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Padres 8, Mets 3
Jeff Francoeur is unable to come up with a diving catch in the first inning. (Lenny Ignelzi/AP)
Starter Livan Hernandez allowed six runs in the first three innings, putting the Mets in a hole out of which they couldn't climb. Their sixth loss in the past eight contests left the Mets 11 games out of first place in the National League East -- a season-high deficit.
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Series at a glance:
NYM
NY Mets (51-57)
Lost 1
San Diego 8, NY Mets 3   SD
San Diego (45-65)
Won 1
August 6, 2009
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E 
NY Mets
0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0   3 8 1
San Diego
2 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 X   8 12 2
Standings thru 8/6/09  |  Recap: NYM | SD  |  Gameday  |  Mets stats  |  Padres stats
NY Mets AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Pagan, CF 5 0 1 0 0 2 1 .305
Cora, 2B 4 1 1 0 1 1 3 .256
Wright, D, 3B 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 .326
Francoeur, RF 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .257
Tatis, LF 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 .250
Murphy, Dn, 1B 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .253
Santos, C 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 .269
Berroa, SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .143
Hernandez, L, P 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .132
  Dessens, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  a-Reed, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257
  Redding, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .071
  Green, S, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  b-Sullivan, PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .265
Totals 34 3 8 1 4 9 12  

a-Grounded out for Dessens in the 7th. b-Singled for Green, S in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Tatis (13, Richard).
TB: Pagan; Cora; Francoeur; Tatis 3; Murphy, Dn 2; Sullivan.
RBI: Tatis (26).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Santos 2; Cora.
GIDP: Murphy, Dn.
Team RISP: 2-for-9.
Team LOB: 8.

FIELDING
E: Cora (7, fielding).
DP: (Redding-Santos-Murphy, Dn).

 
San Diego AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Gwynn, CF 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 .288
Eckstein, 2B 4 2 1 0 1 0 6 .266
Gonzalez, Ad, 1B 4 1 1 3 0 0 0 .251
Kouzmanoff, 3B 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 .247
Venable, RF 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 .258
Headley, LF 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 .249
Blanco, H, C 4 1 3 1 0 0 2 .211
Cabrera, E, SS 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 .269
Richard, P 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 .250
  Gregerson, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  a-Salazar, O, PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .367
  Adams, M, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Mujica, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Totals 35 8 12 8 5 2 18  

a-Singled for Gregerson in the 7th.

BATTING
2B: Eckstein (19, Hernandez, L), Blanco, H (6, Hernandez, L).
HR: Gonzalez, Ad (29, 3rd inning off Hernandez, L, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Gwynn; Eckstein 2; Gonzalez, Ad 4; Kouzmanoff 2; Headley; Blanco, H 4; Cabrera, E; Richard; Salazar, O.
RBI: Gonzalez, Ad 3 (64), Kouzmanoff (60), Cabrera, E (15), Richard (1), Blanco, H (11), Gwynn (11).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Blanco, H; Eckstein 2; Gwynn.
SF: Gonzalez, Ad.
GIDP: Eckstein.
Team RISP: 4-for-12.
Team LOB: 9.

FIELDING
E: Cabrera, E (7, fielding), Gwynn (7, fielding).
DP: 2 (Cabrera, E-Eckstein, Eckstein-Cabrera, E-Gonzalez, Ad).

 
NY Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Hernandez, L (L, 7-6) 5.0 8 7 7 4 2 1 5.08
Dessens 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.38
Redding 1.0 3 1 1 1 0 0 6.61
Green, S 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.96
 
San Diego IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Richard (W, 5-3) 5.2 5 3 3 4 5 0 4.49
Gregerson 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.98
Adams, M 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.82
Mujica 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.59

Pitches-strikes: Hernandez, L 109-62, Dessens 15-8, Redding 23-13, Green, S 8-5, Richard 99-60, Gregerson 20-13, Adams, M 15-9, Mujica 13-11.
Groundouts-flyouts: Hernandez, L 7-2, Dessens 1-2, Redding 2-0, Green, S 3-0, Richard 8-1, Gregerson 1-1, Adams, M 1-0, Mujica 0-1.
Batters faced: Hernandez, L 28, Dessens 4, Redding 6, Green, S 3, Richard 25, Gregerson 5, Adams, M 4, Mujica 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Gregerson 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Angel Hernandez. 1B: Marvin Hudson. 2B: Lance Barksdale. 3B: Randy Marsh.
Weather: 69 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 11 mph, L to R.
T: 2:33.
Att: 18,880.
August 6, 2009

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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