Tag: John Maine

On Deck: June 20- Mets At Rockies

New York Mets (35-36 Road: 15-22) at Colorado Rockies (31-42 Home: 19-17) 9:05 pm

John Maine (6-5 3.87) vs. Aaron Cook (10-3 3.29)

TV: SNY  Radio: WFAN

What to watch: Jerry Manuel’s first week as Mets manager continues in Colorado for a weekend series. The Mets were there last month and Aaron Cook threw a complete game giving up only one run on May 25. That was when Ryan Church was feeling the effects of his concussion and the Willie Watch was in full swing. Maine has had a couple of below average starts in a row now against Texas on June 15 (6.1 IP 5 ER) and Arizona on June 10 (5 IP 3 ER). Colorado’s a tough place to pitch but the Mets need a better effort from him tonight.

Rick Peterson Speaks To XM Radio About Mets Firing

PORT SAINT LUCIE, FL - FEBRUARY 17: (L-R) Manager Willie Randolph and Pitching Coach Rick Peterson #51 of the New York Mets watch players work out during Spring Training at Tradition Field on February 17, 2008 in Port Saint Lucie, Florida.

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Former Mets pitching coach Rick Peterson spoke to XM radio yesterday about being fired by the Mets.  He said that Omar Minaya delivered the news of his firing with sympathy.  He said the he hopes that the Mets can get things turned around.  About the Mets he said:

I don’t have any animosity or vindictive or angry thoughts. I’m sad, you’re always sad when you leave a home that you felt very comfortable at.

Too much Zen and too little pitching from Peterson this year.  John Maine, Oliver Perez, and Aaron Heilman regressed this season and the Mets can’t have their young pitchers moving in the wrong direction.  If you’re a regular reader, you know that my opinion is that Peterson deserved to be fired for recommending the Scott Kazmir trade.  So if anything else that he did went South, he was probably on thin ice with the Mets front office.

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Mets Rally But Lose To Rangers 8-7

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The bullpen failed the Mets again today. The offense had rallies in the eighth and ninth innings, but they couldn’t quite come back enough to make up for the bullpen.

John Maine left after 6.1 innings and a couple of men on base. He had a decent game up to that point giving up three runs on seven hits and no walks. Pedro Feliciano and Joe Smith came in to finish up the seventh and both were terrible. Ian Kinsler hit a huge home run off Smith. Then in the eighth innings Milton Bradley hit another long home run off Scott Schoenweiss.

The Mets offense was slow to get started but woke up late in the game. Carlos Delgado hit a homer off the scoreboard in the fourth inning and Carlos Beltran hit one to deep center in the sixth.

The Mets started a rally in the eighth and scored three runs. Inexplicably, with two outs Brian Schneider tried to tag on a fly to shallow right field. Bradley has a gun out there and threw out Schneider by three steps. Sandy Alomar made a big mistake on that call.

The Mets rallied again in the ninth inning and scored two runs but just couldn’t keep it going. Trot Nixon was in the middle of everything in his first game as a Met. He went 2 for 3 with a double off the wall in right and two walks. Nice start for his season with the Mets.

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On Deck: June 15 Rangers At Mets Doubleheader

Texas Rangers (34-35) vs. New York Mets (32-34) 1:10pm

Game 1: Kevin Millwood (4-3 4.91) vs. John Maine (6-4 3.60)

Game 2: Kason Gabbard (1-2 4.75) vs. Pedro Martinez (1-0 6.91)

TV: CW11, SNY   Radio: WFAN

What to watch:  The Mets and Rangers play a single admission doubleheader today with the second game starting shortly after the first game ends. We don’t see many of those anymore. Once again, Willie Randolph may be relying on the players to save his job. I like the pitching match up’s for the Mets today. The weather is supposed to be nice and clear this afternoon.

June 14 Mets- Rangers Game Postponed

The Mets-Rangers game tonight is rained out and will be made up tomorrow. The Mets and Rangers will play an unusual single admission double header starting at 1:10pm. John Maine will pitch the first game and Pedro Martinez the second game.

Tickets for tonight’s game will not be accepted tomorrow. You can exchange them for another game that has available tickets.

Mets Drop Fifth Consecutive; Lose To Arizona 9-5

The Mets started the game looking great with John Maine getting through five innings; Carlos Delgado hustling for an extra base on a single and an error; Moises Alou coming back and looking great but it all fell apart. The Mets lose their fifth consecutive game and first of the series to Arizona.

Maine went only five innings giving up three runs while throwing 101 pitches. Claudio Vargas lost the lead in the sixth inning before there was the game was suspended due to thunderstorms.

Duaner Sanchez got bombed in the ninth inning. He gave up three runs on two homers to Stephen Drew and Connor Jackson.

On offense David Wright had a home run to left in the second inning. Moises Alou came back with a key two RBI single in the first inning, it was on the first pitch he saw back from the disabled list.

The Met struggles continue with the only good news being that the Phillies finally lost a game. So the Mets stay even at 7.5 games back.

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On Deck: June 10- D-Backs At Mets

Arizona DiamondBacks (34-30) at New York Mets (30-32) 7:10pm

Micah Owings (6-4 4.50) vs. John Maine (6-4 3.47)

TV: SNY Radio: WFAN

What to watch: The D-Backs have been struggling since their hot start to the season. This is a good chance to catch them playing flat on a long road trip. Maine had a very good start in San Francisco last week going six innings and giving up just one run. Moises Alou may be in the lineup tonight as well. Ryan Church is out for the next two weeks.

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