After getting a little bit of sleep following last nights marathon, the Mets are in Philly this weekend where they will…well, play the Phillies. Maybe grab a cheesesteak, meet Ben Franklin…there’s really not much to do there aside from play the Phillies.
Johan Santana will pitch for New York. Johan is 1-2, 3.05 ERA. He’s done better work on the road (hint: stop booing him at home), going seven full innings in both road outings. In his sole game against the Phils, he pitched 4 and 2/3 innings giving up one run on two hits. He faces Cole Hamels, who’s kind of doing good right now. Just a heads up there. He won his last two starts, giving up just one run over 14 innings. His sole loss was in a 1-0 game, in which he surrendered the sole run, but lasted a full eight. Cole has a 2.77 ERA in four starts against the Mets, striking out 26 Met batters while giving up 5 Met homeruns.
Lineup:
- SS Reyes
- RF Church
- 3B Wright
- CF Beltran
- 1B Delgado
- LF Pagan
- C Schneider
- 2B Castillo
- P Johan Santana
Beltran (neck) and Scnheider both return to the lineup tonight, which will feature all the regulars despite last nights never ending story. Jose hits .331 at CBP and 317 against the Phils in general, so lets see if the return of happy Jose plus the return to CBP equals success. He’s hitting .296 going into the game, mostly do to having gone 8-15 against the Nats. David Wright however…has just one hit in 11 at bats against Cole Hamels, with a meager .242 average against the Phillies. On the plus side, 14 of his 101 career homeruns were against Philly, which considering he has less than 60 hits against them, is pretty good.
Game time is 7:05. Listen to it on WFAN. Watch it on the CW. Picture it in your mind. Talk about talk about it talk about it talk about moving…to the hot foot bleachers where as always you can join other Met fans to discuss the game, Mets baseball, and if its ok to hug Manny Acta.
