Diamondbacks ace pitcher Brandon Webb continued his joy ride this season by picking up his seventh win and continue to stay undefeated. Webb didn’t have his most impressive victory, giving up a season high four runs, but through the six innings he pitched, he let the Diamondbacks batters get the job done. Webb’s 7-0 start was the fastest start by a Diamondbacks pitcher since Randy Johnson in 2000. The Mets didn’t have much going for them- they totaled six hits and the pitching staff gave up 15. It was a rough game, coming over a nice victory the night before. Final score was Diamondbacks 10 Mets 4.
The surprising star of this years team is right fielder Ryan Church. He once again put up a two-hit game to increase his batting average to .330, but he was the only player who got multiple hits on the team. Carlos Delgado gave Arizona a little scare when he hit a three run homer in the fifth to make it 4-5, but after that nothing else went right and they didn’t score any runs. Jose Reyes got on base once from earning a walk and stole his eighth base of the season.
Starting pitcher Mike Pelfrey lost his second game in a row with basically identical stats in both games: Pitching five innings-to a little above five the first game, giving up nine hits, five runs, one walk and striking out one. After that the pitching went fairly well to say the best, but when reliever Duaner Sanchez came in the eighth inning, he didn’t fare very well. He quickly gave up four hits and five earned runs and was taken out after giving up singles to the first three hitters he faced, then threw a wild pitch to get a run in, and the gave up another single and then a walk. Not his best game.
None of the Mets played like they did the night before. Although they slowed down the best pitcher in the league, they couldn’t capitalize. Star Johan Santana will try to earn his fourth win as a Met when they play the Diamondbacks the next day.
