MARLINS 7, METS 3
NEW YORK - After their embattled manager had a much-anticipated meeting with ownership yesterday, the New York Mets fizzled on offense in a 7-3 loss to the Florida Marlins.
Earlier in the day, Willie Randolph sat down with owner Fred Wilpon, his son, Jeff, and GM Omar Minaya.
"Willie's job was never in danger going into this meeting," Minaya said.
But Randolph said he was not told that he would manage the Mets for the rest of the season.
Florida 204 000 010–7 10 0
New York 210 000 000–3 9 1
Florida AB R H BI Avg. New York AB R H BI Avg.
HRamirez ss 3 0 0 0 .300 JReyes ss 4 2 2 2 .276
Hermida rf 5 1 2 1 .268 LCastillo 2b 4 1 2 0 .259
Cantu 3b 4 1 1 0 .277 DWright 3b 4 0 2 0 .281
Jacobs 1b 3 2 1 1 .257 Beltran cf 4 0 2 0 .261
Pinto p 0 0 0 0 .000 Delgado 1b 3 0 0 1 .215
Nelson p 0 0 0 0 --- Schneider c 3 0 0 0 .259
Uggla 2b 4 1 1 1 .317 NEvans lf 4 0 0 0 .300
LGonzalez lf 4 1 1 3 .280 EnChavez rf 4 0 1 0 .191
Treanor c 5 0 2 1 .289 Pelfrey p 1 0 0 0 .000
JJones cf 3 1 1 0 .125 a-Casanova ph 1 0 0 0 .271
Nolasco p 2 0 0 0 .067 Heilman p 0 0 0 0 ---
Waechter p 0 0 0 0 .000 b-Church ph 1 0 0 0 .309
c-Helms ph-1b 1 0 1 0 .247 Feliciano p 0 0 0 0 ---
Totals 34 7 10 7 Wise p 0 0 0 0 ---
JoSmith p 0 0 0 0 ---
d-Easley ph 1 0 0 0 .211
Totals 34 3 9 3
a-lined out for Pelfrey in the 4th. b-grounded out for Heilman in the 6th. c-doubled for Waechter in the 8th. d-grounded out for Smith in the 9th. E: JReyes (7). LOB: Florida 10, New York 7. 2B: Jacobs (10), Uggla (19), LGonzalez (8), Helms (5). HR: JReyes 2 (6), off Nolasco 2. RBIs: Hermida (26), Jacobs (29), Uggla (38), LGonzalez 3 (17), Treanor (12), JReyes 2 (23), Delgado (25). SB: LCastillo (9). S: Nolasco. SF: Delgado. GIDP: Uggla, LCastillo. RLSP: Florida 6 (Hermida, Jacobs 2, LGonzalez 2, Nolasco); New York 4 (DWright, NEvans 3). RA: Hermida, Schneider. DP: Florida 1 (HRamirez, Uggla and Jacobs); New York 2 (JReyes, LCastillo and Delgado), (JReyes and LCastillo).
Fla. walks (8): HRamirez 2, Cantu, Jacobs 2, LGonzalez, JJones 2.
N.Y. walks (2): JReyes, Schneider.
Fla. strikeouts (7): HRamirez, Hermida, Uggla, Treanor 2, Nolasco 2.
N.Y. strikeouts (4): LCastillo, Delgado, NEvans 2.
Florida IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Nolasco(W) 5 9 3 3 2 1 80 4.70
Waechter(H) 2 0 0 0 0 1 17 1.40
Pinto 1 0 0 0 0 2 17 1.41
Nelson 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0.00
New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Pelfrey(L) 4 6 6 4 3 3 95 5.33
Heilman 2 1 0 0 0 3 25 5.81
Feliciano 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 2.29
Wise 1 2 1 1 2 1 29 6.43
JoSmith 1 1 0 0 1 0 12 3.15
W: Nolasco, 4-3. L: Pelfrey, 2-6. H: Waechter, 4.
IBB:
off Wise (HRamirez) 1, off Pelfrey (JJones) 1.
HBP:
by Pelfrey (Uggla).
Umpires:
Home, Joe West; First, Ed Rapuano; Second, Rob Drake; Third, C.B. Bucknor.
T:
2:59.
A:
51,489 (57,365).
ATLANTA - Mark Teixeira and Atlanta sent Brandon Webb to a different type of streak.
