Mets lose fourth straight to the Diamondbacks

By Gary W. Marchese Jr.

Flushing, NY (July 30) – The New York Mets lost their fourth straight game to the Arizona Diamondbacks.  The Diamondbacks just swept them in Arizona on the last road trip and the Mets were looking for revenge at home tonight. 

The Mets continue their losing streak to the Diamondbacks as they lost 9-6.  Mike Pelfrey started for the Mets and once again struggled giving up four earned runs on eight hits in 5 2/3 innings.  Pelfrey walked two and struck out four. 

Raul Valdez got a blown save and a loss; he gave up four runs on four hits without retiring a batter.  Manny Acosta pitched 1 1/3 innings striking out all four batters that he faced and Elmer Dessens pitched a perfect inning.  Pedro Feliciano gave up a hit in his inning and struck out two.

The Mets offense once again was not a problem, Jose Reyes had three hits, and Angel Pagan had a hit and an RBI.  David Wright had a great game with three hits and five RBI.  The Mets and Diamondbacks each put up a three spot in the first inning. 

The Diamondbacks took a 4-3 lead in the third inning and the Mets answered back with two runs to take a 5-4 lead in the bottom of the third.  Arizona scored five runs in the sixth inning and never looked back, the Mets would add a run in the seventh but that was all they would get, and the final would be 9-6.

Pelfrey after the first inning settled down and retired nine of the final 10 batters he faced with 118 pitches he seemed to be in a groove when Jerry Manuel pulled him for Valdez who promptly gave up four runs.  It did not appear to be a great move and Manuel really looks bad after the fact.  Wright had two home runs in the game. 

The Phillies with new acquisition Roy Oswalt lost to the Nationals but the Mets squandered their chance to gain some ground.  The Mets will try to win the second game of the series tomorrow afternoon.

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