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05/05/2005: "Project Baseball: Part 8"
There wasn't much juice to this matchup, but it was a nice day at the ballpark...
May 5
Phillies at Mets
Seats: Mezzanine Reserved, Section 5 (Right of home plate)
Who I Went With: George, Joe, John, Mike and Mike
Hot Dogs: 2
Beers: 0
Game Highlight: Kris Benson's season debut got off to a rollicking start as Jimmy Rollins bunted into a groundout and Chase Utley and Bobby Abreu struck out looking. Mike Piazza's three-run homer was the icing for the Mets, making it 7-2 at the time before Mike DeJean served up a three-run shot to Jimmy Rollins in the ninth.
It Was Over When: Pat Burrell struck out looking to end the game. I was convinced he'd hit a two-run homer to tie it off Braden Looper.
Go To The Ballpark & See Something You've Never Seen Before: I can't believe that Cliff Floyd, on a 20-game hitting streak, got the day off. I've never seen anything like that. Also, 10 of the game's 20 strikeouts were on called third strikes. Very strange.
Season Totals (8 Games)
Teams Seen (9 of 30): Angels (1-0), Astros (0-1), Braves (1-0), Devil Rays (1-0), Marlins (1-0), Mets (2-2), Phillies (0-1), Red Sox (1-1), Yankees (1-3)
Hot Dogs: 12
Beers: 6
Game Log
Home team in CAPS
April 5: YANKEES 4, Red Sox 3
April 6: Red Sox 7, YANKEES 3
April 13: METS 1, Astros 0 (11)
April 17: Marlins 5, METS 2
April 19: Devil Rays 6, YANKEES 2
April 27: Braves 8, METS 4
April 27: Angels 5, YANKEES 1
May 5: METS 7, Phillies 5
Games decided in the 8th inning or later: 4 of 8
Home Runs (20)
Garret Anderson, Angels (off Mike Mussina)
Wilson Betemit, Braves (off Tom Glavine)
Victor Diaz, Mets (off A.J. Burnett)
Steve Finley, Angels (off Mike Mussina)
Cliff Floyd, Mets (off Mike Hampton)
Jason Giambi, Yankees (off Hideo Nomo)
Derek Jeter, Yankees (off Keith Foulke)
Andruw Jones, Braves (off Heath Bell)
Tino Martinez, Yankees (off Tim Wakefield)
Hideki Matsui, Yankees (off Matt Clement)
Doug Mientkiewicz, Mets (off Mike Hampton)
David Ortiz, Red Sox (off Carl Pavano)
Eddie Perez, Braves (off Tom Glavine)
Eduardo Perez, Devil Rays (2 off Randy Johnson)
Mike Piazza, Mets (off Tim Worrell)
Alex Rodriguez, Yankees (off Tim Wakefield, Jarrod Washburn)
Jimmy Rollins, Phillies (off Mike DeJean)
Jason Varitek, Red Sox (off Mariano Rivera)
Three-Hit Games (9)
Garret Anderson, Angels (April 27)
Derek Jeter, Yankees (April 19)
Andruw Jones, Braves (April 27)
Hideki Matsui, Yankees (April 5)
Kevin Millar, Red Sox (April 6)
Bill Mueller, Red Sox (April 5)
David Ortiz, Red Sox (April 6)
Mike Piazza, Mets (May 5 -- four hits)
Gary Sheffield, Yankees (April 27)
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