Teixeira drove in four runs as the Braves handed Arizona's Webb his second straight defeat. Webb (9-2) allowed seven runs - four earned - and a season-high 10 hits in 41/3 innings against the Braves. He won his first nine decisions before losing, 3-1, at Florida last Wednesday.
Webb struck out eight, walked three and fell behind, 5-1, in the second.
Manny Acosta (3-1) pitched two hitless innings to win in relief of Jair Jurrjens, who gave up three runs and eight hits in 42/3 innings. Jeff Bennett entered with a 5-3 lead, a man on and two outs in the fifth, and retired Mark Reynolds on a flyout.
Teixeira hit a two-run double in the first and added a two-run single in the second.
Arizona 010 020 000–3 10 1
Atlanta 230 020 00x–7 12 0
Arizona AB R H BI Avg. Atlanta AB R H BI Avg.
Young cf 5 0 0 0 .243 YEscobar ss 5 1 2 0 .310
SDrew ss 5 1 2 0 .281 KJohnson 2b 4 0 1 0 .297
OHudson 2b 3 1 1 2 .300 CJones 3b 3 1 1 0 .416
Tracy 1b 4 0 1 0 .250 Teixeira 1b 4 0 2 4 .267
CSnyder c 4 1 2 0 .275 McCann c 5 1 1 1 .333
Byrnes lf 3 0 1 0 .219 Francoeur rf 4 1 1 0 .262
Scherzer p 0 0 0 0 .000 Norton lf 2 1 0 0 .143
c-Owings ph 1 0 0 0 .286 Diaz lf 1 0 0 0 .248
EGonzalez p 0 0 0 0 .125 GBlanco cf 3 1 3 0 .299
Reynolds 3b 4 0 1 0 .225 Jurrjens p 2 1 0 0 .095
Salazar rf 3 0 2 1 .286 JBennett p 0 0 0 0 .167
Webb p 1 0 0 0 .091 a-Gotay ph 1 0 1 1 .258
CBurke lf 2 0 0 0 .185 Acosta p 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 35 3 10 3 b-JoReyes ph 0 0 0 0 .000
Boyer p 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 34 7 12 6
a-singled for Bennett in the 5th. b-sacrificed for Acosta in the 7th. c-grounded into double play for Scherzer in the 8th. E: Reynolds (9). LOB: Arizona 8, Atlanta 10. 2B: SDrew (12), CSnyder (12), Reynolds (6), Teixeira (14). HR: McCann (9), off Webb; OHudson (4), off Jurrjens. RBIs: OHudson 2 (26), Salazar (8), Teixeira 4 (31), McCann (32), Gotay (1). S: Webb, KJohnson, JoReyes. GIDP: Owings, YEscobar. RLSP: Arizona 4 (Young 2, SDrew, CSnyder); Atlanta 4 (YEscobar, McCann, Francoeur 2). DP: Arizona 1 (Scherzer, SDrew and Tracy); Atlanta 1 (YEscobar, KJohnson and Teixeira).
Arizona walks (2): OHudson, Salazar.
Atlanta walks (5): CJones 2, Teixeira, Norton, GBlanco.
Arizona strikeouts (6): Young 2, SDrew, Byrnes, Webb, CBurke.
Atlanta strikeouts (13): YEscobar 2, KJohnson, CJones, McCann 2, Francoeur 3, Norton 2, Diaz, Jurrjens.
Arizona IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Webb(L) 41/3 10 7 4 3 8 100 3.01
Scherzer 22/3 2 0 0 1 4 38 1.96
EGonzalez 1 0 0 0 1 1 20 6.19
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Jurrjens 42/3 8 3 3 2 4 97 2.86
JBennett 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.57
Acosta(W) 2 0 0 0 0 2 25 2.81
Boyer 2 2 0 0 0 0 30 3.94
W: Acosta, 3-1. L: Webb, 9-2.
IR-S: Scherzer 2-0, JBennett 1-0. Umpires: Home, Jim Reynolds; First, Tim Timmons; Second, Gary Cederstrom; Third, Fieldin Culbreth.
T: 3:07. A: 29,635 (49,743).
BREWERS 4, NATIONALS 3
WASHINGTON - Pinch-hitter Gabe Kapler singled home the decisive run in the 11th inning as Milwaukee edged Washington.
