The Mets beat the Padres 9-0 at Citi Field this afternoon.
Why the Mets won:
Johan Santana was amazing. He tossed nine scoreless innings and only allowed four hits in total. He also struck out seven and didn’t walk a batter. And he did all of this on just 96 pitches. The Padres had no chance today with Johan on the mound.
Why the Padres lost:
Clayton Richard gave up two early homers in the first inning that probably cost the Padres a shot at winning the game. (They had no shot with Johan pitching, anyway)
Discussion points:
- Wow, Johan. He is just incredible. Few people outside the Mets fanbase still consider him an ace, but he definitely is still an ace, without question.
- Scott Hairston had a nice game, going 2-3 with a three-run home run in the first inning. Hairston is a valuable piece to have on the bench with the power that he has.
- Ronny Cedeno left the game in the ninth inning with a leg injury. After the game, Terry Collins said it was just a cramp. Looks like it’s nothing to worry about, if you would even be worried about losing Cedeno.
- Mike Nickeas hit a grand slam in the ninth inning to blow the game open. I still think he’s a terrible hitter.
- The Mets are only two games out of first place!
5 comments
srt
5/26/2012-4:17pm at 4:17 pm (UTC -4)
Johan is back.
For anyone who missed it, this was one of the best wins of the season so far, if not the best.
Connor said it all with ‘incredible’.
Last time a Met pitched a complete game shutout with 96 pitches or less was 1995. It was truly a thing of beauty.
I looked at that line-up before the game and thought to myself Johan will be lucky to get any run support. But that’s why you play the game. You just never know.
Hairston with the 3R bomb, Rottino with the solo HR and Holy Mike, Nickeas with that grand slam. Be honest, how many watching thought he had a chance in hell of getting a hit there with the bases loaded, never mind the GS?
Ike with an RBI double as well.
Great effort all the way around today.
gategem
5/26/2012-5:32pm at 5:32 pm (UTC -4)
“I looked at that line-up before the game and thought to myself Johan will be lucky to get any run support. But that’s why you play the game. You just never know.”
Does this mean that you have disavowed Sabermetrics?
srt
5/26/2012-5:41pm at 5:41 pm (UTC -4)
LOL. No one could accuse me of being a ‘saber geek’. But I respect the stats even if I don’t quite understand them all.
Obviously, Terry’s idea of getting as many righties in there as possible was a good idea.
gategem
5/26/2012-5:29pm at 5:29 pm (UTC -4)
The incredible part is that Johan is pitching this well after undergoing what many times is career ending surgery. Although I might add that the Padres lineup has virtually no chance against any pitcher ranging from mediocre to excellent. Its been many years since I’ve seen a lineup as pathetic as the present Padres. As a comparison consider that the 2012 Padres team OPS is .637 while the 1962 Mets team OPS was .679.
Stickguy
5/26/2012-8:23pm at 8:23 pm (UTC -4)
if hairston is not going anywhere, Bay really does need to never come back. Is there really a place for him?
the only other RH OFs are hairston and torres. Now, I would not be broken hearted if torres lost out, but I assume he stays. And if they like Hairston on the bench, that means Kirk or Baxter gets the ax. and that, to me, does not make the team better overall.
not worth worrying about I guess, since Bay probably is 3 weeks or more away anyhow.