After yesterday's terribly pitched game, a great way to feel better would be to have some good pitching. Well that wasn't in the plan tonight. Mets starters in the Spring Training game struggled and in the WBC games today. Aside from a few good batting performances, and some nice relief by O'day and Sanchez, today was tough to watch for Mets fans out there as the Mets dropped a game against the Nationals. Here are some box “highlights”:
The Good
Tatis 1-3, R, RBI, HR
Castro 1.2, R, HR, 3RBI
Valentine 1-3, R
O'day 1.1 IP, H, 0ER
Sanchez 1.0 IP, 0 ER
The Bad
Pelfrey 3.0 IP, 5H, 3 ER, BB, 3K
Hernandez 2.2 IP, 5H, 3 ER, 3BB, K
Evans 0-4, 2K
Church 0-3, K
Murphy 0-4
Castro and Tatis both had nice days at the plate. Castro keeps proving that we should keep him behind the plate. That he can be the offensive spark off the bench too late in games if needed. Its nice to have that in a catcher, especially for day games after night games when all teams usually have backups in, he could do some reall damage in those B-squad games. Sanchez has also started to perform well, especially after those trade rumors about him possibly being cut, lets hope he keeps this up for the season.
This really starting to get frustrating with the Mets last spot in the rotation. Garcia has failed and it looked like if Hernandez stepped it up again today, he could lead the pack. Well, instead he failed. He got lit up in under three innings of work and had really poor control. Pelfrey also got lit up today. It was just frustrating to follow. It was even worse from the plate side. Murphy and Church, both supposed to be starters, went a combined 0-7 today and Evans didn't help with his 0-4 with two strikeouts. Lets hope tomorrow is better.
