Beltran back, but Mets lose to Marlins, 4-2
Posted By James Kwasnik On September 9, 2009 @ 5:31 pm In Uncategorized | Comments Disabled
Carlos Beltran came back in last night’s loss to the Marlins [1]. He went 1-for-4 at the plate and just missed hitting a grand slam. He looked comfortable in the field, too.
His return also is giving Mets management a difficult decision in whom to send out to left field [2] every day. Both Angel Pagan and Cory Sullivan have played well in the outfield. Pagan got the start last night and had two hits, including another triple. Sullivan has a .313 batting average in the past 11 games.
The game was pretty much over after the fifth inning. The Marlins hit two, two-run homers, and the Mets managed to eke out two of their own. By the sixth inning, the SNY-TV announcers Ron Darling, Gary Cohen and Keith Hernandez had left the booth to experiment with what they called the “Silent Sixth.” [3] There was no commentary in the entire inning, just the natural sounds of the game.
That wasn’t the only difference in the booth last night. Ten-year-old Kyle Singh of Queens got the opportunity to be the play-by-play announcer [4] in the bottom of the third inning. Looks like the Mets are pulling out all the stops in the final month of the season.
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[1] Carlos Beltran came back in last night’s loss to the Marlins: http://www.lohud.com/article/20090909/SPORTS01/909090364/1040/SPORTS0102/Beltran-nearly-a-hero-in-return-to-Mets
[2] difficult decision in whom to send out to left field: http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090909&content_id=6868150&vkey=news_nym&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym
[3] “Silent Sixth.”: http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090908&content_id=6863826&vkey=news_nym&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym
[4] Ten-year-old Kyle Singh of Queens got the opportunity to be the play-by-play announcer: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/2009/09/09/2009-09-09_heres_the_pitch_boy_assists_sny_crew.html
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