Friday, June 09, 2006
Mets 7, Diamondbacks 1
It is apparently Opposites Week in the Mets' starting rotation. After Pedro Martinez and Tom Glavine got rocked on consecutive days, Orlando Hernandez exceeded the excellent performances given by Steve Trachsel and Alay Soler earlier in the week. El Duque became the first Met this year to pitch a full nine innings, and he very nearly did it without allowing a run.
Entering the ninth inning, Hernandez had allowed just two hits and two walks while maintaining the shutout. But a leadoff double by Craig Counsell and a couple of productive outs finally put the Diamondbacks on the scoreboard. Still, it was a fantastic performance from Hernandez in a stadium where he'd struggled while wearing the home white (and sometimes black) earlier this season.
The Mets' offense gave him plenty of support, as every starter aside from the pitcher himself had at least one hit. Carlos Beltran hit a long two-run home run in the third inning and also had a single, a walk and a stolen base. Lastings Milledge and Joses Reyes and Valentin each hit a double. Valentin and Endy Chavez joined Beltran with two hits apiece.
Friday night Trachsel (2-4, 4.67) will try to follow up his excellent Sunday performance with another strong outing. Miguel Batista (6-2, 4.12) will start for Arizona having shut down the Mets two starts ago. I hereby give up on predicting how the pitchers will do. ¶ joe | 7:41 AM |
It is apparently Opposites Week in the Mets' starting rotation. After Pedro Martinez and Tom Glavine got rocked on consecutive days, Orlando Hernandez exceeded the excellent performances given by Steve Trachsel and Alay Soler earlier in the week. El Duque became the first Met this year to pitch a full nine innings, and he very nearly did it without allowing a run.
Entering the ninth inning, Hernandez had allowed just two hits and two walks while maintaining the shutout. But a leadoff double by Craig Counsell and a couple of productive outs finally put the Diamondbacks on the scoreboard. Still, it was a fantastic performance from Hernandez in a stadium where he'd struggled while wearing the home white (and sometimes black) earlier this season.
The Mets' offense gave him plenty of support, as every starter aside from the pitcher himself had at least one hit. Carlos Beltran hit a long two-run home run in the third inning and also had a single, a walk and a stolen base. Lastings Milledge and Joses Reyes and Valentin each hit a double. Valentin and Endy Chavez joined Beltran with two hits apiece.
Friday night Trachsel (2-4, 4.67) will try to follow up his excellent Sunday performance with another strong outing. Miguel Batista (6-2, 4.12) will start for Arizona having shut down the Mets two starts ago. I hereby give up on predicting how the pitchers will do. ¶ joe | 7:41 AM |
