Final
NY Mets leads 1-0 (as of 4/6)
| Game 1: Monday, April 6 | ||
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| NY Mets | 2 | Final |
| Cincinnati | 1 | |
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| Game 2: Wednesday, April 8 | ||
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| NY Mets | 9 | Final |
| Cincinnati | 7 | |
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| Game 3: Thursday, April 9 | ||
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| NY Mets | 6 | Final |
| Cincinnati | 8 | |
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1:10 PM ET, April 6, 2009
Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| New York - Top of 1st | SCORE | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Harang pitching for Cincinnati | NYM | CIN | |
| Jose Reyes | Strike (looking), J Reyes reached on infield single to second | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Murphy | Ball, Ball, J Reyes stole second, D Murphy grounded out to shortstop, J Reyes to third | 0 | 0 |
| David Wright | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), D Wright struck out swinging | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Delgado | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Ball, C Delgado walked | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Beltran | Strike (looking), Ball, C Beltran flied out to center | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | ||
| Johan Santana pitching for New York | NYM | CIN | |
| Jerry Hairston Jr. | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (looking), Foul, Foul, Strike (looking), J Hairston Jr. struck out looking | 0 | 0 |
| Darnell McDonald | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), D McDonald struck out swinging | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Votto | Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Foul, Ball, J Votto walked | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Phillips | Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (swinging), Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, B Phillips walked, J Votto to second | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Bruce | Ball, Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (swinging), Foul, J Bruce flied out to center | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| New York - Top of 2nd | SCORE | ||
| Aaron Harang pitching for Cincinnati | NYM | CIN | |
| Ryan Church | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Ball, R Church reached on infield single to third | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Schneider | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), R Church stole second, Foul, B Schneider flied out to left | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Castillo | Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (looking), L Castillo struck out looking | 0 | 0 |
| Johan Santana | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), J Santana grounded out to shortstop | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | ||
| Johan Santana pitching for New York | NYM | CIN | |
| Edwin Encarnacion | Ball, Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, Ball, E Encarnacion walked | 0 | 0 |
| Ramon Hernandez | Strike (looking), R Hernandez flied into double play, right to first, E Encarnacion doubled off first | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Gonzalez | Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), A Gonzalez struck out swinging | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| New York - Top of 3rd | SCORE | ||
| Aaron Harang pitching for Cincinnati | NYM | CIN | |
| Jose Reyes | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, J Reyes flied out to left | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Murphy | Ball, Strike (foul), D Murphy lined out to left | 0 | 0 |
| David Wright | Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, Ball, D Wright flied out to right | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | ||
| Johan Santana pitching for New York | NYM | CIN | |
| Aaron Harang | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), A Harang struck out swinging | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Hairston Jr. | J Hairston Jr. flied out to left | 0 | 0 |
| Darnell McDonald | D McDonald popped out to second | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| New York - Top of 4th | SCORE | ||
| Aaron Harang pitching for Cincinnati | NYM | CIN | |
| Carlos Delgado | Ball, Strike (looking), C Delgado grounded out to first | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Beltran | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Foul, Ball, C Beltran walked | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Church | Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Foul, R Church singled to center, C Beltran to second | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Schneider | Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, B Schneider flied out to center, C Beltran to third, R Church to second on error by center fielder D McDonald | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Castillo | Ball (intentional Ball), Ball (intentional Ball), Ball (intentional Ball), Ball (intentional Ball), L Castillo intentionally walked | 0 | 0 |
| Johan Santana | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, J Santana flied out to center | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | |||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | ||
| Johan Santana pitching for New York | NYM | CIN | |
| Joey Votto | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Strike (looking), J Votto struck out looking | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Phillips | Strike (swinging), Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, B Phillips flied out to left | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Bruce | Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (foul), Foul, Ball, J Bruce doubled to deep left center | 0 | 0 |
| Edwin Encarnacion | Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, E Encarnacion walked | 0 | 0 |
| Ramon Hernandez | R Hernandez grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, E Encarnacion out at second, J Bruce to third | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| New York - Top of 5th | SCORE | ||
