Thursday, September 21, 2006
Marlins 6, Mets 3
Marlins 5, Mets 2
Good things these games don't matter. The final two games of this series between the NL East Champion Mets and the Marlins did not turn out well for the home team.
The two starting pitching performances for the Mets were similar in that both pitchers started out very well before coming undone. Both Oliver Perez and Pedro Martinez got through four scoreless innings. Neither one of them made it through the sixth.
Perez gave up one run in the fourth and two more in the fifth, though one of those scored after he left. He allowed five hits and three walk and struck out six through five and one-third innings.
Pedro looked better than in his first start back from the disabled list, but it seems he's still not quite ready for the postseason. After four hitless innings, he gave up four runs on four hits in the fifth. He did strike out seven and walk just one.
As for the offense, five runs on fourteen hits in two games is not the most encouraging performance, though Carlos Beltran didn't play in either game. Paul Lo Duca and Carlos Delgado each had a three-hit game. Jose Reyes had a pair of hits in the first game as did Endy Chavez in the second. David Wright was the only Met with hits in both games.
Despite these losses, the Mets (92-60) are now assured of having the best record in the National League. Getting to 100 wins will be tough, but homefield advantage throughout the sanely-run portion of the playoffs is a nice consolation prize. Hope for the century mark is not lost, though, as they get to play their next four games against the last place Nationals (66-86). In the first game, John Maine (5-5, 3.42) will continue fighting for his playoff life. Former Met Pedro Astacio (4-5, 6.38) seems unlikely to provide stiff competition. ¶ joe | 11:59 PM |
Marlins 5, Mets 2
Good things these games don't matter. The final two games of this series between the NL East Champion Mets and the Marlins did not turn out well for the home team.
The two starting pitching performances for the Mets were similar in that both pitchers started out very well before coming undone. Both Oliver Perez and Pedro Martinez got through four scoreless innings. Neither one of them made it through the sixth.
Perez gave up one run in the fourth and two more in the fifth, though one of those scored after he left. He allowed five hits and three walk and struck out six through five and one-third innings.
Pedro looked better than in his first start back from the disabled list, but it seems he's still not quite ready for the postseason. After four hitless innings, he gave up four runs on four hits in the fifth. He did strike out seven and walk just one.
As for the offense, five runs on fourteen hits in two games is not the most encouraging performance, though Carlos Beltran didn't play in either game. Paul Lo Duca and Carlos Delgado each had a three-hit game. Jose Reyes had a pair of hits in the first game as did Endy Chavez in the second. David Wright was the only Met with hits in both games.
Despite these losses, the Mets (92-60) are now assured of having the best record in the National League. Getting to 100 wins will be tough, but homefield advantage throughout the sanely-run portion of the playoffs is a nice consolation prize. Hope for the century mark is not lost, though, as they get to play their next four games against the last place Nationals (66-86). In the first game, John Maine (5-5, 3.42) will continue fighting for his playoff life. Former Met Pedro Astacio (4-5, 6.38) seems unlikely to provide stiff competition. ¶ joe | 11:59 PM |
