Quotes: Maine and Manuel on Maine’s Struggles
Last night, in a loss to the Padres, John Maine looked strong in the first two innings, but allowed five runs in the third, then another run in fifth, and was pulled from the game in the fifth innings after throwing 105 pitches.
Maine, speaking to reporters, after the game, said:
“As is often the case, it was one inning. I made some good pitches but they hit them… All singles, a couple broken bats. It’s frustrating… I just couldn’t get a ball to go at somebody.”
…it’s like he and Jake Peavy changed places… peavy struggled initially, then got it together… meanwhile, maine looked great in the first two innings, then walked the lead-off hitter in the third, lost some velocity, refused to pitch inside, kept missing the target, and san diego kept putting the ball in play, which found hole after hole to bring in five runs… maine actually looked pretty good again, after that, through the next two innings…
“It is troubling, because it’s happened a number of times,” Jerry Manuel said to reporters about Maine’s command.
“He is still growing, he is still trying to become a consistent guy, trying to maintain mechanics and fundamentals throughout a game; but again, when you have that type of stuff that he had tonight and struggle like he did in that one inning, that’s kind of discouraging in a sense.”
In two starts this season for the Mets, Maine is 0–1 with a 7.20 ERA, while walking four batters and striking out nine in 10 innings, during which opponents are hitting .243 against him.
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