Game Preview: Nationals at Mets [Game 18] April 26, 2009
Washington Nationals (3-13 Road: 0-8) at New York Mets (8-9 Home: 5-3) 1:10 pm
Jordan Zimmerman (1-0 3.00) vs. Oliver Perez (1-1 7.80)
TV: WPIX Radio: WFAN
What to watch: Zimmerman looks like a bright spot for an otherwise dreadful Nationals team. He made one start against the Braves and got a rare win for the Nats. The Mets have lost 2 of 3 Perez starts. I believe if he gets bombed again today that the Mets may skip his next start so he can try to figure out what his problem(s) are.
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Mets Sign Figueroa, Lamb
Nelson Figueroa re-signed with the Mets on a minor league deal after refusing a minor league assignment ealier this week. His free agency period was short lived so I assume that he couldn’t find anything other than a minor league deal.
Mike Lamb also signed a minor league deal with the Mets today. He’s primarily a third baseman and was cut by the Brewers after spring training. I doubt that we’ll see him in the majors this season unless there’s an injury. He’s probably filling a need at Triple-A Buffalo.
Mets 8- Nationals 2 April 25, 2009
Mike Pelfrey had a pretty good game returning from forearm tendinitis and a missed start. He went 5.2 innings giving up 2 runs. What I didn’t like about his start was the 3 walks and 1 strikeout. But he did have almost all groundball outs which is signature Pelfrey. So it was a bit of a mixed bag in this start.
The Nationals are horrible defensively. They had 3 errors today after looking bad in the field last night as well. This team really needs a complete makeover. What a disaster.
Carlos Beltran kept up his hot hitting today going 3 for 5 and upping his season average to .415. Ryan Church was 2 for 4 with 3 RBI’s.
Game Preview: Nationals at Mets [Game 17] April 25, 2009
Washington Nationals (3-12 Road: 0-7) at New York Mets (7-9 Home: 4-3) 1:10 pm
Daniel Cabrera (0-1 4.50) vs. Mike Pelfrey (1-0 8.10)
TV: SNY Radio: WFAN
What to watch: Pelfrey is making his first start in 12 days after missing a turn in the rotation because of forearm tendinitis. He says that he feels fine and is ready to go. Cabrera hasn’t pitched terribly for the Nationals but he walks too many hitters (8 walks and 6 strikeouts). He’s one of those curious pitchers that appears to have good stuff but gives up too many walks and gets hit harder than you would think.
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Video: Highlights Mets-Nationals April 24, 2009
Mets 4- Nationals 3 April 24, 2009
Johan Santana was fantastic again. It’s hard to believe that a pitcher can be this good consistently. He went 6 innings giving up 1 run on 6 hits and had 10 strikeouts, including the first six consecutive batters. He’s totally in the zone this season.
The Mets put together 4 runs over four different innings. The team left 13 runners on base including 9 in scoring position. That continues to be a problem. The offensive leader tonight was Fernando Tatis. He was 2 for 3 with a double and 2 runs scored. It was good to see him get going tonight. We haven’t seen enough of him so far this season.
Francisco Rodriguez did give up a 2-run homer to Jesus Flores in the ninth. But he hadn’t pitched in six straight days, so I’ll cut him some slack on that. He didn’t look sharp at all.
The Nationals are always good to play to end a losing streak and that was the case tonight.
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