Since there have been five games since the last time I updated game reviews, I decided to break it down, partially because Saturday and Sunday's games were depressing. Saturday, the game ended early due to rain in Winterhaven I believe, where the Indians play.
Beltran 1-3, R, RBI, HR
Easley 2-3
Perez 5.0, 7H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 4 HR
Smith 1.0, 2H
Figueroa 1.0, BB, 3.14 ERA
Positive notes about Perez's performance is that he did strike out 6 or three batters for every one that he walked. Bad news about his day is that he gave up a lot of homers. It was a shaky day for him and he couldn't seem to get his pitching back on track. Figueroa had a nice outing though and Beltran hit a no doubt homer for his first of the Spring. Really, when it left his bat, there was no doubt, it flew out of the park.
Sunday was an ugly, ugly, ugly game for the Mets. Their pitching has been really strong in Spring, but El Duque and Pelfrey struggled.
Delgado 1-1, R, 2B
Reyes 2-3, R, RBI, 2B
El Duque 3.0, 5 ER, 2 BB, K, HR
Pelfrey 4.1, 8 ER, BB, K, HR
The final score in the game was Cards 14, Mets 4. The problem with Pelfrey seems to be beyond him getting outs after one time thru the rotation, its developing into a game control problem. As soon as the game gets a little out of hand, he cannot stop the damage, it just piles up on itself. The ninth inning of that game was a good example where 6 of his runs came in. He got only one out that inning.
Monday was the farthest thing from that game. The Mets beat the Orioles 1-0 on an amazing outing from John Maine. In total, there were 5 hits in the game, 3 coming from the Mets.
Castillo 2-3, 2B, RBI
Maine 6.0, H, BB, 7K, 1.78 ERA
Smith 1.2, BB, 2 K
Maine was lights out putting up 7 Strikeouts. I thought it was also a very good sign that Smith didn't give up any runs over 1.2 innings, Smith is not a person that I usually associate more than 1 inning from the bullpen with. I usually think of him as a specialist.
Complete Box Scores
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