran cf 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .298
D Wright 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265
C Delgado 1b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .229
P Lo Duca c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333
D Easley 2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .274
C Gomez rf 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250
J Maine p 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .118

Totals 8 2 3 2 1 1 4

BATTING: 3B - E Chavez (2, W Obermueller). SF - C Beltran. RBI - C Beltran
(33), C Gomez (4). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Reyes 2. Team
LOB - 2.


FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Amezaga cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236
D Uggla 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258
H Ramirez ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .335
M Cabrera 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314
J Willingham lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278
J Hermida rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275
M Olivo c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230
A Boone 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276
W Obermueller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125

Totals 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


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NY METS - 11 -- 2
FLORIDA - 0 -- 0
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NY METS ip h r er bb so hr era
J Maine 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.72

FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era
W Obermueller 2 3 2 2 1 1 0 4.08

Pitches-strikes: J Maine 7-5; W Obermueller 35-19. Ground balls-fly balls: J
Maine 1-2; W Obermueller 1-4. Batters faced: J Maine 3; W Obermueller 10.

UMPIRES: HP--Ed Rapuano. 1B--Ed Hickox. 2B--C.B. Bucknor. 3B--Joe West.

Weather: 79 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 17 mph, in from center.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT FLORIDA - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: E Chavez in right field.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: NY METS 2
FLORIDA 0 BOTTOM, 2ND

DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: M Cabrera (.314, 9 HR, 33 RBI)</div>

 

NL: NY METS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL AT FLORIDA - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: D Newhan in left field.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: NY METS 2
FLORIDA 0 BOTTOM, 2ND

DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: M Cabrera (.314, 9 HR, 33 RBI)</div>

 

NL: NY METS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL NY METS AT FLORIDA
NOTE: NEW YORK'S CARLOS GOMEZ HAS LEFT THE GAME IN THE TOP
OF THE SECOND INNING WITH AN APPARENT LEG INJURY.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY MIGUEL OLIVO SCORED JOSH WILLINGHAM.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M OLIVO ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: NY METS 2
FLORIDA 1 BOTTOM, 2ND

DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: A BOONE (.276, 3 HR, 17 RBI)</div>

 

NL: NY METS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
NY METS 1 1 2 3 0
FLORIDA 0 1 1 1 0 (TOP 3)

CURRENT PITCHERS: NYM - JOHN MAINE
FLA - WES OBERMUELLER

DUE UP FOR NY METS: E CHAVEZ (.333, 1-FOR-1)
C BELTRAN (.298, 0-FOR-0, SF, RBI)
D WRIGHT (.265, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: NY METS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NY METS (2) VS FLORIDA (1) - END 2ND - IN PROGRESS

NY METS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Reyes ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .308
E Chavez lf-rf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333
C Beltran cf 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .298
D Wright 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265
C Delgado 1b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .229
P Lo Duca c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333
D Easley 2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .274
C Gomez rf 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250
D Newhan lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .161
J Maine p 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .118

Totals 8 2 3 2 1 1 4

BATTING: 3B - E Chavez (2, W Obermueller). SF - C Beltran. RBI - C Beltran
(33), C Gomez (4). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Reyes 2. Team
LOB - 2.


FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Amezaga cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236
D Uggla 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258
H Ramirez ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .335
M Cabrera 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .312
J Willingham lf 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .278
J Hermida rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268
M Olivo c 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .235
A Boone 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .274
W Obermueller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125

Totals 7 1 1 1 1 1 1

BATTING: RBI - M Olivo (22). 2-out RBI - M Olivo. Team LOB - 1.


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NY METS - 11 -- 2
FLORIDA - 01 -- 1
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NY METS ip h r er bb so hr era
J Maine 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 2.83

FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era
W Obermueller 2 3 2 2 1 1 0 4.08

Pitches-strikes: J Maine 22-14; W Obermueller 35-19. Ground balls-fly balls:
J Maine 2-3; W Obermueller 1-4. Batters faced: J Maine 8; W Obermueller 10.

UMPIRES: HP--Ed Rapuano. 1B--Ed Hickox. 2B--C.B. Bucknor. 3B--Joe West.

Weather: 79 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 17 mph, in from center.</div>

 

NL: NY METS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY CARLOS DELGADO (4) TO LEFT CENTER WITH
2 OUT IN THE 3RD OFF WES OBERMUELLER SCORED DAVID WRIGHT.
CURRENT SCORE: NY METS 4, FLORIDA 1

DUE UP FOR NY METS: P LO DUCA (.333, 1-FOR-1)</div>