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The Mets defeated the Braves by the score of 5-1 this afternoon.
For a full recap and box score, click here.
The Least You Should Know:
Johan Santana was dominant this afternoon, allowing just five hits as his changeup was filthy.
Angel Pagan had a big day, going 3 for 4 including a run scoring triple in the ninth inning.
The Braves walked David Wright intentionally three times, and Jeff Francoeur made his former team pay with a 2 for 5 day.
Other Observations and Notes:
The Mets scored more than four runs for just the seventh time in their past 23 games.
This was the first time that the Mets have given Santana more than two runs against the Braves since he became a Met last year, and it is the first time Santana has defeated the Braves, which is astonishing.
The Mets executed a suicide squeeze in the ninth inning when Luis Castillo sacrificed Angel Pagan.
The slump for Omir Santos continues as he is now 5 for his last 38 at the plate.
The Mets go for the series split tomorrow at 6:00 pm with Fernando Nieve facing Javier Vazquez.
Bought time we get a win!
It’s a bit of a stretch to say Francoeur ‘made them pay’ – before his seeing-eye single in the 8th that drove in the 5th run, the strategy was working fine.
I like seeing eye hits. It shows our luck may be turning…
We all hoped that they would come out of the gate strong, but looking back, a series split is what you could reasonably hope for, and we still have a shot. Not gonna be an easy day with vazquez
Nothings easy for us lol!
When was last mets suicide sqeeze?
Quite the win. Francoeur is working out, it would seem. And, so far, Ryan Church hasn’t been “the difference” for Atlanta. Also nice to see them tack on three insurance runs in the ninth.
I can’t declare Francouer as “working out” just yet. I can recall only one well-struck ball since the trade. All his other hits were of the bleed or bloop variety.
The bottom line is that I wasn’t usually disappointed to see Church come up in the midst of a rally (remember them?).
This new guy feels like a momentum-killer in the lineup to me…I only hope he makes me eat these words…
Would you like salt or pepper to go with your meal? LOL
Tigers love pepper. They hate cinnamon.
(random, but it made me think of a hilarious movie quote, lol)
Even better news out of the farm system last night:
Jon Niese- 7.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 3 K
In his last eight starts, Niese has a 0.96 ERA in 56.1 IP, with a K/9 of 7.3 and a 0.941 WHIP during that stretch. In other words, it looks like he’s figured it out.
Speaking of figure, Nelson Figueroa was just as brilliant last night- 7.0 IP, 7 H, 0 ER, 5 K
In Figgy’s last eight starts, he has a 1.44 ERA in 56.1 IP, with a K/9 of 8.31 and a WHIP of 0.994.
Brad Holt also had a good day- 6.2 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
Take away Holt’s 1/3 inning outing after his ankle injury (where he allowed 5 ER), and he has a 3.49 ERA in 28.1 IP, with 33 K and 22 H. If you remove his second start coming off that tough injury, he has a 2.52 ERA in 25 IP with 27 K and 15 H.
In other words, when he’s been healthy, he’s been great.
Ike Davis also had a good day at the plate- 2 for 4, HR, RBI
Davis is hitting .278/.381/.467 in his stint with the B-Mets, which isn’t too shabby considering his awful outing with Brooklyn last season. Considering the fact that both he and Holt were playing in college just 14 months ago, I’d say their accomplishments in AA so far deserve praise to say the least.
Well then, I guess Livan had better put up or shutup against the Nationals.
Niece too for that matter…Figgy should get a shot sooner or later