Due to the rain-out last night, the previews for todays games are a little mixed up. In the first game at 1:10, Belisle, who was the pitcher for the Reds last night will be pitching, however, the Mets are staying with Santana in the 1:10 slot. Then in the second game, Arroyo, who was supposed to in the early afternoon game, will be pitching the night cap. Pelfrey was supposed to take the mound last night, and instead he will go Saturday night.
That being said, if you want to read about the Reds vs Pelfrey and the Mets vs Belisle, please refer to yesterday's post. This post will deal with Arroyo vs the Mets and Santana vs the Reds.
Arroyo has had a pretty tough year for the Reds. He has pitched in 7 games, 32.1 innings, to the tune of a 1-4 record and an 8.63 ERA. Last year he pitched against the Mets once, taking the loss in 7 innings allowing 3 runs, a walk and striking out three. The following Mets have these stats against him. They are not that pretty:
Delgado 3-16, HR
Alou 2-14, HR
Reyes 4-11, 2 2B, HR
Beltran 1-11
Wright 2-10
Since Arroyo is pitching in the night cap, I would expect that if wants to put in a B-squad, that will be the game. The starters do not have great numbers against Arroyo, and this way, the team will be ready for Sunday's game vs Cueto.
Santana has not pitched against the Reds since 2001. Because of the time difference, his stats in that game do not really apply here. Anyway, the past two starts, he has been denied wins thanks to the bullpen. Hopefully the offense in the 1:10 game can get Santana a victory. Current Reds have these stats against Santana:
Keppinger 0-6
Phillips 1-6
Patterson 3-6, 2B, HR
Griffey 0-3
I have always like Keppinger when he was with the Mets, and I do not know why. I doubt many in the crowd will remeber his short Mets days. I was at a game in 2003 where he hit either his 2nd or 3rd homer of the game. It was in the ninth inning, and it made the score 10-2 Dodgers (Ventura on the Dodgers had a Grand Slam in that game).
