Well, the Mets streak against the Diamondbacks finally came to an end. The DBacks won today's game 3 to1 on the strength of an Eric Byrnes double and some situational hitting from Stephen Drew. One of the most important things in a game that never shows up in a box score is hitters moving over runners so they have a better opportunity to score. Hitting behind a runner at second to get them to third is a basic tenet of the game and one of many core fundamentals that Stephen Drew does on a regular basis. Drew is going to be a very good player one day.
Mike Pelfrey had a much better fastball and a much better outing today than his last start. He went 5 1/3 innings giving up 3 runs on 3 hits while walking four and striking out one. Not Pelfrey's best start , but not his worst. He's coming along and hopefully by the end of the season he'll start maturing into something close to the pitcher that the Mets (and Mets fans like me) think he can be.
The bullpen pitched well - with the exception of Feliciano not being able to keep the last run (that was charged to Pelfrey, one of Feliciano's runners hasn't scored yet) and giving up 3 hits over own in the process. But the surprise for me was Lino Urdaneta. I have no idea who this guy is. I don't even remember seeing his name anywhere during the spring. How does a pitcher come out of no where? I don't get it...
On to San Francisco! Hopefully the Mets will have similar luck with the Giants now that Met Killer Jason Schmidt is "pitching" in Los Angeles. (I think Schmidt was put on the DL in LA - sad news for the dude that wrecked Mike Piazza. Mike hasn't been the same since the Schmidt brush back pitch that tore his groin apart.) I hope that the SanFran Fans are classy enough to give Alou a nice hand if he plays. Alou has been a class act wherever he's gone. There's no reason to diss the man.
Enjoy your Sunday evening. Everybody's got to work tomorrow!
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