• E-mail
• Print
• Comment
• Font Size
• Digg
• del.icio.us
• Discuss article

Mets Throw Second One-Hitter in 3 Games

Posted on: Wednesday, 18 June 2003, 06:00 CDT

The New York Mets' suddenly stingy pitching staff is reaching new highs, make that lows.

Jae Seo and two relievers combined on New York's second one-hit victory in three games. Seo, David Weathers and Armando Benitez faced the minimum number of batters in a 5-0 victory over the Florida Marlins on Tuesday night.

The Mets, who have never pitched a no-hitter, had never before gone through a game with only 27 opposing batters coming to the plate.

"I didn't know anything about it," Seo said, through an interpreter. "I'm more happy about making up for the tough loss we took last night."

That defeat came in the middle of three straight one-hit games for New York. Steve Trachsel pitched the Mets' first complete game of the season and limited Anaheim to just one hit Sunday.

In the series opener against Florida on Monday, rookie Dontrelle Willis held the Mets to a single hit and beat them 1-0.

The Elias Sports Bureau was unable to immediately determine if a team had ever been involved in three consecutive one-hitters.

"It's crazy how it happened," Marlins outfielder Juan Pierre said. "That's baseball, a tale of two nights."

In other NL games, it was Philadelphia 5, Atlanta 4; Cincinnati 2, Chicago Cubs 1 in 10 innings; Houston 4, Arizona 3; St. Louis 12, Milwaukee 3; and Los Angeles 4, San Francisco 1.

San Diego edged Colorado 4-3 in a game shortened to eight innings by rain. Montreal and Pittsburgh never got started before rain forced a postponement. It'll be made up as part of a doubleheader on Wednesday.

Seo (5-2) went 6 2-3 innings for the Mets. He allowed only a fifth-inning single to Juan Encarnacion before splitting a nail on the index finger of his pitching hand.

Weathers and Benitez pitched 2 1-3 innings of perfect relief to help Seo win his fourth straight start.

"Our pitching has been good. It's been fun to watch," said outfielder Jeromy Burnitz, who homered in the seventh. "When the pitching has been dominating as ours has been, it does take some of the pressure off the hitters."

The Mets turned a close game into a rout by scoring four times in the ninth inning, including Ty Wigginton's homer.

Carl Pavano (5-8) allowed seven hits and three runs - two earned - in eight innings.

Reds 2, Cubs 1, 10 innings

At Cincinnati, Sean Casey's RBI double with two outs in the 10th inning gave Cincinnati a win over Chicago in the Cubs' final game without Sammy Sosa, who will be back from suspension Wednesday night.

The Reds lead the majors with 18 wins in their last at-bat.

The winning rally come against Cubs reliever Mike Remlinger (4-1). Scott Williamson (4-2) earned the victory.

Phillies 5, Braves 4

At Philadelphia, David Bell singled in pinch-runner Nick Punto in the bottom of the ninth to lift the Phillies. Bell hammered the first pitch he saw from Darren Holmes (1-1).

Jimmy Rollins went 4-for-4 with two RBIs. Turk Wendell (1-1) pitched two shutout innings to pick up his first win in two years and his first for Philadelphia.

Astros 4, Diamondbacks 3

At Houston, Jeff Kent hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the eighth, and Octavio Dotel (6-2) earned his team-leading sixth victory as the Astros snapped a four-game losing streak.

Billy Wagner pitched the ninth for his 20th save.

Oscar Villareal (4-4) took the loss.

Cardinals 12, Brewers 3

At Milwaukee, Garrett Stephenson won his first road game in three seasons and Albert Pujols, Miguel Cairo and Jim Edmonds homered to lead St. Louis.

The Cardinals had gone 10 games without getting a win from a starter.

Stephenson (4-5) hadn't won in 11 straight road starts dating to Sept. 1, 2000.

Pujols gave the Cardinals the lead in the first inning with a three-run shot off Matt Kinney (5-5).

Dodgers 4, Giants 1

At Los Angeles, Kevin Brown won his ninth straight decision despite leaving with a groin injury, and Paul Lo Duca went 4-for-4 in extending his hitting streak to 24 games.

The win was the seventh straight for the Dodgers, who moved within one game of the first-place Giants in the NL West.

Brown (10-1) allowed seven hits and one run in six innings. He joined Seattle's Jamie Moyer as the only 10-game winners in the majors.

Eric Gagne struck out the side in the ninth for his major league-leading 27th save and 35th straight, dating to last season.

Jesse Foppert (4-6) took the loss.

Padres 4, Rockies 3, 8 innings

At Denver, Ryan Klesko homered twice and drove in three runs, and San Diego survived another late rally in a rain-shortened game.

Jake Peavy (6-5) limited the damage in a shaky fourth inning for his second straight win for San Diego, which has won three straight for just the third time this season.

Colorado managed a late rally for the second straight night, but didn't get a final at-bat after heavy rain began falling at the start of the ninth. The game was called after an 82-minute wait, giving Jay Witasick - who got two outs in the eighth - his first save.

Rockies starter Denny Neagle (0-1) gave up three homers in his first start of the year.

More News in this Category