Since the road game with Baltimore ended before the home game with Florida, it is safe to say that the Mets had a 7 game winning streak, mostly by their B team, which was then broken by A team with a 12-4 loss to the Marlins. (The B-squad beat the Orioles 4-1). That being said, the Spring Record, which does mean nothing but is fun to look at, is now at 7-4, after starting 0-3.
Lets start with the road game:
There has been a lot of articles and news about trading Sosa, I have never been for this because lets say El Duque cannot pitch for one reason or another, and Pelfrey starts to really struggle again, Sosa makes a great substituted into the rotation, and he is good in the pen as well, that being said here are some stat lines for today.
Niese 2.0, 3H, ER, 2K, 2.25 ERA
Sosa 3.0, 3H, BB, K, 0.00 ERA
FMart 2-3, R, .333 BA
Lucas (3B) 2-4, R, .429 BA
Anderson, 0-2, BB, 2K
And now the Home game:
Reyes 0-4
Clark 0-5
Church 2-2
Chavez 1-3, R
Easley 1-4, R, 2RBI, HR
Schnieder, 1-2, R, RBI, HR
A Reyes, 2-4, R, RBI, HR
Pelfrey 3.1, 7H, 7 ER, 4 BB, 3K, HR
Schoenewies 1.2, 2H, 3K, 1.80 ERA
Sanchez, 1.0, BB, K
Stokes, 1.0, H, K
Register .2, 5H, 3ER, K, HR, 5.79 ERA
So there are some statistical highlights from the two games yesterday and there is a lot to point out. The first is that Pelfrey had a scoreless 2.0 innings to start the game, and then allowed 4 runs in the third inning, came back in the fourth, and allowed 3 runs then. Register also self-destructed yesterday. Register's destruction is more damaging to his hopes for making the major league club because there has been a lot of good pitching for people trying to make the pen, and this one bad day for him drops him way down the list, because he was an outsider looking into the MLB before spring training started.
There was a large amount of Mets making comebacks from injury yesterday as well. Marlon Anderson struggled in his first day back while Church had a good day at the plate with 2 singles in 2 AB, Chavez came back strong going 1-3, Easley had one hit in 4 AB, but it was a homer and Schnider had a good game too with his homer.
In fact, before Friday, Gotay was the only Met to hit a homerun this Spring. Then there were 2 on Friday, and three on Saturday. (And as I was writing this, Jose Reyes hit one today), so welcome back power.
We are heading towards the end as starters go longer, and that door into the bullpen is closing.
