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preGame: Mets vs. Marlins (Win Or Go Home)
By Mike Nichols - Sep 27, 2008 12:38 pm

The Game:

Weather permitting, the Mets (88-72) continue their final regular season series of the season against the Marlins (83-76) tonight at Shea Stadium, starting at 1:25 pm.

The Lineup:

The Pitchers:

LHP Johan Santana (15-7, 2.64 ERA) starts for the Mets. This is Santana’s second career start on three days rest. In his last start on three days rest on October 5, 2004, Santana earned a win, pitching seven shutout innings versus the Yankees in the ALDS. Santana is 4-0 with a 2.49 ERA  in four career starts versus the Marlins.

RHP Ricky Nolasco (15-7, 3.55 ERA) starts for the Marlins. In five games, four starts versus the Mets this season, Nolasco is 1-1 with a 3.71 ERA. Nolasco has not allowed more than three runs in each of his last 11 starts. He is 9-3 with a 3.38 ERA in road starts this season.

The Notes:

Carlos Beltran is batting .292 with a .924 OPS in his career hitting second. Beltran is 7-for-20 (.350) with 1 HR and 2 RBI in his career versus Nolasco.

David Wright is 10-for-22 (.455) with 3 HR and 7 RBI all-time versus Nolasco.

The Mets are 67-31 when they score first this season.

Hanley Ramirez is batting .167 (1-for-6) in his career versus Santana.

The Marlins are 14-10 on Saturdays this season.

How To Catch It:

Today’s game can be seen on CW11 and heard on WFAN.

The Bleachers:

For a live chat, head over to The Hot Foot Bleachers.

…enjoy, and as always, Let’s Go MetsYA GOTTA BELIEVE!

433 Responses to “preGame: Mets vs. Marlins (Win Or Go Home)”

  1. rigsay says:

    Wow, this is seeming an awful lot like last year…..

  2. That was a hell of a performance Johan proved he’s worth every penny just carrying the team…. Ollie has to step up tommrow and I’m ppretty confident Ollie alaways seems to pitch well on the big stage and last game of the season, it does not get much bigger… and plus his last start was lack luster so he’s due for one of those great Ollie outings.. LETS GO OP LETS GO METS LETS GO CUBBIES LETS GO NATS (just because I hate philly)

  3. MetsFan4Decades says:

    Heart rate is finally coming down to normal.

    Go Cubs. Go Nats.

  4. WrightsRight says:

    OP needs to show but so do the bats. They need to score a bunch of runs.

  5. Zarkin620 says:

    Ted Lilly needs to come up big for us. Plus I need him to help win my fantasy league. so GO CUBS!! GO TEDDY!!

  6. nastyslider says:

    The resigning of Perez will be based completely on tomorrows game!

  7. VenturaHighway says:

    Wow…Johan Santana…can’t really say anything that hasn’t already been said…just wow.

    On another note, I think we owe our old friend Shea Stadium a big thank-you for holding that last out in the park…because she, unlike her Philadelphia counterpart, is not easy to score on.

  8. rigsay says:

    Would anyone rather see Brandon “Olympian” Knight tomorrow instead of Ollie? I guess I’d go with Ollie, but days rest against a righty laden lineup is scary. At least it’ll take Jacobs and Roids Gonzalez out of the lineup.

    Not that we need motivation to win, but it would be nice to take out Olsen, with his smack talk and under .500 record.

    Will the Mets play Castro again tomorrow against a lefty? Maybe Cancel??

  9. sandiegometsman says:

    Lets go Cubbies!! up 2-0 in 3rd

  10. rigsay says:

    4-0 Little Bears!!!

  11. sandiegometsman says:

    Cubs up 4-0… OMG, things are looking better for our boys… I hope they get about 10 runs this inning

  12. rigsay says:

    Beer fans giving Sheets a nice ovation after that performance….

    Hmmm….maybe we really are bad fans at Shea??

  13. EliPorter says:

    or as kurtz said:

    “oh the horror”

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