Tag: Oliver Perez

Preview: Mets at Marlins May 14, 2010

New York Mets (18-17) at Florida Marlins (17-18)  7:10 pm

Oliver Perez (0-2 4.50) vs Anibal Sanchez (1-2 4.08)

TV: SNY   Radio: WFAN

What to watch: The Mets have lost 4 of 5 games and really need to get a win. Manuel promised changes to the lineup after the offense just can’t seem to get it going lately. The Mets have lost 5 of the 6 games that Perez started this season and he was awful in his last start against the Giants. The Marlins have lost 4 of the 6 games that Sanchez started although he hasn’t been that bad in his starts.

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Mets Road Trip Preview May 13-20, 2010

Boeing 747-8 Freighter Plane Makes First Test Flight

http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/PicAppPIS/JavaScript/PisV4.jsThe Mets’ third road trip of the season has them visiting three of their NL East rivals for the first time this season. They face the Florida Marlins in a four-game weekend series to start off, head to Atlanta’s Turner Field to face the Braves for two, and then finish off against the surprising Washington Nationals at Nationals Park, with two games set to take place there.

Thursday, May 13th: Mets (Santana) vs. Marlins (Johnson) 7:10 PM, MLB Network Game

Friday, May 14th: Mets (Perez) vs. Marlins (Sanchez) 7:10 PM

Saturday: May 15th: Mets (Maine) vs. Marlins (Robertson) 7:10 PM

Sunday: May 16th: Mets (Niese) vs. Marlins (Nolasco) 1:10 PM

Monday, May 17th: Mets (Pelfrey) vs. Braves (Hudson) 7:10 PM

Tuesday, May 18th: Mets (Santana) vs. Braves (Lowe) 7:10 PM

Wednesday, May 19th: Mets (Perez) vs. Nationals (Hernandez) 7:05 PM

Thursday, May 20th: Mets (Maine) vs. Nationals (Atilano) 7:05 PM Continue reading “Mets Road Trip Preview May 13-20, 2010”

Oliver Perez Rotation Spot Appears Safe

I feel like I’ve written this same post before. Oliver Perez is the kind of pitcher that will give you a decent start or two and then blow up like he did yesterday. Can we just say that we’ve learned that by now? As Denny Green would say “He is what we thought he was”.

There are some viable alternatives to Perez. R.A. Dickey is pitching really well in Buffalo and Hisanori Takahashi has done much better than expected as the long man. But that’s not the problem.

The problem is what to do with Perez if he isn’t in the rotation. He can’t come out of the bullpen if he can’t throw strikes. That just won’t work. The Mets could come up with some “injury” that Perez has like they did last season. Perez got rocked by the Braves on Aug. 18 for 4 ER in 5 IP. Then he completely imploded against the Phillies for 6 ER over 0.2 IP on Aug. 23. That was the last we saw of Perez in 2009 because of a convenient knee injury. Continue reading “Oliver Perez Rotation Spot Appears Safe”

Giants 6 – Mets 5 May 9, 2010

MLB: Dodgerss vs Mets APR 27

http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/PicAppPIS/JavaScript/PisV4.jsThe game started out with an utterly embarrassing performance by Oliver Perez. And that’s saying something! Perez only made it through 3.1 IP giving up 2 hits, 7 walks, and 1 HBP. He was lucky to only give up 3 ER’s.

The Mets made a nice comeback in the sixth and seventh innings to take the lead. Jason Bay had 2 hits including a severely wind-helped double to score 2 runs in the seventh.

Jenry Mejia blew the game in the eighth giving up a 2 run homer to Aaron Rowand.

David Wright had a horrendous 0 for 4 with 4 strikeouts. He capped it off by getting thrown out in the ninth for arguing a third strike call.

The Mets still win the series and the Nats are coming to town tomorrow night.

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Preview: Giants at Mets May 9, 2010

San Francisco Giants (17-12) at New York Mets (17-13)   1:10 pm

Tim Lincecum (4-0 1.70) vs Oliver Perez (0-2 4.05)

TV: SNY   Radio: WFAN

What to watch: After two dramatic wins, the Mets have a chance to sweep the Giants this afternoon. It won’t be easy though. The pitching appears to be a mismatch in the Giant’s favor. Two-time Cy Young Award winner Lincecum is up against Perez. Lincecum is pitching brilliantly again this year. And Perez is… well, he’s Perez. Although he hasn’t pitched terribly, Jerry Manuel has a very quick hook with him.

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Mets 2010 – Year of the No-Hitter?

It’s well documented that only the Mets, Rays, and Padres haven’t had a no-hitter in their histories. When I started searching the Internet for facts and figures on futility, I came across someone that has a Mets blog about the elusive no-hitter. The Mets are up to 7,673 games without one now. And the Mets have had 33 one-hitters over the years including the famous July 4, 1972 no-hitter that Tom Seaver lost with one out in the ninth against the Padres. You can see the complete list of one-hitters in Mets history.

Tom Seaver would go on to throw a no-hitter in 1978 for the Cincinnati Reds, the year after the Mets traded him away. Nolan Ryan had a one-hitter for the Mets in April 1970 and would go on to throw seven no-hitters in his illustrious post-Mets career including one in May 1991 at the age of 44. Continue reading “Mets 2010 – Year of the No-Hitter?”

Reds 3 – Mets 2 May 3, 2010

New York Mets starting pitcher Perez delivers pitch to Cincinnati Reds during first inning of play in their MLB baseball game in Cincinnati

http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/PicAppPIS/JavaScript/PisV4.jsThe Mets lost this one on a walk off in the 11th inning by Laynce Nix off Manny Acosta. It’s the Mets third straight loss and it’s something Braves fans are used to seeing from Acosta. The big positive of the night is Oliver Perez’ performance.

Perez gave up a leadoff homer and I thought we were in for another long night. Uncharacteristically, Perez kept it together and pitched a solid 6 innings only giving up 2 runs. His pitch count was good and he only gave up 4 hits and 1 walk. That was very positive.

The Mets had 9 hits including 3 doubles in the game and RBI’s from Jeff Francoeur and Jose Reyes.

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