Mets hope to find their road game in Arizona
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07/20/2010 -
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The road hasn't been too kind for the New York Mets and
last night's embarrassing loss in Arizona was proof. The Mets will try to
regroup on their 11-game, three-city tour out west tonight in the second
portion of a three-game series against the Diamondbacks at Chase Field.
New York was pummeled, 13-2, in Monday's series opener and fell to 1-4 on the
road trip. Mike Pelfrey must have been bothered by neck stiffness and lasted
just 1 1/3 innings, allowing six runs and seven hits. Fern6ando Nieve did no
better in relief and gave up five runs in two innings.
"I'm going through one of the worst stretches of my life. I don't know if I've
ever had four starts in a row without getting out of the fifth inning,"
Pelfrey said. "I think tonight was definitely the shortest outing of my life,
it's frustrating."
Jose Reyes and Angel Pagan drove in the only runs for the Mets, who have lost
seven of nine overall and are 4-10 in the last 14 road games. New York has
been held to four runs or less in 10 straight games, going 3-7 in that span,
and will also visit Los Angeles for four games on the road swing.
R.A. Dickey will try to get the Mets back in the win column when he makes his
12th start of the season tonight. Dickey opened the 2010 campaign 6-0 over his
first seven starts, but is 0-3 with a 3.16 ERA in the past four trips to the
hill. Dickey has dropped back-to-back starts and pitched well enough for the
win in last Thursday's 2-0 loss at San Francisco.
Dickey limited the Giants to a run and five hits in seven innings, falling to
6-3 to go along with a 2.63 ERA this season. The right-handed knuckleballer
has never faced the Diamondbacks.
Arizona is playing out the string and managed to end a four-game slide with
last night's 11-run rout of the Mets. Mark Reynolds hit a three-run homer and
had an RBI triple, while Miguel Montero and Adam LaRoche both ended with three
hits, two runs scored and an RBI for the D'Backs, who got two RBI apiece from
Justin Upton and Gerardo Parra to make life miserable for Pelfrey.
"For whatever reason we've done well against him," Diamondbacks manager Kirk
Gibson said. "Guys were just picking the ball up well and we struck the ball
well tonight."
Chris Young got into the act with three hits and three runs scored. Ian
Kennedy started for Arizona and earned the win by permitting just a run on
four hits and two walks through five innings.
The D'Backs, who will also host the Giants for four games, will hand the ball
to rookie Barry Enright on Tuesday. Enright is 1-2 with a 3.45 ERA in his
first three major league starts and has lost consecutive starts since winning
his MLB debut on June 30 at St. Louis.
Enright previously took the hill in a 2-0 loss to Florida on July 11 and was
dealt the loss for giving up both runs and four hits in five innings. The
righty out of Pepperdine will face the Mets for the first time, and is 0-2
with a 4.22 ERA in two starts in the desert.
New York and Arizona are meeting for the first time since the Diamondbacks won
five of seven meetings a year ago.
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