Thursday, June 03, 2004
Mets 4, Marlins1
Jae Weong Seo may have been pitching for his job on Thursday, with Scott Erickson set to pitch for Norfolk on Friday and just drowing in the kind of Veteran Presence that more often than not gets a man a job with these New York Mets. Matt Ginter hasn't done anything lately to lose his spot in the rotation, and of course the top three starters are safe, so that might leave Seo to make way for Erickson if he can't prove he belongs. But nothing he did tonight is likely to work in Erickson's favor, as Seo went six innings, allowing just one run on three hits, walking two and striking out four to earn his third win of the season.
Meanwhile, the Mets' offense was putting a damper on A.J. Burnett's return to the Florida rotation, touching him up for a pair of runs in the second inning and chasing him after just four innings on eighty-three pitches. It wasn't a terrible performance by Burnett, as he allowed five hits and no walks while striking out four, but the Mets did a good job getting his pitch count up early, including an eleven pitch at bat by Seo, forcing the Marlins to go to the bullpen in the fifth. It wasn't a spectacular offensive performance by the Mets, but every starter aside from Seo got on base at least once, with the hitless Kazuo Matsui and Mike Piazza each at least drawing a walk. Mike Cameron's double and Ty Wigginton's first triple of the year were the biggest blows for the Mets while the bullpen kept rolling along just like Seo.
Mike Stanton retunred from a day off apparently reinvigorated, as he tossed two perfect innings on just seventeen pitches to set up Braden Looper's fourth save in as many days. Looper struck out one in a perfect ninth to notch his eleventh of the season.
The win put the Mets a game above .500 both on the season and for this recent stretch against the division's top teams with some more dependable starting pitching on the way. Steve Trachsel (5-3, 3.11) got roughed up by the Marlins on Sunday, allowing three runs on six hits in three innings before the Mets reeled off four games in which they allowed a total of just eight runs (and this team needs to trade for pitching?) and will try to rebound against Carl Pavano (4-2, 3.57). A win would guarantee the Mets at least a split of this twelve game stretch and put them just a game and a half behind the division leaders. ¶ joe | 11:55 PM |
Jae Weong Seo may have been pitching for his job on Thursday, with Scott Erickson set to pitch for Norfolk on Friday and just drowing in the kind of Veteran Presence that more often than not gets a man a job with these New York Mets. Matt Ginter hasn't done anything lately to lose his spot in the rotation, and of course the top three starters are safe, so that might leave Seo to make way for Erickson if he can't prove he belongs. But nothing he did tonight is likely to work in Erickson's favor, as Seo went six innings, allowing just one run on three hits, walking two and striking out four to earn his third win of the season.
Meanwhile, the Mets' offense was putting a damper on A.J. Burnett's return to the Florida rotation, touching him up for a pair of runs in the second inning and chasing him after just four innings on eighty-three pitches. It wasn't a terrible performance by Burnett, as he allowed five hits and no walks while striking out four, but the Mets did a good job getting his pitch count up early, including an eleven pitch at bat by Seo, forcing the Marlins to go to the bullpen in the fifth. It wasn't a spectacular offensive performance by the Mets, but every starter aside from Seo got on base at least once, with the hitless Kazuo Matsui and Mike Piazza each at least drawing a walk. Mike Cameron's double and Ty Wigginton's first triple of the year were the biggest blows for the Mets while the bullpen kept rolling along just like Seo.
Mike Stanton retunred from a day off apparently reinvigorated, as he tossed two perfect innings on just seventeen pitches to set up Braden Looper's fourth save in as many days. Looper struck out one in a perfect ninth to notch his eleventh of the season.
The win put the Mets a game above .500 both on the season and for this recent stretch against the division's top teams with some more dependable starting pitching on the way. Steve Trachsel (5-3, 3.11) got roughed up by the Marlins on Sunday, allowing three runs on six hits in three innings before the Mets reeled off four games in which they allowed a total of just eight runs (and this team needs to trade for pitching?) and will try to rebound against Carl Pavano (4-2, 3.57). A win would guarantee the Mets at least a split of this twelve game stretch and put them just a game and a half behind the division leaders. ¶ joe | 11:55 PM |
