Tag: Johan Santana

On Deck- September 1- Mets at Brewers [Game 1]

New York Mets (76-61 Road: 35-36) at Milwaukee Brewers (80-56 Home:41-24) 2:05pm

Johan Santana (12-7 2.70) vs. Ben Sheets (12-7 3.05)

TV: SNY   Radio: WFAN

What to watch: We’ve got a premium pitching match up in Milwaukee today. The Mets are starting a three game series against the Brew Crew before a day off Thursday and the Phillies at Shea over the weekend. Currently the Brewers are the wild card leaders in the NL. It’s an important series against a team that the Mets may see again in October.

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Mets Rip Phillies Lidge For Big 6-3 Win

The Mets came away with a huge win tonight in Philly on an eighth inning rally off Rudy Saenz and Brad Lidge. What a game!

Carlos Delgado hit two solo homers and went 3 for 4 with 3 RBI’s in the game. Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran both had three hit games tonight too.

Johan Santana barely had a quality start going six innings and giving up three runs, all of them scored on two home runs.

These teams are really going at it like it’s October already. You gotta love that. The Mets and Phillies has turned into one of the best rivalries in baseball.

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On Deck- August 27- Mets at Phillies [Game 2]

New York Mets (73-60 Road: 32-35) at Philadelphia Phillies (73-59 Home: 39-28) 7:05pm

Johan Santana (12-7 2.64 vs. Kyle Kendrick (11-7 4.87)

TV: SNY  Radio: WFAN

What to watch: The Mets lean on their ace Santana tonight to recover from last night’s devastating loss. Santana has been lights-out lately and hasn’t lost a game since June 28th.

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Stellar Santana Leads Mets Over Astros 3-0

Mets ace Johan Santana (12-7) threw seven shutout innings giving up eight hits and one walk with five strikeouts. He had a few innings where he had to work out of trouble and ended throwing a season high 121 pitches.

All of the offense came in the first two innings on a David Wright RBI single and a two run homer by Brian Schneider in the second. The Mets only managed four hits in the game but really made them count. Roy Oswalt was outstanding for the Astros tonight pitching eight innings.

Ryan Church made his long awaited return to the team tonight going 1 for 3 with a run scored and hit seventh in the lineup.

Luis Ayala got the call to close the game tonight with Aaron Heilman pitching the eighth. Ayala has quickly moved up the ladder in the bullpen with two good outings.

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On Deck- August 22- Astros at Mets [Game 1]

Houston Astros (64-63 Road: 30-35) at New York Mets (71-57 Home: 39-23) 7:10pm

Roy Oswalt (11-8 4.28) vs. Johan Santana (11-7 2.75)

TV: SNY  Radio: WFAN

What to watch: Santana is coming off a complete game victory in Pittsburgh in his last start as the Mets welcome the Astros to town for a four game series. Oswalt has been pitching extremely well. He’s won five straight decisions. This should be a great pitching match up.

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Mets Santana Throws Shutout Against Pirates 4-0

Johan Santana threw a three-hit complete game shutout on 113 pitches. He was in complete control from start to finish. It was an outstanding game.

The Mets offense came from an unusual source, Brian Schneider, who hit a two run homer in the second inning and an RBI single in the fourth. Carlos Beltran added a solo homer in the sixth to round out the Mets scoring.

The Mets have now won six games in a row.

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On Deck- August 17- Mets at Pirates [Game 3]

New York Mets (67-56 Road: 31-33) at Pittsburgh Pirates (55-68 Home: 33-30) 1:35pm

Johan Santana (10-7 2.89) vs. Jeff Karstens (2-1 1.23)

TV: CW11  Radio: WFAN

What to watch: The Mets go for their sixth win in a row behind their ace Santana. Santana hasn’t lost a game since June 28th. Karstens has pitched extremely well since coming over from the Yankees in the Nady deal. He pitched a complete game two-hit shutout in Arizona on August 6th.

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