Saturday, April 10, 2004
Expos 1, Mets 0
After a slight delay, Al Leiter made his first start of the season and was nothing if not effective. After five innings, he'd allowed just three hits and one walk while striking out four. But while he was effective, he wasn't exactly efficient, as it took him ninety-seven pitches to finish those five innings. The Mets' offense had similar luck against Montreal starter John Patterson and Leiter exited a scoreless game after five, making way for the returning Jae Weong Seo.
Seo pitched a scoreless sixth, but gave up a double to Brad Wilkerson to lead off the seventh. He almost got out of the jam, but with two outs, Peter Bergeron singled to left to drive Wilkerson home and the Expos took the lead for good. John Franco pitched a scoreless eighth, allowing just one hit, but the Mets were unable to get on the board against the Expos' bullpen, managing just three hits and one walk for the game, and fell to 2-3 on the season. Cliff Floyd and new-found offensive threat off the bench Todd Zeile each had doubles on the game, providing the lone bright spots for the Mets' offense. Kazuo Matsui was kept off base for the first time in his brief major league career, going oh for four with two strikeouts.
Tomorrow's game features a couple of Mets trying to assume new roles. Tom Glavine (1-0, 3.00) will get the start against Livan Hernandez (0-0, 3.00), trying to make another good start and become the ace the Mets signed him to be. And standing to his left will be
Mike Piazza, making his first start at first base. If Piazza can play passable defense, he'll be able to stay in the lineup for more day games after night games, which will be a nice boost to the Mets' offense. ¶ joe | 11:57 PM |
After a slight delay, Al Leiter made his first start of the season and was nothing if not effective. After five innings, he'd allowed just three hits and one walk while striking out four. But while he was effective, he wasn't exactly efficient, as it took him ninety-seven pitches to finish those five innings. The Mets' offense had similar luck against Montreal starter John Patterson and Leiter exited a scoreless game after five, making way for the returning Jae Weong Seo.
Seo pitched a scoreless sixth, but gave up a double to Brad Wilkerson to lead off the seventh. He almost got out of the jam, but with two outs, Peter Bergeron singled to left to drive Wilkerson home and the Expos took the lead for good. John Franco pitched a scoreless eighth, allowing just one hit, but the Mets were unable to get on the board against the Expos' bullpen, managing just three hits and one walk for the game, and fell to 2-3 on the season. Cliff Floyd and new-found offensive threat off the bench Todd Zeile each had doubles on the game, providing the lone bright spots for the Mets' offense. Kazuo Matsui was kept off base for the first time in his brief major league career, going oh for four with two strikeouts.
Tomorrow's game features a couple of Mets trying to assume new roles. Tom Glavine (1-0, 3.00) will get the start against Livan Hernandez (0-0, 3.00), trying to make another good start and become the ace the Mets signed him to be. And standing to his left will be
Mike Piazza, making his first start at first base. If Piazza can play passable defense, he'll be able to stay in the lineup for more day games after night games, which will be a nice boost to the Mets' offense. ¶ joe | 11:57 PM |
