On Deck- August 12- Mets at Nationals [Game 1]

New York Mets (62-55 Home: 36-22) at Washington Nationals (44-75 Home: 23-33) 7:10pm

Johan Santana (9-7 2.85) vs. Odalis Perez (5-8 4.10)

TV: SNY   Radio: WFAN

What to watch: Honestly, I don’t know how the Mets can recover from their devastating loss yesterday. I guess playing the worst team in baseball for three games could help. I’ve written this before over the last few weeks but I’ll say it again, the Mets need Santana to go nine innings himself if they expect to win this one. You can’t trust anyone in the bullpen right now.

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Mets Suffer Humiliating Loss To Pirates 7-5

The Mets wasted a good start by Pedro Martinez against one of baseball’s worst teams. In a season that’s been filled with heart-wrenching losses for Mets fans, this one ranks near the top of the list.

Pedro went six innings giving up only one run on 3 hits and 4 walks. The Mets had a 5-1 lead on homers by David Wright and Robinson Cancel.

Enter the Mets bullpen in the seventh. The usual suspects were bombed again: Joe Smith and Pedro Feliciano. Duaner Sanchez finished the seventh inning and worked a clean eighth. Aaron Heilman came into the game in the ninth to preserve the win and got lit up again for three runs on two hits and a walk. Scott Schoenweiss actually gave up the winning hit light-hitting outfielder Steve Pearce.

What a stunning loss! It’s hard to take much more of this.

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On Deck- August 11- Pirates at Mets [Game 1]

Pittsburgh Pirates (53-63 Road: 21-37) at New York Mets (62-55 Home: 36-22) 1:10pm

Zach Duke (4-10 5.13) vs. Pedro Martinez (3-3 5.79)

TV: SNY   Radio: WFAN

What to watch: This is a make up game for a rain out earlier in the season. The Pirates come into New York playing horribly in the worst division in baseball. Their road record is atrocious. Duke has lost six of his last eight starts. Pedro has pitched well in his last three starts. Enjoy the weekday afternoon game.

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Mets Roughed Up By Marlins In 8-2 Loss

Mike Pelfrey didn’t have it today at all. It was one of his worst starts in quite a while. He gave up six runs over 4.2 innings. Carlos Muniz didn’t fare much better in the sixth inning either. He gave up home runs to Luis Gonzalez and Mike Jacobs.

The Mets had virtually no offense either managing only six hits and two walks. Jose Reyes was 2 for 4 with a run and an RBI. That’s pretty much all of the offense.

The Mets end up winning two out of three in the series against the Marlins.

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On Deck- August 10- Marlins at Mets [Game 3]

Florida Marlins (61-56 Road: 28-30) at New York Mets (62-54 Home: 36-21) 1:10pm

Josh Johnson (2-0 3.34) vs. Mike Pelfrey (10-7 3.85)

TV: CW11   Radio: WFAN

What to watch: The Mets get a shot at sweeping the Marlins today. Johnson pitched six shutout innings for a win at Philly in his last start. Pelfrey went 6.2 innings for a win against the Padres in his last start. This is a really good pitching match up and a beautiful day for those of you with tickets for the game. Enjoy!

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Mets Power Blasts Marlins 8-6

The Mets got home runs from Carlos Delgado, Carlos Beltran, and Daniel Murphy’s first career long ball. David Wright and Beltran both had three hits in the game. The offense was on tonight big time. The Mets had 13 hits and a walk but only left four men on base.

Brian Stokes spot start was pretty successful. He went 5.2 innings giving up four runs. He’s got a mid-90’s fastball but it’s straight as an arrow. He also throws a lot balls high in the strike zone. It’ll be interesting to see if the Mets keep him around in the bullpen.

Joe Smith was ugly out of the bullpen in the eighth inning giving up two runs on three hits and only getting one out. But Aaron Heilman got his second save in as many days in another impressive inning.

The Phillies won tonight so the Mets hold even at one game back.

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