Thursday, July 31, 2003
Mets 2, Brewers 0
Early in the season it was said that Al Leiter was emulating the pitching style of new teammate Tom Glavine, working both sides of the plate. And the wins started piling up. But even as his record continued to look pretty, the hits, walks and runs continued to pile up and pretty soon he was 8-3 with an ERA over five. All the baserunners began to catch up with him a little bit and two starts later he was 8-5, 5.57 and on the disabled list with an "inflammation" in his right knee. I'm not sure if "inflammation" deserves the quotes of sarcasm and suspicion or not, but it just seems like a symptom more than a diagnosis to me. Anyway, upon his return from the DL he had some words about abandoning the Glavine aping and going back to pitching like Al Leiter.
The results haven't been phenomenal or anything, as in 19 innings since his return, he's given up 14 hits and 10 walks while striking out sixteen, but two consecutive seven inning shutout bids have given him his ninth and tenth wins of the season and dropped his ERA to 4.81. The latest of these outings was, of course, tonight, as he went seven innings giving up five hits and four walks while striking out six. It should be noted that two of those walks were intentional, so perhaps he's getting his control under, um, control. He only gave up a pair of walks in his last seven inning, no run effort. While Tom Glavine's performance has people wondering if he might be close to being done, Al Leiter has come back from the DL to show fans that he just might not be.
The Mets scored their first run of the game in the third inning when Jose Reyes hit his fourth major league triple and scored on Cliff Floyd's ground out. Reyes went 1 for 4 and is now hitting .264/.273/.371 in 159 major league at bats. And those are just the kind of numbers that will, uh, make Rey Sanchez expendable. In other rookie news, Jason Phillips went three for four with a pair of doubles, putting him at a very solid .322/.391/.471.
In other news, the Mets have finally called up Marco Scutaro, presumably to play second base. Scutaro has hit .313/.401/.525 at AAA Norfolk this season, and I think we've all had just about enough of this Joe McEwing business.
Tomorrow it'll be Aaron Heilman (1-3, 7.59) against Matt Kinney (6-8, 5.26) at the special starting time of 12:10 PM. ¶ joe | 12:07 AM |
Early in the season it was said that Al Leiter was emulating the pitching style of new teammate Tom Glavine, working both sides of the plate. And the wins started piling up. But even as his record continued to look pretty, the hits, walks and runs continued to pile up and pretty soon he was 8-3 with an ERA over five. All the baserunners began to catch up with him a little bit and two starts later he was 8-5, 5.57 and on the disabled list with an "inflammation" in his right knee. I'm not sure if "inflammation" deserves the quotes of sarcasm and suspicion or not, but it just seems like a symptom more than a diagnosis to me. Anyway, upon his return from the DL he had some words about abandoning the Glavine aping and going back to pitching like Al Leiter.
The results haven't been phenomenal or anything, as in 19 innings since his return, he's given up 14 hits and 10 walks while striking out sixteen, but two consecutive seven inning shutout bids have given him his ninth and tenth wins of the season and dropped his ERA to 4.81. The latest of these outings was, of course, tonight, as he went seven innings giving up five hits and four walks while striking out six. It should be noted that two of those walks were intentional, so perhaps he's getting his control under, um, control. He only gave up a pair of walks in his last seven inning, no run effort. While Tom Glavine's performance has people wondering if he might be close to being done, Al Leiter has come back from the DL to show fans that he just might not be.
The Mets scored their first run of the game in the third inning when Jose Reyes hit his fourth major league triple and scored on Cliff Floyd's ground out. Reyes went 1 for 4 and is now hitting .264/.273/.371 in 159 major league at bats. And those are just the kind of numbers that will, uh, make Rey Sanchez expendable. In other rookie news, Jason Phillips went three for four with a pair of doubles, putting him at a very solid .322/.391/.471.
In other news, the Mets have finally called up Marco Scutaro, presumably to play second base. Scutaro has hit .313/.401/.525 at AAA Norfolk this season, and I think we've all had just about enough of this Joe McEwing business.
Tomorrow it'll be Aaron Heilman (1-3, 7.59) against Matt Kinney (6-8, 5.26) at the special starting time of 12:10 PM. ¶ joe | 12:07 AM |
