Game Thread: Mets (37-38) vs Brewers (41-35)
Posted by dirtysanchez on 7:55pm, Tuesday June 30th 2009
Game Time: 8:05pm
Record: 9-5 Era: 3.00 K: 100 BB: 30 WHIP: 1.20
Mets Notes:
- Santana settled in after a rocky start last Thursday against the Cardinals, allowing just two runs — one earned — on seven hits in seven innings. Santana outdueled St. Louis ace Chris Carpenter to earn his ninth win of the season but just his second in five June decisions. Santana put together one of only two scoreless outings this season against the Brewers in April, shutting them out over seven innings on five hits, recording seven strikeouts. Santana is 4-2 lifetime against the Brewers with a 3.13 ERA in 12 games, including eight starts. He is 1-1 with a 4.29 ERA in five appearances at Miller Park.
- Santana (9-5, 3.08), who goes for double-digit victories for the seventh straight season, takes the mound as New York tries to avoid its first five-game slide since June 5-10, 2008. In Thursday’s victory, the two-time Cy Young Award winner gave up two runs over seven innings. Santana, though, went 3-0 to four of the first 11 Cardinals he faced.
- Santana makes his second start against the Brewers in 2009. On April 18, the left-hander threw seven innings of five-hit ball in a 1-0 victory. Santana is 4-2 with a 2.96 ERA in eight career starts versus Milwaukee.
- David Wright snapped an 0-for-16 slide with an RBI double in the ninth inning and is batting .200 (3 for 15) versus the Brewers this season. Milwaukee is 10-15 all-time versus the Mets at Miller Park.
- Record: 0-1 Era: 3.72 K: 7 BB: 5 WHIP: 1.55
Brewers Notes:
- Burns took the loss in his first career Major League start, last Thursday, giving up four runs on six hits in 5 2/3 innings. After walking the first batter he faced, Burns held the Twins hitless through the first three innings but then gave up two runs on three hits in the fourth. Burns finished with three walks and three strikeouts on 90 pitches, including a 31-pitch fourth inning. Burns has pitched against the Mets once in his career, tossing two scoreless innings in relief while with the Reds in 2006.
- The Brewers give the ball to Mike Burns as they go for their first series win at home versus the Mets since May 12-14, 2006. Burns looks for his first major league victory in his second career start. After making 46 career relief appearances, Burns was called up from Triple-A Nashville to replace the injured Dave Bush (right triceps tear) last Thursday. Burns allowed four runs and six hits over 5 2-3 innings in a 6-4 loss to Minnesota.
- “When you fall behind 2-0, 3-0, you put yourself in a situation where you still have to try to make quality pitches, and I wasn’t doing that,” he told the team’s official Web site after walking three.
- Burns makes his second career appearance against the Mets. The right-hander pitched two scoreless innings in 2006 while with Cincinnati.
LETS GO METES HERE’S TO 500 BALL
METS*
I can’t even bring myself to do it in capital letters, so:
lgm
Sure would like to see a win tonight…..
LGM!
I said it last nght Santana should have been skipped
What is your point? We should lose every game?
no I was talking about not wasting his pitches on an obvious loss thinking that he would be himself and they wouldn’t score for him but seeing this they should have skipped him for his unjohan like performance
Wow. Wake me anytime, this nightmare is becoming unbearable.
Did Fernando Martinez really just freeze-slip-fall? Did Braun really just whack an 0-2 pitch from Johan like it was a BP pitch? Did Johan really just throw that ball into left? Did the Phils really just hit back-to-back homers against the Braves to take a 1 run lead? It can’t all be happening like that, can it?
Well Kingman, good night. I’m cashing in early, I can’t bear to see anymore.
Good night buddy…this is indeed far uglier than I could have imagined this year being….