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The Game:
The Mets (13-11) begin a rain-shorten two-game series versus the Pirates (10-15) this evening at Shea Stadium, game at 7:10 pm EST.
The Lineup:
- SS Jose Reyes
- 2B Luis Castillo
- 3B David Wright
- CF Carlos Beltran
- RF Ryan Church
- 1B Carlos Delgado
- C Raul Casanova
- LF Endy Chavez
- P Johan Santana
The Pitchers:
LHP Johan Santana (3-2, 3.12 ERA) starts for the Mets. Santana earned a win in in his last on April 23 versus the Nationals, pitching seven strong innings, allowing two runs on seven hits, while striking out four and walking one. Opposing batters are 27-for-129 (.209) versus Santana this season. In two career games, one starts versus the Pirates, Santana is 1-0 with a 1.13 ERA.
RHP Ian Snell (2-1, 4.45 ERA) takes the hill for the Pirates. In his last start on April 23 versus the Cardinals, Snell earned a no-decision, allowing four runs on eight hits while walking four and striking out one over six innings pitched. The Pirates are 4-1 when Snell starts this season. Snell is 0-1 with a 6.11 ERA in four appearances, three starts in his career versus the Mets.
The Notes:
Jason Bay is batting .343 (23-for-67) with 6 HR, 5 2B and 23 RBI in his last 17 games versus the Mets. He has 1-for-3 in his career versus Santana.
Carlos Delgado is batting .286 with 2 HR and 3 RBI during the Mets current homestand.
David Wright is 19-for-59 (.322) with 3 HR, 6 2B, 1 3B and 14 RBI in his last 16 games.
The Mets are 5-9 versus right-handed starting pitchers this season.
For more insight on the Pirates, check out this series’ Blogger Beat.
How To Catch It:
Tonight’s game can be seen locally on
and heard locally on WFAN.
The Bleachers:
For a live chat, head over to The Hot Foot Bleachers.
…enjoy, and as always, Let’s Go Mets…
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I know Delgado’s been a hot topic of late, but 1 of him is (more than) enough.
hioooooooooo!
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i know Endy needs at bats but are trying to make Pagan useless?
i think they’re trying to get endy going, and use him against the RHP
I suppose :\
this is why the mets suck. A guy who plays hard and actually hits with some success gets benched for no reason.
he hasn’t been hitting with success recently, and endy is and has been more of a long-term option, where it seems as if pagan was only really good for that hot stretch
Alou is clearly the missing link…
yeah, I suppose the logic is somewhat defensible, but I’d rather have Pagan getting those ABs. Even if he’s cooling down, he’s a still better hitter, and scoring runs has been the trouble, lately.
maybe he cooled off because he stopped playing regularly. He has hit more consistely than anyone in the lineup besides wright and church. Willie needs to try using positive reinforcement with these guys. Its like training a dog
consistently. learn how to spell
Strawberry makes Mazilli look like Brian Williams! Why does he keep moving his lips when he’s not speaking? Is he still on dope?
He’s definitely on dope, he keeps licking his lips and moving his lips while Yazzzzof is speaking. Might as well just stick Chapelle in that seat with the ski cap and cane all over his face.
i just don’t understand why mets fans are developng a bad reputation. is it the booing? or the general venom and nastiness?
you have a very good point, zen. lots of mean spiritedness in the air… i have an idea of what is happening, reasonable and carefully thought out, but the tenor of this room and some of the posters makes it difficult to speak about without the fear of getting booed myself.
Perhaps he is nervous?
Well why is it ok to crucify Mazzili, but god forbid question darryl’s pregame analysis?
i didn’t realize you were questioning his analysis. i though you were making random personal attacks that had nothing to do with his analysis and comparison to chappelle with a ski cap on.
my bad.
Dont forget that Endy is also a top flight defensive player and Pagan is not even close to Endy on defense. So if Endy is going to get on base then he definitely should be playing
agreed. with a starting staff filled with fly ball pitchers i prefer seeing endy over pagan. or at least split the time.
also agreed, Pagan’s defense leaves a lot to desire, he’s just not very good out there actually, reminds me of Milledge, but with a much worse arm, not that Milledge’s arm is that great, but Pagan’s is just that bad. Against the Pirates, hopefully one extra bat (even though Pagan hasn’t been hitting as well lately) won’t make the difference, they are pretty bad after all and we do have Santana going.
SANTANA will dominate these lowly Pirates tonight
He better because if he doesn’t, you know these tuesday night Shea attendees will boo him off the mound.
These same people would boo Santa if they could.
Then why aren’t they just Phillies’ fans?
Phillies fans are stupid enough to believe in him, Mets fans know better!
Its great to see Endy in there. He was a pleasant spark in 2006 that needs to be revisited. He has been kind of forgotten on this team of late.
Alright guys lets start off on a good foot here. Lets go santana. Lets go mets. Welcome back nady.
Heck yea! Lets go Mets! Regardless of the inconsistent play I am glad to be seeing Mets baseball. I hate the offseason.
Geez, is it too much to ask to have more than 673 people in the stands for a Johan start??!?
This is Shea, they don’t sell more than 20k for weekday games, it’s sad. This is why I don’t believe any of the talk about it being difficult to get tickets to Citi, especially after this year.
I agree these nights are exhibit one to destroy any whining arguments about reduced capacity at Citi.
Still - a turnout like this with Johan on the mound is a bit embarrassing.
awww damn