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postGame: Marlins 16 Mets 8

by Matthew Cerrone on March 12th, 2009 at 10:15 pm

The Marlins beat the Mets, 16–8, tonight in Tradition Field.

  • Johan Santana threw 47 pitches to 12 batters, let up four hits, a home run to Dan Uggla, struck out two, hit a batter and was charged with three runs.  He was pulled mid-way through the third inning.  Most important, Santana used his slider and change-up, and pitched inside, and though he clearly ran out of gas, losing velocity and command in the end, he is healthy and strong.
  • Tim Redding let up nine runs, yes, NINE, in just two innings of work.  Get this, he has a 40.50 ERA in two appearances.
  • Pedro Martinez is still a free agent.
  • In the first inning, Luis Castillo led off the game with an opposite-field double, then moved to third on a ground ball to the right side, then scored on a sac fly from Daniel Murphy.
  • Nick Evans hit his second home run of the spring.
  • Kevin Burkhardt likes Skittles.
  • I prefer Sour Patch Kids.

The Mets play the Tigers in Lakeland tomorrow at 1 pm.