Sunday, May 02, 2004
Mets 6, Padres 2
Different day, same Glavine. Tom's ERA actually took a bit of a hit, as the Padres managed to put two runs on the board against him through six innings, but he also mixed in an uncharacteristic number of strikeouts, six, while walking just one and allowing five hits, to earn his fourth win of the season. Six starts into the season, his ERA sits at 1.85 and his WHIP at 0.97 while he's struck out seventeen and walked just eight through 39 innings. There's still a long way to go, but it's getting to the point where his success can't just be chalked up to small sample size.
Offensively, the Mets continued to get production from places other than the top of their batting order, including Glavine himself chipping in with a single, a walk and an RBI. Karim Garcia had a pair of doubles in five at bats, Shane Spencer had another three hits in five at bats and is now hitting .357/.400/.471 on the season. Mike Cameron and Todd Zeile each also doubled, but the biggest blow of the game came from Danny Garcia, who hit his first home run of the season in the ninth. Cameron also stole his seventh base of the season, having been caught just once.
The upcoming homestand provides some opportunity for the 10-15 Mets to perhaps get back on the road to .500, as the Giants (12-14) and the Brewers (12-13) coming to town. If they can manage to get both hitting and pitching in games started by people other than Tom Glavine, their record could be in decent shape after the next six games. Steve Trachsel (2-3, 4.50) starts things off for the Mets on Tuesday against Brett Tomko (1-1, 7.57) and the Giants. ¶ joe | 10:18 PM |
Different day, same Glavine. Tom's ERA actually took a bit of a hit, as the Padres managed to put two runs on the board against him through six innings, but he also mixed in an uncharacteristic number of strikeouts, six, while walking just one and allowing five hits, to earn his fourth win of the season. Six starts into the season, his ERA sits at 1.85 and his WHIP at 0.97 while he's struck out seventeen and walked just eight through 39 innings. There's still a long way to go, but it's getting to the point where his success can't just be chalked up to small sample size.
Offensively, the Mets continued to get production from places other than the top of their batting order, including Glavine himself chipping in with a single, a walk and an RBI. Karim Garcia had a pair of doubles in five at bats, Shane Spencer had another three hits in five at bats and is now hitting .357/.400/.471 on the season. Mike Cameron and Todd Zeile each also doubled, but the biggest blow of the game came from Danny Garcia, who hit his first home run of the season in the ninth. Cameron also stole his seventh base of the season, having been caught just once.
The upcoming homestand provides some opportunity for the 10-15 Mets to perhaps get back on the road to .500, as the Giants (12-14) and the Brewers (12-13) coming to town. If they can manage to get both hitting and pitching in games started by people other than Tom Glavine, their record could be in decent shape after the next six games. Steve Trachsel (2-3, 4.50) starts things off for the Mets on Tuesday against Brett Tomko (1-1, 7.57) and the Giants. ¶ joe | 10:18 PM |
