Quote: Santana wanted to give his Best
In his 100th career win last night, Johan Santana gave up 
just one run on six hits, none of which were home runs, while walking three and striking out six in 7.2 innings.
He is 7–3 in 12 starts this season, with a 3.20 ERA in 81.2 innings pitched.
Santana is 11th in the National League in ERA, sixth in strike outs and tied with nine other pitchers for second in wins.
The Mets are 9–3 in games that Santana has started.
Santana, talking to reporters after the game, said:
“There was a lot of stuff going on last week and I knew coming into the home stand I would have two starts and I wanted to give my best and try to help out as much as I could. We needed to take advantage of it and we did. Now we just have to go on the road and just gotta keep it going.”
In his two starts on the home stand, Santana won both games and allowed four runs in 14.2 innings.
Last week at his blog for ESPN.com, citing ‘sources and scouts,’ Buster Olney wrote that Santana’s velocity is down 3-4 miles per hour from a couple of years ago, which could be attributed to wear and tear on his shoulder.
…so what…seriously…what i saw last night was a guy who does not need to throw 96 mph, because he has a multi-speed change up that most likely makes his fastball look like 100 mph…he’s a fascinating pitcher to watch…there are times when he sets up for a strike out and there are times when he pitches to contact, and back and forth he goes…he has a plan…and i’d rather a pitcher like santana, with a plan, who may have lost a step or two on his fastball, than a guy who is all arm and no brains…
