They did it without first baseman Carlos Delgado once again, who missed his fourth straight game with a hyper-extended left knee.
The switch-hitting Beltran has driven in 13 runs with 5 bombs and is batting .294 in just nine games back since his strained oblique muscle has healed. Sunday marked the centerfielder's fourth multi-homer game of the season.
Veteran righty Orlando Hernandez pitched a gem, allowing two runs on three hits over seven innings for the Mets, who are on a nice little four-game run. Jorge Sosa pitched a perfect eighth inning and Pedro Feliciano shut it down for New York.
Shawn Green's two-run single in the eighth sparked a four-run rally while Marlon Anderson hit a two-run double off Jon Rauch - the reliever's second loss this week.
El Duque didn't allow a hit after Wily Mo Peña made himself welcome in the fourth, going deep for the first time since joining the team from Boston on Saturday. Ryan Zimmerman added the other Nationals run on a game-tying base hit in the third.
Washington righty Shawn Hill, who was making just his second start after missing over three months with a sore pitching elbow, allowed two runs and seven hits in seven innings. Hill is 3-3 with a 2.43 ERA.
3 comments:
Man, Oblique strains are the mother of all muscle strains. It's about the only strain I would accept as a 'real' injury (because you just can't move without being in excruciating pain)
Also, I'm looking at those AL scores and thinking hmmm... one off or pattern?
I try not to do anything that would result n a strain, but I can imagine it's painful.
Hear, hear Sooze.
That's some hot eye black, by the way, Carlos.
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