Tag: Johan Santana

Phils Over Mets 3-2 On Walk Off Hit

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The Mets dropped the first game of the four game series to the Phillies and wasted another great start by Johan Santana. He went eight innings giving up only two runs on six hits and no walks. He had a hiccup in the sixth giving up two runs but other than that he was masterful.

The offense failed the Mets again tonight. After getting some good hitting in St. Louis the Mets reverted to form. Ramon Castro went 2 for 3 with a double but that was about it for any kind of offensive star of the game.

Duaner Sanchez lost the tie game in the ninth inning after giving up a double to Pedro Feliz, then a single to Shane Victorino scoring Feliz.

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On Deck: July 4- Mets At Phillies

New York Mets (42-43 Road: 20-25) at Philadelphia Phillies (47-39 Home: 22-18) 7:05pm

Johan Santana (7-7 3.01) vs. J.A. Happ (0-0 0.00)

TV: SNY  Radio: WFAN

What to watch: Tonight’s game is a must-win for the Mets. They’ve got their ace Johan Santana going up against Happ making his first start of the season after being called up from the minors. The Mets have had some offense going this week in St. Louis so there’s hope that they can keep up with the Phils. Let’s hope the Mets can put a damper on the Phillies fireworks for the 4th of July.

Mets Alter Starting Rotation

The Mets announced yesterday that Oliver Perez will go seven days between starts this week to put a right hander between he and Johan Santana. Pitching coach Dan Warthen wants to split up the lefties. We may see Perez get a couple of innings of relief in early in the Philadelphia series before his next start on Sunday.

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Santana Loses Again As Yankees Win 3-2

image Johan Santana takes another hard luck loss today. He has to be wondering why he came to this team that has no offense. The Mets attack consisted of two solo homers, one by Ramon Castro and the other by David Wright.

Santana ( 7-7) wasn’t terrible but wasn’t great either. He went six innings giving up three runs on four hits and four walks, but he did have eight strikeouts. His ERA increased to 3.03 for the season.

Jose Reyes demonstrated again that he has no concept of situational strategy. He was on second base with Damion Easley on first. David Wright was at the plate with two outs. Inexplicably, Reyes gets picked off second base by Andy Pettite leaning toward third base. There’s no reason for him to be going for third base with two outs and David Wright hitting with two runners on base. It makes no sense. This is a situation that needs to be addressed by Jerry Manuel. High school players know enough not to do that. Reyes can’t have the “green light” to run anytime. He clearly doesn’t understand the game well enough to have that responsibility.

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On Deck: June 28- Yankees At Mets (Game 3)

New York Yankees (43-37 Road: 21-19) at New York Mets (39-40 Home: 21-17)  3:55pm

Andy Pettite (8-5 4.04) vs. Johan Santana (7-6 2.93)

TV: FOX   Radio: WFAN

What to watch: Obviously, this is a great pitching match up. That’s why Fox took it for their national game. Santana hasn’t won a game since June 1 and lost his last two starts. It’s time for him to lock down the Yankees for a win today. The Mets have a real chance to move up in the standings because the Phils are playing so poorly right now. Today is the perfect day to start taking advantage of that.

King Felix, Mariners Over Mets 5-2

Felix Hernandez looked unstoppable for the Mariners into the fifth inning. He only gave up two hits and one run. More importantly, he hit a grand slam in the top of the second inning off Johan Santana. It was the first grand slam by an American League pitcher in 37 years before the designated hitter rule was instituted.

In the fifth inning Carlos Beltran doubled, stole third and came in to score on a wild pitch. His slide went into King Felix covering home and Felix had to leave the game with an ankle injury. Surprisingly, the Mariners bullpen shut the Mets down for the final 4.1 innings of the game.

The Mets did rally in the ninth with a couple of hits but it was too little too late. The Mets really had very little offense going all night. Beltran and Jose Reyes had two hits each and that was it for the team.

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