The New York Mets finally win a series versus the Reds in what has become their worst week in about six years. A really bizarre weekend to say the least, the Mets are currently 42-45 as of right now and are in fourth place in the National League East. The Mets and Braves swapped outfielders, Ryan Church and Jeff Francoeur.

Now it’s time to sum up the game.

David Wright gets the Mets started.This is the hit he has off Aaron Harang of the Reds in the first inning, driving in Luis Castillo who runs from first base all the way to home on this play.

In the third inning, the Mets score four more runs and eventually knock off Aaron Harang off the game. Luis Castillo gets a base hit, David Wright hits a single, and Luis Castillo is off to third base. Aaron Harang makes a wild pitch, allowing Wright to go to second base. Both Wright and Castillo eventually score on a base hit by Gary Sheffield. Daniel Murphy brings home Gary Sheffield with two outs with a double. Alex Cora singles to bring Murphy home.

The 4th inning was quite interesting, Mike Pelfrey, the starting pitcher for the Mets strikes out Joey Votto, the Reds first baseman, in which Joey decides to argue, and later is taken out of the game by Bill Welke.

The pitch in which Votto is arguing appears to miss the plate just slightly. Good thing Dusty Baker restrained him. I think MLB can sure use a “defined strike zone” because right now with these arguments, there is none.

The Mets grab two more runs in that inning with a Luis Castillo single, then Gary Sheffield drives him home with a single. Jeff Francoeur and Daniel Murphy hit back to back singles with Murphy drving in Gary Sheffield. That’s all the runs the Mets will take.

Mike Pelfrey pitches into the fifth inning and is called for a balk (illegal motion by the pitcher) by stepping out of the rubber and throwing to first base. Ramon Hernanzed who walked and went to 2nd base on the balk scores on the ground rule double by Adam Rosales. Chris Dickerson singles to bring home Edwin Encarnacion. Willy Taveras, the center fielder singles to bring home Adam Rosales.

As of that point, the scoring was 7-3 in favor of the Mets.

In the 7th inning, Brian Schnieder hits a home run off David Weathers to make it 8-3 Mets.

Fernando Tatis, pinch hitting for Mike Pelfrey hits a home run to make it 9-3 Mets.

8th inning begins, Brandon Phillips brings home Willy Taveras to make it 8-4 Mets. Laynce Nix singles to load the bases with Jonny Gomes at 3rd and Brandon Phillips to 2nd. Ramon Hernandez singles to bring home Jonny Gomes. Jerry Hairston Jr. hits into a ground out and driving in Brandon Phillips. The Reds score three runs in that inning, now it is 9-6 Mets.

9th inning, Francisco Rodriguez is brought into the game. The only scoring for the Reds is Brandon Phillips grounding out, while Paul Janish scores. Mets win. 9-7.

Yesterday, Jeff was clutch for the Mets, driving in two runs on his first base hit.
Now I’d like to bring up some extra info from the softball world.

I forgot to talk about this other pitcher, Catherine “Cat” Osterman, who pitches for Team USA and currently for the Rockford Thunder of the National Pro Fastpitch. She has that rising fastball working for her, or simply “riseball” She is currently in second place all-time in the NCAA division one career strikeout list with 2,265, and Monica Abbott with 2,440. While pitching for the University of Texas at Austin (Longhorns) she lead them to the Women’s College World Series, but missing winning the Championship title.

Cat Osterman pitching for Team USA

Vicky Galindo is another
fast baserunner for Team USA. She was used
rarely in the 2008 Olympics. Vicky is currently playing for the Chicago Bandits
of the NPF, usually in left field. However, she was mostly playing the infield
during the summer Olympics. Vicky played for the University of California, Berkeley Golden Bears
team. She nearly missed making the 2008 US softball Olympic team with a broken arm from a hit
by pitch. Luckily her arm healed by the time the games were about to start. 

Here’s Vicky Galindo playing in the infield.

Another pitcher, Stacey Nelson
pitched the Florida Gators to the 2009 NCAA Championship Series, (Women’s
College World Series) versus the Washington Huskies. Her team lost though, but
she pitched a great college softball career. She is currently a member of the
USSSA Pride and is a member of Team USA this year. She did not go to the
2008 Olympics. 

This is Stacey Nelson doing the
wind-up during her pitch.