| Aaron Harang pitching for Cincinnati | NYM | CIN | |
| Jose Reyes | J Reyes lined out to right | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Murphy | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, D Murphy homered to right | 1 | 0 |
| David Wright | Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, D Wright singled to center | 1 | 0 |
| Carlos Delgado | Ball, Ball, C Delgado singled to left center, D Wright to second | 1 | 0 |
| Carlos Beltran | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, C Beltran singled to right, D Wright thrown out at home, C Delgado to second | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Church | Strike (foul), Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, R Church lined out to second | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | ||
| Johan Santana pitching for New York | NYM | CIN | |
| Alex Gonzalez | Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), A Gonzalez struck out swinging, M Owings hit for A Harang | 1 | 0 |
| Micah Owings | Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (swinging), Foul, Strike (swinging), M Owings struck out swinging | 1 | 0 |
| Jerry Hairston Jr. | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, J Hairston Jr. lined out to center | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| New York - Top of 6th | SCORE | ||
| Danny Herrera pitching for Cincinnati | NYM | CIN | |
| D Herrera relieved A Harang. | 1 | 0 | |
| Brian Schneider | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, B Schneider grounded out to catcher | 1 | 0 |
| Luis Castillo | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, L Castillo doubled to center | 1 | 0 |
| Johan Santana | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, J Santana walked | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Reyes | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Ball, J Reyes walked, L Castillo to third, J Santana to second | 1 | 0 |
| Daniel Murphy | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), D Murphy grounded out to first, L Castillo scored, J Santana to third, J Reyes to second | 2 | 0 |
| David Wright | M Lincoln relieved D Herrera, Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, D Wright walked | 2 | 0 |
| Carlos Delgado | C Delgado flied out to center | 2 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | ||
| Johan Santana pitching for New York | NYM | CIN | |
| Darnell McDonald | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), D McDonald singled to left | 2 | 0 |
| Joey Votto | Strike (looking), J Votto singled to center, D McDonald to third, J Votto to second on throwing error by center fielder C Beltran | 2 | 0 |
| Brandon Phillips | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (swinging), Ball, B Phillips hit sacrifice fly to left, D McDonald scored | 2 | 1 |
| Jay Bruce | Ball, J Bruce fouled out to third | 2 | 1 |
| Edwin Encarnacion | S Green relieved J Santana, Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), Foul, E Encarnacion lined out to left | 2 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | |||
| New York - Top of 7th | SCORE | ||
| Arthur Rhodes pitching for Cincinnati | NYM | CIN | |
| A Rhodes relieved M Lincoln. | 2 | 1 | |
| Carlos Beltran | Strike (looking), C Beltran flied out to center | 2 | 1 |
| Ryan Church | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), R Church grounded out to second | 2 | 1 |
| Brian Schneider | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), B Schneider lined out to second | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | ||
| Sean Green pitching for New York | NYM | CIN | |
| Ramon Hernandez | Ball, R Hernandez grounded out to second | 2 | 1 |
| Alex Gonzalez | Ball, Strike (looking), A Gonzalez grounded out to third, L Nix hit for A Rhodes | 2 | 1 |
| Laynce Nix | L Nix grounded out to second | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| New York - Top of 8th | SCORE | ||
| David Weathers pitching for Cincinnati | NYM | CIN | |
| D Weathers relieved A Rhodes. | 2 | 1 | |
| Luis Castillo | Ball, L Castillo bunt grounded out to third, M Anderson hit for S Green | 2 | 1 |
| Marlon Anderson | Strike (looking), M Anderson grounded out to first | 2 | 1 |
| Jose Reyes | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Ball, J Reyes grounded out to pitcher | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | ||
| J.J. Putz pitching for New York | NYM | CIN | |
| J Putz relieved S Green. | 2 | 1 | |
| Jerry Hairston Jr. | Strike (foul), Strike (foul), J Hairston Jr. flied out to right, C Dickerson hit for D McDonald | 2 | 1 |
| Chris Dickerson | Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (swinging), Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, C Dickerson walked | 2 | 1 |
| Joey Votto | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (swinging), Ball, Foul, Strike (swinging), J Votto struck out swinging | 2 | 1 |
| Brandon Phillips | Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (foul), B Phillips grounded out to shortstop | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| New York - Top of 9th | SCORE | ||
| Francisco Cordero pitching for Cincinnati | NYM | CIN | |
| C Dickerson in center field. | 2 | 1 | |
| F Cordero relieved D Weathers. | 2 | 1 | |
| Daniel Murphy | Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, Strike (looking), D Murphy struck out looking | 2 | 1 |
| David Wright | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, D Wright walked | 2 | 1 |
| Carlos Delgado | Strike (looking), D Wright picked off and caught stealing second, pitcher to first to shortstop, Ball, Strike (swinging), C Delgado singled to left | 2 | 1 |
| Carlos Beltran | C Beltran flied out to left | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cincinnati - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | ||
| Francisco Rodriguez pitching for New York | NYM | CIN | |
| F Rodriguez relieved J Putz. | 2 | 1 | |
| J Reed in left field. | 2 | 1 | |
| Jay Bruce | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), J Bruce grounded out to pitcher | 2 | 1 |
| Edwin Encarnacion | Strike (looking), E Encarnacion fouled out to first | 2 | 1 |
| Ramon Hernandez | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (swinging), R Hernandez struck out swinging | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||