postGame: Tigers 4, Mets 2
The Mets fell to the Detroit Tigers by the score of 4-2 today in the Grapefruit League opener in Lakeland, Florida.
- Mike Pelfrey started and pitched two scoreless innings, allowing just a base hit and striking one.
- Ramon Castro drove home Angel Pagan with a sacrifice fly in the first, and Anderson Machado tripled home Michel Abreu in the second inning.
- Ryan Church, the only projected Major League starter in the lineup, was 0-for-2 with a walk.
- OF prospect Fernando Martinez was 1-for-1.
- Off-season signees Matt Wise and Brian Stokes both tossed a scoreless inning, as did Triple A LHP Adam Bostick and bullpen locks Pedro Feliciano and Jorge Sosa.
- Left hander Willie Collazo, a September callup last year, surrendered all four runs in the seventh inning.
…most important is the nice outing by Pelfrey, followed closely by solid bullpen work… the Tigers had nearly their entire big league lineup out there, too…
Pelfrey, after his start on his chances of making the team, as quoted by Adam Rubin at the NY Daily News:
“I don’t know if there’s even a slot open. Of course, anybody you ask, they want to be on the team. It’s the same way. I want to be on this team and I want to help them. I’ll just try to make the decision difficult. I think the chances of the whole staff going the whole year without something happening, it’s slim. If I don’t get it out of spring training, I’ll get my opportunity. There’s no way I can be mad. They’ve given me opportunities and I just haven’t taken advantage of them. That’s the bottom line.”
The Mets will be in Jupiter tomorrow to take on the St. Louis Cardinals. John Maine will make his first start of the spring.
