Note: Last Night’s Oliver Perez
During last night’s loss to the Dodgers, Oliver Perez allowed five runs and three home runs in six innings pitched, while walking just two and striking out three.
Willie Randolph, on Perez, following the game:
“I thought his line was good. He kept us relatively in the game after a shaky a start and kind of settled in
a bit. But, you know, the gopher balls hurt him a bit…but, I thought he pitched pretty well, for the most part.”
…perez is the easy scapegoat for last night’s loss…however, he did fine through the first four innings, during which the Mets offense left five runners on base all while Dodgers RHP Chad Billingsley looked to be on the ropes – especially in the second…each time, the Mets bats let him off the hook…
…then perez let up two more home runs, and that was that, as the Mets never really threatened offensively from that point on…
Asked by a reporter if he is concerned that Perez has been unable to build up momentum, Randolph said:
“Well, again, it’s early as far as pitching is concerned. He’s in my rotation and will stay there until it’s deemed that we need to make a change. But, right now, he’s fine. He just needs to keep working. We’ll keep putting him out there until he gets more consistent.”
