Jamie Moyer remained sharp in the second inning to retire the Nats in order. The last two outs of the inning were strikeouts on pitches where Moyer got Wily Mo Pena and Jesus Flores to chase some off-speed stuff (does Moyer throw anything else?) way off the outside edge of the plate.
Moyer needed 16 more pitches to get through the second. So far he’s thrown 29 pitches –19 of them strikes.
At the plate, the Phillies went down just as harmlessly as the Nats. Jason Bergmann was even more efficient than Moyer, throwing just eight pitches in the frame.
Back at Shea it’s still 7-1 with one out and Jose Reyes at the plate. They just showed a shot of the Mets’ new ballpark on TV… if the Mets go down today, they might need a new one in time for next year. Shea might not make it through the day.