Prince Fielder led off the 11th with an opposite-field double to left against an exaggerated shift, then moved to third on Corey Hart's sacrifice bunt. After Russell Branyan struck out, Kapler lined the first pitch from Saul Rivera (3-2) to center for an RBI single.
Carlos Villanueva (3-5) pitched two scoreless innings for the win.
Dmitri Young hit a disputed solo homer off Brian Shouse in the eighth to tie the game after Fielder's sacrifice fly had given the Brewers a 3-2 lead in the top of the inning.
Washington 110 000 010 00–3 8 1
Milwaukee AB R H BI Avg. Washington AB R H BI Avg.
Weeks 2b 6 0 1 0 .206 WHarris 2b-3b 5 0 1 0 .172
MCameron cf 4 1 1 0 .248 CGuzman ss 5 1 2 1 .298
Braun lf 5 0 1 0 .281 Boone 3b-1b 5 0 0 0 .303
Fielder 1b 4 1 2 1 .273 DmYoung 1b 4 1 1 1 .226
Hart rf 4 1 2 0 .302 Rauch p 0 0 0 0 .000
Branyan 3b 5 0 0 0 .250 SRivera p 0 0 0 0 ---
Hardy ss 3 1 0 0 .244 c-Nieves ph 1 0 0 0 .320
Villanueva p 0 0 0 0 .143 Milledge cf 5 0 1 0 .242
b-Kapler ph 1 0 1 1 .296 Mackowiak lf 3 0 0 0 .152
Torres p 0 0 0 0 --- Sanches p 0 0 0 0 ---
Kendall c 3 0 1 1 .276 Hanrahan p 0 0 0 0 .000
Sheets p 2 0 0 0 .125 FLopez 2b 1 0 0 0 .249
a-Dillon ph 1 0 0 0 .286 Dukes rf 4 1 1 0 .119
Shouse p 0 0 0 0 --- Flores c 4 0 2 1 .340
Dillard p 0 0 0 0 --- Bergmann p 2 0 0 0 .000
Counsell ss 1 0 0 0 .226 Manning p 0 0 0 0 ---
Totals 39 4 9 3 Langerhans lf 2 0 0 0 .000
Totals 41 3 8 3
a-safe on error for Sheets in the 7th. b-singled for Villanueva in the 11th. c-grounded out for Rivera in the 11th. E: DmYoung (2). LOB: Milwaukee 9, Washington 5. 2B: MCameron (7), Braun (15), Fielder (11), Milledge (14), Dukes (2), Flores (9). HR: DmYoung (1), off Shouse; CGuzman (5), off Sheets. RBIs: Fielder (25), Kapler (16), Kendall (16), CGuzman (20), DmYoung (4), Flores (10). SB: MCameron (3), Hart (9), Kapler (3). S: Hart. SF: Fielder. GIDP: Weeks. RLSP: Milwaukee 5 (Weeks 2, Fielder, Hart, Sheets); Washington 4 (Boone 2, Dukes, Bergmann). RA: Braun 2, Fielder. DP: Washington 1 (CGuzman and DmYoung).
Milwaukee walks (5): MCameron, Hardy, Kendall 2, Counsell.
Milwaukee strikeouts (12): Weeks 2, Hart 2, Branyan 4, Hardy, Sheets 2, Counsell.
Washington strikeouts (15): WHarris 2, Boone 2, DmYoung, Milledge, FLopez, Dukes 2, Flores 2, Bergmann 2, Langerhans 2.
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Sheets 6 7 2 2 0 6 86 2.93
Shouse 12/3 1 1 1 0 3 21 2.65
Dillard 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00
Villanueva(W) 2 0 0 0 0 5 27 6.06
Torres(S) 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 2.90
Washington IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Bergmann 52/3 4 0 0 1 8 93 4.50
Manning(H) 2/3 1 1 1 0 1 10 5.40
Sanches(BS) 0 1 1 0 1 0 10 0.00
Hanrahan 12/3 0 1 1 1 1 24 3.86
Rauch 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 2.45
SRivera(L) 2 3 1 1 2 2 44 4.26
W: Villanueva, 3-5. L: SRivera, 3-2. S: Torres, 3. H: Manning, 1. BS: Sanches, 1.
Sanches pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. IR-S: Sanches 1-1, Hanrahan 2-0, Manning 1-0. WP: Manning. PB–Flores. Umpires: Home, Jerry Meals; First, Bill Miller; Second, Paul Emmel; Third, Gary Darling.
