LIVEBLOGGING: New York Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, 6/1/08.

The month of June begins with the final game between the Mets and Dodgers this season. As the Mets lost 2 of 3 to the Dodgers in Los Angeles during May 5-7, the Mets MUST win this game in order to win the season series 4-3.

The Mets will be taking a late-night flight tonight after the game to San Francisco for a game against the Giants tomorrow night. The Dodgers will also be taking a late-night flight tonight after the game back to L.A. to play Colorado. This is something that ESPN announcers Jon Miller and Joe Morgan will mention several times during the national telecast.

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Top of 1st Inning:
5:08pm: Pierre slaps a hit past David Wright at 3B who was playing shallow. The ball goes into LF and Pierre scratches out a double.

5:12pm: Matt Kemp lines a single into CF that easily scores Juan Pierre from 2nd. Dodgers go up 1-0. Shit.

5:16pm: Jeff Kent watches strike 3 go right by him, even though it was slightly inside. 1 out.

5:18pm: On a 2-1 pitch, Matt Kemp gets picked off by Johan Santana as he's trying to steal 2nd. Kemp gets caught in a brief rundown as Jose Reyes chases Kemp back to 1st before laying on the tag. 2 out.

5:19pm: James Loney K'd. 3 out.

Bottom of 1st Inning:
5:22pm: Jose Reyes lines a single into CF.

5:24pm: Jose Reyes steals 2nd, though still almost gets thrown out by Russell Martin, who double-clutched.

5:25pm: Luis Castillo flies out to centerfielder Matt Kemp. Reyes dekes a throw but isn't tagging up. 1 out.

5:27pm: David Wright hits a bloop single to RF Delwyn Young. Not sure if Young misjudged it or was just playing too deep. Reyes was running full speed once he noticed the trajectory of the ball and runs past Russell Martin's tag to score. 1-1 game.

5:29pm: Carlos Beltran hits a swinging bunt which goes to the third-base side of the mound. Kuroda fields it and fires a bad throw to 1B James Loney who doesn't quite catch it, but pins it to his body long enough to demonstrate control, and Beltran is out at 1st. Wright to 2nd on the 1-3 play.

5:30pm: Carlos Delgado flies out to deep CF for the 3rd out.

Top of 2nd Inning:
5:35pm: Johan Santana gives up a leadoff walk to Russell Martin.

5:36pm: Delwyn Young strikes out swinging. 1 out.

5:38pm: Blake DeWitt strikes out swinging. 2 out.

5:41pm: Luis Maza walks on a full count. Russell Martin to 2nd.

5:44pm: Pitcher Hiroki Kuroda pops out to 1B Carlos Delgado. 3 out. Santana walks 2 in the inning but also strikes out 2. He has 4 Ks through 2 IP.

Bottom of 2nd Inning:
5:47pm: Ryan Church skies a ball to deep rightfield but Young catches it without a problem. 1 out.

5:48pm: Brian Schneider pops up to SS Luis Maza for the 2nd out.

5:50pm: Endy Chavez grounds out to SS Luis Maza. 6-3. 3 up, 3 down. Short inning for Kuroda.

Top of 3rd Inning:
5:52pm: Juan Pierre lines out to LF Endy Chavez. 1 out.

5:55pm: Matt Kemp hits a chopper past the mound on the third-base side which is bare-handed and thrown to first by David Wright, but Kemp has the speed to beat the throw. Infield single.

5:56pm: Jeff Kent grounds to Jose Reyes who makes a diving stop, gets up, flips to Castillo at 2nd, Castillo throws to 1st to complete the 6-4-3 DP. 3 out.

Bottom of 3rd Inning:
6:00pm: Johan Santana grounds out to 2B Jeff Kent. 4-3. 1 out.

6:02pm: Jose Reyes doubles to left-centerfield. If Andruw Jones' fat ass was playing CF, Reyes probably could've went to third.

6:07pm: Luis Castillo grounds out to 2B Jeff Kent, 4-3. Jose Reyes to 3rd on the play. 2 out.

6:10pm: David Wright hits a line drive past 3B Blake DeWitt for a single to LF. Reyes scores and the Mets go up 2-1. Yeehaw!

6:12pm: Carlos Beltran hits a 2-run Strawberry shot to RF. BOOM SHAKKALAKKA. 2nd HR in 2 days. Mets up 4-1.

6:14pm: Carlos Delgado walks. Hiroki Kuroda is not looking too good, which worries me, cause if he continues to pitch poorly, we'll see the evil Hong-Chih Kuo soon. Mets need a lot more runs. Maybe they can space it out over the game? :)

6:17pm: Speaking of more runs, Ryan Church hits a 2-run bomb to RF! 6-1 Mets!

6:20pm: Brian Schneider hits only his 2nd double of the year as he smacks the ball to LF.

6:21pm: Endy Chavez getting the intentional pass with Johan Santana up next.

6:23pm: Pitching change. The evil Hong-Chih Kuo is in relief for Kuroda and will probably pitch at least 3 Innings.

6:25pm: Johan Santana grounds out to 1B James Loney. 3 out.

Top of 4th Inning:
6:28pm: James Loney hits a chopper that slightly glances off the tip of Johan Santana's glove, but SS 3Jose Reyes fields it cleanly and throws to 1st for the out. 1-6-3. 1 out.

6:29pm: Russell Martin grounds out to 3B David Wright. 5-3. 2 out.

6:31pm: Delwyn Young grounds out to 2B Luis Castillo. 4-3. 3 out.

