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Baseball Musings
July 17, 2008
Rusty Cordero

Francisco Cordero fails in his first save attempt after the All-Star break. He gives up a two-run homer to David Wright, allowing the Mets to tie the game at eight, then gave up four more hits in a row to put the Mets up 10-8. That was enough for Baker who goes to Bray to try to get out of the inning with no more damage.

Update: Wagner uses eight pitches to retire the Reds in the ninth, and the Mets move into a tie with the Phillies for first place in the NL East.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:44 PM | Games | TrackBack (0)
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If the Mets bounce back strong enough to make the playoffs this year, this game might be remembered as the key moment in the season.

All year, they've been bizarrely lifeless in the late innings (team OPS, innings 1-6: .782; innings 7-9: .650). To come out after the break and keep the momentum going with such a big, late come-from-behind win to grab a piece of first place is huge.

Posted by: Anais at July 17, 2008 11:16 PM

The key moment was the one there was a whole pile of whining about because it happened after 11PM in LA.

Posted by: Bandit at July 18, 2008 07:15 AM
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