Tag: John Maine

Game Preview: Marlins at Mets [Game 19] April 27, 2009

Florida Marlins logoFlorida Marlins (11-7 Road: 6-3) at New York Mets (8-10 Home: 5-4)  7:10 pm

Anibal Sanchez (1-1 2.50) vs. John Maine (0-2 7.47)

TV: SNY  Radio:  WFAN

What to watch: The Marlins come to town riding a six game losing streak. Sanchez is a good pitcher who just turned 25 years old. His last start was a 7 inning, 3 earned run loss to the Pirates. The Mets would kill for a game like that from Maine. He’s been knocked around badly in his last two starts by the Cardinals and Padres. He’s another one of the Mets starters that needs to get it going or face the possibility of working out of the bullpen.

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Cardinals 5- Mets 2 April 22, 2009

42209Starting pitching was the name of this game. John Maine wasn’t very good again and Joel Piniero was excellent. Piniero got into the ninth inning before being pulled after David Wright‘s leadoff double. He ended up giving up only six hits and two runs.

Maine walked five and gave up seven hits over 5.2 innings. And he very well could have been pulled before that. He had runners on in almost every inning. His velocity looks good but his control was terrible.

The only bright spot of the game was Carlos Beltran was 3 for 4 with a double and an RBI. His average is up to .385 for the season.

The Mets are down 0-2 in this three game series and try to avoid the sweep tomorrow.

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Game Preview: Mets at Cardinals [Game 14] April 22, 2009

St. Louis Cardinals logoNew York Mets (6-7 Road: 3-4) at St. Louis Cardinals (9-5 Home: 6-2) 8:15 pm

John Maine (0-1 7.20) vs. Joel Piniero (2-0 5.40)

TV: ESPN Radio:  WFAN

What to watch: Hopefully, the Mets got all of the bumbling and stumbling they did last night out of their system. Maine hasn’t gone more than 5 innings yet and got ripped by the Padres in his last start. Piniero didn’t pitch well in his last start in Arizona but got a win. It’s time for the Mets to stop underachieving and start playing solid baseball.

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Padres, Peavey Top Mets 6-5 April 16, 2009

Score 4.16.09The rubber game of the series started well for the Mets with Carlos Delgado hitting a 3-run homer in the bottom of the first. But it didn’t last long as John Maine fell apart in the third inning and only lasted through five. He gave up 7 hits and 3 walks totaling 6 runs.

Maine’s velocity looked good but his control wasn’t. His pitches consistently were over the middle of the plate. It was a poor outing especially considering the news that Mike Pelfrey may have to miss a start due to forearm tendinitis.

The Mets looked like they might come back when Ramon Castro hit a 2-run homer in the eighth inning off Duaner Sanchez. But the Mets couldn’t put anything else together to tie up the game.

The Mets lose their second series of the season. This one particularly hurts, losing a home series to a team from the west coast that doesn’t figure to contend this season is tough.

The Mets drop to 4-5.

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Game Preview: Padres at Mets [Game 9] April 16, 2009

San Diego Padres logoSan Diego Padres (6-3 Road: 1-1) at New York Mets (4-4 Home: 1-1) 7:10 pm

Jake Peavey (1-1 3.52) vs. John Maine (0-0 3.60)

TV: SNY Radio:  WFAN

What to watch: Maine had a pretty good game in his first start against the Marlins, going 5 innings and giving up 2 runs. With Mike Pelfrey feeling the effects of tendinitis, the Mets need Maine and the other starters to make sure they pick up the slack. The Mets need to take the rubber game of the series tonight against a weaker team from the west coast. This is the kind of series that the Mets need to win this season if they expect to be contenders.

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Marlins Over Mets 5-4 In Walkoff April 10, 2009

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The good news for the Mets tonight is that John Maine looked pretty good. He went five innings giving up two runs, both on solo homers from Hanely Ramirez and Dan Uggla. He threw 83 pitches and 54 strikes. That’s a nice game for Maine who struggled at times during spring training.

The Mets offense came from Daniel Murphy, Carlos Beltran, and Ryan Church who had three hits each tonight. But as a team the Mets were 1 for 12 with runners in scoring position. That’s been plaguing the team throughout the early season. Beltran had a solo homer in the sixth to put the Mets on the board and an RBI ground out in the seventh.

Jeremy Reed came through with a huge pinch-hit single in the ninth to tie the game. But it wasn’t enough as Pedro Feliciano and Darren O’Day coughed up the lead in the bottom of the frame. Jorge Cantu singled in the winning run in the form of Emilio Bonifacio. Bonifacio looks like he’s going to be a good player. He’s got blazing speed.

The Marlins are still undefeated at 4-0 while the Mets drop to 2-2.

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