T: 3:14. A: 28,552 (41,888).
CUBS 3, DODGERS 1
CHICAGO - Derrek Lee and Aramis Ramirez homered to back Ryan Dempster as Chicago defeated Los Angeles.
Lee hit a two-run drive in the first inning off Chad Billingsley (4-6) for his 250th career home run, and Ramirez added a solo homer against Scott Proctor in the eighth.
Dempster (6-2) gave the bullpen some rest after the Cubs combined to use 11 relievers in consecutive extra-inning losses at Pittsburgh. He allowed one run and seven hits in seven innings before Bob Howry and Kerry Wood finished.
Dempster gave up a run-scoring infield single to Juan Pierre in the fifth, then escaped a bases-loaded jam in the sixth, striking out Blake DeWitt on a check swing before retiring Luis Maza on a flyout.
The Dodgers' Andre Ethier singled with out in the ninth, but Wood struck out Russell Martin and Chin-Iung Hu for his 11th save in 15 chances.
Billingsley allowed two runs and four hits in six innings.
Los Angeles AB R H BI Avg. Chicago AB R H BI Avg.
Pierre lf 4 0 2 1 .292 ASoriano lf 2 0 0 0 .273
Ethier rf 5 0 2 0 .302 Theriot ss 3 1 1 0 .309
Martin c 5 0 1 0 .310 DLee 1b 4 1 1 2 .300
Kent 2b 4 0 3 0 .242 ArRamirez 3b 4 1 2 1 .299
1-Hu pr-ss 1 0 0 0 .185 Fukudome rf 4 0 0 0 .294
MaSweeney 1b 4 0 0 0 .100 Soto c 4 0 0 0 .299
Kemp cf 3 1 2 0 .315 Edmonds cf 3 0 1 0 .173
Dewitt 3b 3 0 0 0 .299 Derosa 2b 3 0 1 0 .315
Maza ss 2 0 0 0 .438 Dempster p 2 0 0 0 .143
c-Loney ph 1 0 0 0 .274 b-Hoffpauir ph 1 0 1 0 .400
Proctor p 0 0 0 0 --- Howry p 0 0 0 0 .000
Billingsley p 2 0 0 0 .111 KWood p 0 0 0 0 ---
a-Tiffee ph 1 0 0 0 .500 Totals 30 3 7 3
Park p 0 0 0 0 .000
d-DeYng ph-2b 1 0 0 0 .259
Totals 36 1 10 1
a-grounded out for Billingsley in the 7th. b-singled for Dempster in the 7th. c-struck out for Maza in the 8th. d-flied out for Park in the 8th.1-ran for Kent in the 8th. LOB: Los Angeles 12, Chicago 6. 2B: Ethier (11), Kemp 2 (11). HR: ArRamirez (9), off Proctor; DLee (12), off Billingsley. RBIs: Pierre (17), DLee 2 (36), ArRamirez (36). SB: Pierre (19). GIDP: Fukudome. RLSP: Los Angeles 8 (Ethier, Martin, Hu, MaSweeney, Maza 2, DeYoung 2); Chicago 4 (Theriot 2). RA: Ethier, MaSweeney, Dewitt. DP: Los Angeles 1 (Billingsley, Martin and MaSweeney).
L.A. walks (4): Pierre, Kemp, Dewitt, Maza.
Chicago walks (3): ASoriano 2, Theriot.
L.A. strikeouts (6): Martin, Hu, Kemp, Dewitt, Loney, Billingsley.
Chicago strikeouts (11): ASoriano, DLee 2, ArRamirez, Fukudome 2, Soto, Edmonds, Derosa 2, Dempster.
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Billingsley(L) 6 4 2 2 2 7 83 3.68
Park 1 2 0 0 1 1 26 2.10
Proctor 1 1 1 1 0 3 21 5.25
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Dempster(W) 7 7 1 1 3 3 117 2.56
Howry(H) 1 2 0 0 1 1 24 5.00
KWood(S) 1 1 0 0 0 2 18 3.38
W: Dempster, 6-2. L: Billingsley, 4-6. S: KWood, 11. H: Howry, 7.
IBB: off Howry (Dewitt) 1. Umpires: Home, Mike Reilly; First, Bob Davidson; Second, Alfonso Marquez; Third, Andy Fletcher.
T: 2:51. A: 41,583 (41,160).