While the Mets seem to have some concern with the way that John Maine is pitching which prompted a 10 min conversation between Mets positive spin manager Jerry Manuel and Omar Minaya, Johan Santana had no issues in his start today against the Braves.
Johan pitched 70+ pitches in 5 innings and struck out 7 and walked 2. He gave up a home run to Matt Diaz in his last inning . A solo shot and 1 other single in the 5th which were the only hits he gave up in the 5 innings he pitched today.
Watching Johan pitch you could just tell that he was already places his pitches exactly where he wanted to. The home run to Diaz was a high fastball that launched over the left field fence.
Johan had his breaking pitches dropping off the table and except for the 2 walks he gave up on 3-2 pitches Johan seemed to have most of the Braves looking fooled. In one at bat he was able to place a 3rd strike to a lefty,forgive me I don't remember who it was, right on the black of the left side of the plate. This guy is just exciting to watch. He even had a chance to field a bunt flawlessly.
If opening day was this week Johan looks ready to start. Maybe he just needs 1 more start to see his pitch count climb to 85 just to show that he can go is typical 7-8 innings he will be going in most starts in 09.
The Mets beat the Braves by the same score of there loss yesterday 12-1. Jeremy Reed who was a late addition since Beltran was scratched, had 4 hits as the Mets pummeled the Braves bullpen. Reed had 4 hits in the game has the Mets scored 9 times in the 7th inning. Only if it counted!
The Mets have a intersquad game tomorrow with Freddy Garcia pitching against Livan Hernandez.
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