08/21/09: Padres 7, Mets 4 (Shea Stadium)

Ibanez sends two over the Shea fences in 7-4 Padres win

  Padres             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Mets               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Ellsbury RF       5  0  1  1 .250     E.Aybar SS          4  0  1  0 .347  
  O.Hudson 2B         5  1  1  0 .286     A.Romero LF         4  0  0  0 .056  
  M.Teixeira 1B       5  1  1  1 .154     J.Dye RF            4  1  1  0 .232  
  R.Ibanez DH         5  2  3  3 .308     M.Jacobs 1B         4  1  3  1 .305  
  G.Anderson LF       5  0  2  0 .538     B.McCann C          4  0  0  0 .324  
  A.Jones CF          5  2  2  0 .286     M.Mora DH           3  1  1  1 .272  
  E.Renteria SS       4  0  0  0 .333     W.Aybar 3B          4  1  1  2 .192  
  J.Uribe 3B          4  1  3  1 .429     B.Ausmus 2B         3  0  0  0 .162  
  J.Buck C            3  0  1  1 .333     R.Willits CF        3  0  0  0 .171  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      41  7 14  7                 Totals      33  4  7  4
 
 
Padres.......... 0 1 0  3 0 1  1 0 1  -  7 14  0
Mets............ 0 1 0  0 2 1  0 0 0  -  4  7  0
 
Padres (2-1)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Blanton WIN(1-0)        5 2/3   7   4   4   1   2   2  88   6.35
N.Masset HOLD(1st)        0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
C.Breslow HOLD(1st)       2       0   0   0   0   2   0  22   0.00
C.Qualls SAVE(1st)        1       0   0   0   0   0   0   9   5.40
Totals                    9       7   4   4   1   4   2
 
Mets (38-31)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
H.Kuroda LOSS(4-3)        9      14   7   7   0   8   3 141   3.80
Totals                    9      14   7   7   0   8   3
 
ATTENDANCE- 39,518 DATE- Friday, August 21st 2009 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Randy Marsh, Mike Winters, Hunter Wendelstedt, Mervin Hudson
T- 2:32
LEFT ON BASE- Padres: 8  Mets: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Padres: 1  Mets: 0
DOUBLES- J.Ellsbury(1st), O.Hudson(2nd), A.Jones-2(3rd), M.Mora(11th)
HOME RUNS- M.Teixeira(1st), R.Ibanez-2(2nd), M.Jacobs(14th), W.Aybar(2nd)
WALKS- M.Mora
HIT BY PITCH- J.Buck
STRIKE OUTS- J.Ellsbury, G.Anderson, A.Jones, E.Renteria-2, J.Uribe, J.Buck-2,
             J.Dye-2, M.Jacobs, M.Mora
GIDP- B.McCann
 
Raul Ibanez rocketed 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI as the San Diego Padres defeated
the New York (NL) Mets by a score of 7 to 4 at Shea Stadium.
 
Ibanez had a good evening at the plate.  He delivered a solo blast in the 2nd
inning, cracked a solo homerun (his 2nd of the season) in the 4th inning and
stroked a single plating a run in the 7th inning.  San Diego out-hit New York
(NL) for the game, 14 hits to 7.  
 
The winning pitcher was Joe Blanton(1-0) who allowed 4 runs in 5 and 2/3
innings. Blanton got help from Chad Qualls who earned his 1st save.  Hiroki
Kuroda(4-3) absorbed the loss.  He was touched for 3 homeruns in his 9
innings of work.