No vengeance for Piazza

[Guest Edgy DC]

The WBC-depleted Mets were down 2-0 to Mike Piazza's Italian National squad, before rallying in the ninth. Key hits came from Featured Competiton III players Cory Sullivan (two-run homer) and Jeremy Reed (game winning double). Sullivan/Reed/Pagan/Kielty/Mackowiak is a really tough bunch ot pick only one from.

Maine started rough, but didn't give up the runs. That was Stokes in the third. At least we didn't get shut out by Canada like some people.

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Italy	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	0
NY Mets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	8	0

Italy	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	NY Mets	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Punto, SS	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	.333	Castillo, 2B	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	.000
��Santora, SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	��Ruelas, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Dallospedale, 2B	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	.000	��Valentin, Jo, 3B	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
Catalanotto, LF	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	.500	Maine, P	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
��Chiarini, RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	��Stokes, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Pascucci, DH	5	0	1	0	0	3	4	.200	��a-Martinez, F, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Denorfia, CF	3	1	2	1	0	0	3	.667	��Parnell, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
��1-De Santis, PR-CF	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	��Green, S, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Costanzo, 3B	2	0	1	0	1	1	3	.500	��Knight, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
��Liddi, 3B	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	��b-Havens, PH-SS	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Mazzanti, 1B	5	0	2	1	0	2	4	.400	Anderson, LF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333
Rottino, C	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	.500	��Sullivan, LF	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	1.000
��Cervelli, C	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	Tatis, 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Ciofrone, RF-LF	2	0	0	0	1	1	4	.000	��DeSalvo, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
��Zileri, LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	��Robertson, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	35	2	10	2	8	10	26	.286	��c-Murphy, PH	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1-Ran for Denorfia in the 5th.									Reed, CF	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	.500
									Evans, 1B	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000
BATTING									Mackowiak, RF	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	.000
TB: Punto; Catalanotto; Pascucci; Denorfia 2; De Santis; Costanzo; Mazzanti 2; Rottino.									Thole, C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
									��Santos, O, C	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
RBI: Denorfia (1), Mazzanti (1).									��Rivera, R, C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2-out RBI: Denorfia; Mazzanti.									Coronado, SS	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Costanzo 2; Catalanotto; Ciofrone 2; Cervelli; Mazzanti.									��Green, A, 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
									Totals	30	3	8	3	2	4	9	.267
Team LOB: 14.									a-Popped out for Stokes in the 3rd. b-Flied out for Knight in the 6th. c-Singled for Robertson in the 9th.
BASERUNNING
SB: Rottino (1, 2nd base off Maine/Thole), Punto (1, 2nd base off Maine/Thole), Denorfia (1, 2nd base off Stokes/Thole).									BATTING
									2B: Santos, O (1, Da Silva), Reed (1, Olenberger).
									3B: Reed (1, Corradini).
HR: Sullivan (1, 9th inning off Olenberger, 1 on, 1 out).
FIELDING									TB: Valentin, Jo; Anderson; Sullivan 4; Murphy; Reed 5; Santos, O 2; Coronado.
DP: 2 (Dallospedale-Mazzanti, Corradini-Mazzanti).
									RBI: Sullivan 2 (2), Reed (1).
									Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Mackowiak; Martinez, F; Green, A.
									Team LOB: 4.
									BASERUNNING
									SB: Coronado (1, 2nd base off Cillo/Rottino).
									CS: Evans (1, 2nd base by LaMura/Cervelli).
									FIELDING

Italy	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	NY Mets	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Corradini	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0.00	Maine	2	2	0	0	3	3	0	0.00
Cillo (H, 1)	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	Stokes	1	3	2	2	1	0	0	18.00
Cooper, C (H, 1)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	Parnell	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00
LaMura (H, 1)	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.00	Green, S	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0.00
Grilli (H, 1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	Knight	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Panerati (H, 1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	Ruelas	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
Da Silva (H, 1)	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	DeSalvo	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Olenberger (BS, 1)(L, 0-1)	0.1	4	3	3	0	0	1	81.00	Robertson (W, 1-0)	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0.00
Totals	8.33	8	3	3	2	4	1	3.24	Totals	9	10	2	2	8	10	0	2.00
Groundouts-flyouts: Corradini 2-2, Cillo 1-1, Cooper, C 0-2, LaMura 1-0, Grilli 1-2, Panerati 1-2, Da Silva 1-1, Olenberger 0-1, Maine 0-2, Stokes 2-0, Parnell 2-1, Green, S 0-0, Knight 2-1, Ruelas 1-0, DeSalvo 2-0, Robertson 1- 1.
Batters faced: Corradini 7, Cillo 4, Cooper, C 3, LaMura 3, Grilli 3, Panerati 3, Da Silva 4, Olenberger 5, Maine 10, Stokes 6, Parnell 5, Green, S 6, Knight 3, Ruelas 5, DeSalvo 3, Robertson 5.
Umpires: HP: Todd Tichenor. 1B: Jerry Meals. 2B: R.J. Thompson. 3B: Victor Carapazza.
Weather: 72 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 10 mph, In from RF.
T: 2:44.
Att: 3,019.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Maine apparently walked the 1st 3 guys he faced and in remarks afterward sounded completely at a loss as to what he's doing in a way that concerned me.

Church apparently missed this one after fouling a ball off his knee.

Jerry seems to like Reed best, according to Rubin, but he and Pagan might make it with Anderson getting squeezed out.

[Guest Edgy DC]

That's Kasey Olenberger blowing the game for Italy. A California native out of Long Beach State, a former Angels prospect and has actually pitched professionally in Italy. He also played for the National team in 2006.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Oh, and picking that extra outfielder looks a touch easier when I see those three strikeouts for Rob Mackowiak.

Hear me, Mackowiak?!

[seawolf17]

Bad job by the FAN, who was reporting on my drive home that "both the Mets and Yankees were shut out today." Looks like they didn't hit "refresh" on their browser after the middle of the ninth.

[soupcan]

Any reason why Piazza isn't playing instead of coaching?

Bernie Williams is on the active roster for the 'Ricans.

[TransMonk]

Haven't you heard...he's just not the same since his bacne cleared up.