The Mets pounded Michigan today with a score of 18-7. However, Michigan scored 5 runs in .1 innings against Mets fifth starter hopeful Redding, who was supposed to be one of more experienced pitchers going against Michigan today. The Good and the Bad here are pretty straight foward with the bad pretty much all falling on Redding. For the good, I had to be more selective then usual with the Mets bats scoring 18 runs. Here are some Box Highlights:
The Good:
Anderson 2-4, 2R, 2 RBI, HR
Kielty 2-4, 2R, 3 RBI, 2BB
Mackowiack 2-4, 4R, 2H, 2B, HR, 6 RBI, 2BB, SB
Garcia (SS) 3-5, 2R, BB, SB
Garcia (P) Win, 2.0 IP, 3H, K
Green 1.0 IP, 0H, 0R
Villon .2 IP, 0H, 0R
Robertson 2.0 IP, 3K
The Bad: Redding .1 IP, 5H, 5 ER, K, 2HR
What a performance today by Mackowiack. He really went to town today with those numbers. Also on the bench battle Anderson continued to perform well and Kielty had another great day. The deicision of who will make the bench is becoming more difficult while our bench hopefuls are all performing at a high level. Garcia finally had a good start, but it was against Michigan so he is going to need some more good starts to prove he deserves the spot.
Redding, on the other hand, finally got the ball today and he just blew it. He really stunk. He was about to be in the lead by default with the struggles of Hernandez and Garcia, but he went out there today, with the job to lose, and he just did terrible. He has to perform well in his next start to get this spot. The battle for this fifth spot is starting to worry me, and as Pedro does well, I am starting to lean to bringing back Pedro (with the intention of having to move him around to the minors if necessary if other pitchers start to perform).
