Giants 2 - 4 Mets
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Mets aim to get offense back on track, help Hernandez

May 31, 2007 - 2:51 PM San Francisco (25-26) at NY Mets (33-18) 7:10 pm EDT

FLUSHING, New York (Ticker) - Coming out their first shutout loss of the season, the New York Mets will try to score some runs for a pitcher they haven't been helping lately.

In the rubber match of a three-game set, the Mets face Barry Bonds and the San Francisco Giants on Thursday.

On the mound will be Orlando Hernandez (2-1, 2.13 ERA), who made his first start in over a month Friday and leads the Mets starters in ERA. However, the Mets have not scored a run for him in each of his last two outings.

The righthander pitched six scoreless frames, allowing just two hits, but did not factor in a 6-2 win over Florida. He is 0-1 in his only career appearance against the Giants, yielding five runs over six innings last June.

The Giants will counter with Matt Cain (2-4, 3.23), who allowed two runs and four hits in 6 2/3 innings of a 5-3 loss to Colorado on Friday. He made his only career appearance against the Mets on May 8, surrendering four runs and a season-high 10 hits in seven innings of a 4-1 defeat.

San Francisco is just 2-8 this season when Cain starts.

Bonds still needs 10 homers to break Hank Aaron's all-time record. He has hit just one homer in his last 17 games.








  • NL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    SAN FRANCISCO 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0
    NY METS 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 4 10 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: SFO - MATT CAIN, VINNIE CHULK (8TH) AND BENGIE MOLINA
    NYM - ORLANDO HERNANDEZ, JOE SMITH (8TH), BILLY WAGNER
    (9TH) AND PAUL LO DUCA

    HOME RUNS: SFO - NONE
    NYM - NO

    May 31 9:38 PM


  • NL
    AT NY METS - SCORING UPDATE
    BUNT SINGLE BY ENDY CHAVEZ SCORED BEN JOHNSON.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, E CHAVEZ ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN FRANCISCO 2
    NY METS 4 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR NY METS: C GOMEZ (.192, 0 HR, 4 RBI)

    Giants vs. MetsMay 31 7:59 PM


  • NL
    AT NY METS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JOSE REYES SCORED DAMION EASLEY.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J REYES ON FIRST, B JOHNSON ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN FRANCISCO 2
    NY METS 3 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR NY METS: E CHAVEZ (.312, 0-FOR-1)

    Giants vs. MetsMay 31 7:57 PM


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    AT NY METS - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY DAVID WRIGHT SCORED CARLOS BELTRAN.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, D WRIGHT ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN FRANCISCO 2
    NY METS 2 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR NY METS: P LO DUCA (.327, 2 HR, 14 RBI)

    Giants vs. MetsMay 31 7:37 PM


  • NL
    AT NY METS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY CARLOS BELTRAN SCORED JOSE REYES.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C BELTRAN ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN FRANCISCO 2
    NY METS 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR NY METS: C DELGADO (.236, 7 HR, 32 RBI)

    Giants vs. MetsMay 31 7:32 PM


  • NL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    SAN FRANCISCO 2 2 2 0
    NY METS 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: SFO - MATT CAIN
    NYM - ORLANDO HERNANDEZ

    DUE UP FOR NY METS: J REYES (.305, 2 HR, 24 RBI)
    E CHAVEZ (.315, 1 HR, 12 RBI)
    C BELTRAN (.294, 8 HR, 34 RBI)

    Giants vs. MetsMay 31 7:25 PM

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