Photos from Saturday’s Mets vs. Giants game

Pelf2 — Mike Pelfrey (Photo credit: Paul Hadsall)

If you told me that Mike Pelfrey would pitch eight innings and allow just one run on six hits and a walk, I would have thought the Mets would be well on their way to an easy victory.

Of course, that would be too simple.

The offense struggled, with the three through six batters going a combined 3-for-14 with one RBI.
Ike Davis and David Wright both got picked off during one Jason Bay at bat in the eighth inning, wasting an opportunity to add on to a 4-1 lead.
Frank Francisco had another shaky outing, and was pulled from the game in the middle of the ninth.
Kirk Nieuwenhuis couldn’t field what should have been a game-ending fly ball from Brandon Belt, so it fell in for a game-tying double instead.
And when Nieuwenhuis came up in the ninth inning with the bases loaded and a chance to redeem himself, he tapped into what should have been an inning-ending 3-2-3 double play.

Fortunately, none of that mattered because Buster Posey threw the ball out into right field, allowing Ruben Tejada to score the game’s winning run.

The Mets are now 2-0 in games I’ve been to this year… it’s a nice change of pace from previous seasons.

Kirk Niewenhuis’ “baseball card” from the Today’s Topps Lineup display

Matt Cain and Madison Bumgarner play catch before the game

A dog “throws” the ceremonial first pitch

Mike Pelfrey (Photo credit: Paul Hadsall)

Frank Francisco (Photo credit: Paul Hadsall)

Frank Francisco walks off the field after being pulled from the game

7 thoughts on “Photos from Saturday’s Mets vs. Giants game”

Looks like you had a great time there! I’m on way to Citi Field now- need to be one of the first 25K to get the Seaver give away. Skies do not look good here from the 7 train.

One can only keep hope alive.

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Paul says:

April 22, 2012 at 10:16 am

My guess is that they open the gates, hand out the bobbleheads, collect money for parking and food & have to try to play a doubleheader tomorrow.

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Freddy says:

April 22, 2012 at 6:03 pm

They sure collected the parking- but never opened the gates. They waited until 1145 AM to call the game. It gets better- they were selling ponchos outside right up until they made the announcement.

The Seaver give away is rescheduled for May 5.

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1. Paul says:
  
  April 22, 2012 at 7:56 pm
  
  Not exactly fan-friendly. The gates are supposed to open at 11:10 a.m. for a 1:10 p.m. game. The Mets should have either called it before 11, or let people in and handed out the giveaway.
  
  However, it’s good news for me – I wasn’t going to today’s game, but I do have a ticket for May 5th.
  
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