Here's how the games played out:
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| Mets welcome Dodgers to Citi Field |
Tuesday
night the Mets & Dodgers played a nine inning marathon time wise.
The game lasted four hours & eight minutes. The Dodgers beat the
Mets, 9-4. Josh Beckett, a notorious slow worker started that night
& he gave up four runs in five innings. He got plenty of support
from his teammates so he was able to earn the W despite his subpar
performance.
Wednesday night the Dodgers made
it two in a row as they got by the Mets by a score of 4-3. This time it
only took three hours & one minute as starter Hyun-Jin Ryu pitched
six innings allowing two runs to pick up the victory. As for the Mets,
rookie Eric Campbell hit his first major league home run.
Thursday
night the Mets wound up salvaging a game as they knocked off the
Dodgers 5-3 to avoid being swept. They got a strong start from Jonathon
Niese who went seven innings to get the win.
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| Mets welcome Diamondbacks to Queens |
Friday
night the Mets welcomed the Diamondbacks to Queens. They got off to a
horrible start this season but they were playing better as they came to
play this three game series. Unfortunately mother nature didn't
cooperate for us that night. They did play three & a half innings
before they called the game off after waiting for a few hours. Luckily
for the Mets they did. They were trailing 2-0 before the rain came. As a
result, they decided to reschedule the game as part of a single
admission straight doubleheader on Sunday afternoon.
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| Royal Court lounging in Promenade Club before the game |
Saturday
afternoon they played what turned out to be the first game of the
series. It was David Wright canvas print day. It wound up being an exciting day at the ballpark because we had some
special guests on hand. First & foremost, my Cousin Andy met me
outside by the Apple. I had bought him a ticket so he could join us.
When we got upstairs to the Promenade Club, we got to see our pal Eddie
Bultman who we met up with in Sydney to open the season. He came to
visit us again. He was wearing his MLB Opening Series t-shirt that he
bought when we were Down Under. It was great to see him again. We also
had some of the regulars we know in there which made for a festive
scene. As game time was approaching, we proceeded to go upstairs to the
Royal Court in section 515. Shortly thereafter, we were joined by the
King's father Miguel & his brother Charlie who came to the game too. As
always it was nice to see them again.
As
for the game we saw, the Diamondbacks held off the Mets, 3-2. After the
game, we all went to Donovan's Pub for dinner. Unfortunately Eddie
couldn't come because he was going to Philadelphia that night to meet up
with some friends of his.
Sunday
afternoon we got to see the rare single admission twinbill. In game
one, the Diamondbacks got a quality start from their starter Bronson
Arroyo who allowed one run in six innings but he left the game with the
score tied at one so he didn't get a decision for his efforts. The
Diamondbacks capitalized on an error by the Mets in the ninth inning as Daniel Murphy dropped a pop up which allowed the
eventual winning run to score as they went on to defeat the Mets, 2-1.
In
game two, the Mets once again avoided being swept by the visiting team
as they managed to get by the Diamondbacks, 4-2 to escape without
further embarrassment.
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| Epic View of Celebration |
It
should be noted while the King & I were watching the Mets play,
our pal Eddie Bultman was at Citizens Bank Park that afternoon
witnessing history. He got to see Josh Beckett of the Dodgers throw a no
hitter against the Phillies. Quite amazingly, that game only took
two hours & thirty seven minutes to play. We were both happy for
him.
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| It's official, Josh Beckett no hits the Phillies |
Stay tuned for some special posts I plan to do when time allows that will recap the highlights of my baseball season in June.
Thank you for reading & following along.
Yours truly,
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