Pedro Martinez pitched 5.1 innings last night, allowing just five hits and two runs while striking out six to earn the win.
Jerry Manuel on Pedro’s performance:
“He had a high pitch count, but he made some pitches when he had to…I thought he pitched well. I think that pitch-count thing, in the span of five innings, is something that we need to watch. Because, what that tells you is, he might now be getting a certain pitch and they’re fouling it off, and they’re having enough at bats to foul pitches off and not quite getting it where he wants. But, he’s healthy, he feels good and that’s a good thing.”
…pedro was good last night, and didn’t need to stay in with an eight run lead…you would have thought that would be a comfortable enough cushion, and it was, but barely…
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even though the pen was awful, pedro got pulled at the correct moment. 105 pitches, and it was important for him to leave with a positive pitching line after the last few rough ones
Solid performance by Pedro, and very glad to see it happen!
BTW, didn’t he go 6.1?
No. 5 1/3 innings. He was pulled with one out in the sixth.
pedro did well last night. Seemed the wheels were coming off at 100 pitches so something to remember but i think he would have went longer but the phills were putting up very good ab against pedro.
He did not pitch exceptionally well by any stretch. I felt he was pretty good in innings 1-3 and kind of hanging on in the 4-6 innings when he finally was taken out.
I don’t want to be too critical however since I see it as progress and better than he has been. Add in this is a tough lineup for him to get through. The have a lot of very dangerous lefthanded hitters in Utley, Howard, Rollins (switch) plus a few dangerous ones that are RH.
If Pedro can return to being this kind of pitcher in the second half of the season, we are going to be dangerous from a starting pitching standpoint.
Excuse or not, he was being tightly squeezed by the ump…if you have a more liberal gamecaller, he would’ve had a gem…
The umpire had a fair strike zone…It wasn’t a big vertical zone, but he was calling strikes on pitches inside and outside
Honestly, if he stays healthy, he’s going to get better. I am looking for him to be a key part of whatever run we make. Pedro can be the glue of our staff!
i have a feeling trades are going to begin fast and furious soon. Cubs are talking Rich Harden today
I guess I’d rather the Cubs get him than the Phils (from both a fan and fantasy player perspective), but I don’t know why the A’s would trade him considering they’re definitely in the thick of a pennant race themselves. I think Burnett is the next somewhat high profile pitcher to go.
in a bubble Pedro’s outing was good. But on the Mets 5 1/3 isnt good enough. It doesnt matter what the lead is, this Mets pen is capable of blowing any lead when you ask them to get 10-12 outs. Mets starters have to go 6 or 7 of its going to go like this again and again…
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