Bottom of 4th Inning:
6:35pm: Jose Reyes hits a soft liner to 2B Jeff Kent. 1 out.

6:37pm: Luis Castillo hits a linedrive to 2B Jeff Kent, who dives in the air to make the play. Great D from a 40-year old 2B. 2 out.

6:38pm: David Wright singles to CF.

6:39pm: David Wright steals 2nd base easily.

6:40pm: Carlos Beltran gets the intentional pass so Kuo can pitch to the weak-lefty-hitting Carlos Delgado.

6:41pm: Carlos Delgado hits a solid line drive right into the glove of leftfield Juan Pierre. 3 out.

Top of 5th Inning:
6:45pm: Blake DeWitt flies out to LF. 1 out.

6:47pm: Luis Maza grounds out to 3B David Wright. 2 out.

6:49pm: Hong-Chih Kuo strikes out. 3 out.

Bottom of 5th Inning:
6:51pm: Ryan Church hits a flyball over CF Matt Kemp's head for a double.

6:52pm: Brian Schneider grounds out to SS Luis Maza. 6-3. 1 out.

6:54pm: Endy Chavez grounds out softly to 3B Blake DeWitt. 5-3. 2 out.

6:56pm: Johan Santana pops out to LF Juan Pierre. 3 out.

Top of 6th Inning:
7:00pm: Juan Pierre singles to center.

7:01pm: Matt Kemp grounds out to SS Jose Reyes who makes the throw to Luis Castillo but Pierre's hard slide and Kemp's speed prevents the double play. 1 out.

7:02pm: Jeff Kent grounds out to 3B David Wright who makes a great pickup on the ball. 5-4-3 DP! 3 out.

Bottom of 6th Inning:
7:05pm: Jose Reyes hits a chopper that Hong-Chih Kuo jumps in the air to field, throws to 1B for the out. 1-3. 1 out.

7:07pm: Luis Castillo pops out to 2B Jeff Kent. 2 out.

7:10pm: David Wright strikes out. Fucking Kuo shuts down this offense. 3 out.

Top of 7th Inning:
7:12pm: James Loney hits a leadoff single to CF.

7:15pm: Russell Martin hits a flyball to deep left-center, but it's caught by CF Carlos Beltran. 1 out.

7:16pm: Delwyn Young hits a chopper to 1B Carlos Delgado, 3-6 fielder's choice. Loney out at 2nd, Young on 1st. 2 out.

7:18pm: Blake DeWitt hits a long flyball down the RF line that goes foul, but not by much.

7:20pm: Blake DeWitt strikes out. 3 out.

Bottom of 7th Inning:
7:25pm: Carlos Beltran hits a grounder to SS Luis Maza, but Maza throws wide of 1B James Loney. Beltran safe at 1st on Maza's error. E6.

7:27pm: Carlos Delgado grounds to 2B Jeff Kent, who throws to 2nd to get the lead runner Beltran. Fielder's Choice, 4-6. Delgado on 1st. 1 out.

7:28pm: Ryan Church hits a grounder past SS Luis Maza for a single. Delgado to 2nd.

7:30pm: Brian Schneider looks at a low strike for strike 3. 2 out.

7:32pm: Endy Chavez lines out to LF Juan Pierre. 3 out.

Top of 8th Inning:
7:35pm: Luis Maza lines out to SS Jose Reyes. 1 out.

7:37pm: Terri Tiffey pinch-hits for Hong-Chih Kuo and grounds out on the first pitch to 2B Luis Castillo. 4-3. 2 out.

7:39pm: Juan Pierre takes a 4-pitch BB.

7:41pm: Matt Kemp hits a hard grounder up the middle for a basehit.

7:42pm: Willie Randolph comes to the mound and is taking Santana out. The fans are very happy with his performance, as they should be. Righty specialist Joe Smith is coming in to face Jeff Kent with 2 out and 2 men on.

7:45pm: Smith hits Kent in the butt with a pitch. Bases loaded with lefty James Loney coming up. It's time for either Feliciano or Schoeneweis to come in.

7:48pm: Lefty Scott Schoeneweis is in to hopefully get the team out of the jam.

7:50pm: On a 3-1 hitter's count, James Loney grounds out to SS Jose Reyes. 6-4. 3 out, crisis and ulcer averted.

Bottom of 8th Inning:
7:53pm: Cory Wade is on in relief for the Dodgers. Raul Casanova is in to pinch-hit for Schoeneweis.

7:54pm: Raul Casanova strikes out looking. 1 out.

7:55pm: Jose Reyes strikes out swinging. 2 out.

7:57pm: Luis Castillo grounds out softly to SS Luis Maza. 6-3. 3 out. Will we see Heilman in the 9th?

Top of 9th Inning:
7:59pm: No Heilman. Lefty Pedro Feliciano is in to pitch.

8:00pm: Russell Martin foul pops out to 1B Carlos Delgado. 1 out.

8:02pm: Delwyn Young hits a hard but harmless groundball chop back to pitcher Pedro Feliciano. 1-3. 2 out.

8:03pm: Blake DeWitt flies out to LF Endy Chavez to end the game. 3 out.

METS WIN 6-1!!!!

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The Mets take 3 of 4 from the Dodgers, giving them the season series win 4-3.  After losing 2 of 3 to St. Louis at home, the Dodgers got swept in Chicago, and lost 3 of 4 to the Mets.  Good.

FUCK THE DODGERS AND THEIR ROTTEN SHIT FANS!

The Mets now go on to play the Giants in SF, and then Padres in San Diego. Here's to a winning June!