Reds 7, Mets 1, Final - May 10, 2008

Joe Smith will be optioned to AAA, eventually
theropolitans.com 5/10/2008 — Depending on how the games are played out on Saturday, Joe Smith may be optioned to AAA after the second game, or maybe not at all. The Mets plan is to send Smith to the minors to make room for Matt Wise to come back off the DL.

Mets/Reds Game 1: Mets Win 12-6
sports.yahoo.com 5/10/2008 — Johan Santana and the Mets pounded the Reds in game 1 of their doubleheader.

Game Recap: Mets 12 -- Reds 6
theropolitans.com 5/10/2008 — The Mets offense really seems to be clicking, running on all cylinders, or whatever baseball-esque cliche you want to throw in there. The Mets beat up on the Reds, taking the first game of the day/night doubleheader by a score of 12-6. Johan Santana ...

Mets/Reds Game 2: Reds Win 7-1
sports.yahoo.com 5/11/2008 — The Reds powered by Bronson Arroyo's stellar pitching control Mets in game 2 of the double dip. Rubber match tomorrow.

Game Recap: Reds 7 -- Mets 1
theropolitans.com 5/11/2008 — The revenge of Jeff Keppinger . The Reds pounded out 14 hits in the nightcap, after knocking 15 earlier in the day, and beat up on the Mets bullpen, scoring five in the late innings to put them up 7-1 and earn a split of the doubleheader for the day. ...

MLB.com
mlb.mlb.com 5/11/2008 — Mets probable pitcher Mike Pelfrey Mets: Pelfrey was again inefficient last Saturday against the D-backs, allowing 13 total baserunners for the second straight game. Since winning his first two starts this season, Pelfrey has regressed, serving up 28 ...

MLB.com
mlb.mlb.com 5/10/2008 — Reds probable pitcher Matt Belisle Reds: Belisle's third start of the season was his best thus far. Over 5 1/3 innings on Saturday at Atlanta, he allowed two earned runs and eight hits without a walk and struck out two. He left trailing the Braves, ...

postGame: Reds 7 Mets 1 — MetsBlog.com

Reds Win Nightcap — Cincinnati Reds Blog

Game Recap: Reds 7 -- Mets 1 — Mets Merized Online

Mets Drop Second Game To Reds 7-1 — The Mets Report

Postgame: Mets 1 Reds 7 — Hot Foot

Game Re-Cap: Reds 7, Mets 1 — Marvin's Mets

Game Re-Cap: Mets 12, Reds 6 — Marvin's Mets

Arroyo Has Good Start, Keeps Spot — The Transaction Guy

Beltran drives in 5 runs, Santana and Mets beat Reds 12-6 — Boston.com -- Baseball News 5/10/2008
Carlos Beltran hit a bases-loaded triple and drove in five runs to back Johan Santana's first home win for the Mets, and New York beat the Cincinnati Reds 12-6 in the first game of a day-night doubleheader Saturday.

Mets 12, Reds 6: Mets, Still in High Gear, Pound Reds — NYT > Baseball 5/10/2008
Carlos Beltrán, who entered the day batting .218, went 2 for 3 and drove in five runs, three on a bases-loaded triple that capped the Mets’ four-run sixth. >

METS BEAT REDS 12-6 — NY Post: Sports 5/10/2008
Johan Santana wasn't sharp today, but did he really have to be? The Mets are on a mission lately, and that involves turning their starting pitching into an afterthought. Just keep scoring in double digits, and even Oliver Perez will start...

Arroyo, Keppinger star as Reds split — Major League Baseball News 5/11/2008
Reds starter Bronson Arroyo pitched well, Jeff Keppinger had five hits and Scott Hatteberg drove in three during a 7-1 victory over the Mets in the nightcap.

Beltran, Mets crush Reds in first game — Latest Sporting News Articles for MLB 5/10/2008
NEW YORK (AP) -- The refrain was the same from almost everyone in the Mets' clubhouse: Offensively, ...

Arroyo leads Reds to DH split with Mets (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 5/11/2008
Bronson Arroyo pitched eight dominant innings to win a matchup of struggling pitchers and Jeff Keppinger had a career-high five hits, lifting the Cincinnati Reds over the New York Mets 7-1 Saturday for a split of their day-night doubleheader. In ...

Mets are like night and day in doubleheader — NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 5/11/2008
The Mets were able to celebrate their 12-6 victory over the Reds in the opener for about an hour before getting ready for Game 2, a 7-1 loss in which they wasted what Willie Randolph called Pelfrey's "best outing of the season."

Mets batter Reds to give Santana first win at Shea — Boston.com -- Baseball News 5/10/2008
The New York Mets scored a dozen runs for the second game in a row to help lefty ace Johan Santana notch his first Mets win before the home fans at Shea Stadium in a 12-6 romp over the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday.