Marlins at Mets 3/11

[Guest iramets]

Glavine gives up his first run of the spring on a single to right, on which Green heaves up an amazing(ly bad) heave home. If he were in a dome, that throw might have banked off the roof on the way. Put another way, if the cutoff guy were 35 foot and six inches, no way he could jumped high enough to nab it, as the batter got to second easy and the runner at the plate was safe by a mile anyway. WTG, Green.

1-0 Marlins.

Now it's 2-0 as Valentin messes up a popup with his back to the infield.

3-0 as Green handles another single to right a little better--still misses the runner at the plate, plus lets the runner on second advance to third.

4-0 as Beltran's throw to the plate just misses the runner on third. Of course, that runner (Castro) wouldn't have BEEN on third if Green had hit the cutoff guy on the previous play. The batter advanced to second on Beltran's throw btw.

Bottom of the the third, down 4-0, and the Mets outfielders don't look sharp defensively.

[Guest iramets]

Offensively, not so weak, however--Beltran belts one to right, a 2-run jack. 4-2.

[Guest iramets]

Between innings, btw, Rickey noted that he was giving basestealing advice to "Miller." I think he said "Miller"--I don't speak Rickey.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Last spring, I noted that if Henderson could impart Jose Reyes 10% of what he knows about being a leadoff hitter, it would be a wonderful thing.

If he can download a similar amount of knowledge into Lastings Milledge's head, Lastings shouldn't care a whit if Rickey calls him Pooh Bear.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Petit going against the Mets.

Better news in Lakeland, where the B team (augmented by guys from the minor league camp) is winning 3-1. Sele gave up the lone run in 3.1 innings. The fourth was closed out by somebody named Moldonato.

Fernand Martinez, who technically has already been farmed out, got picked off by Mike Maroth.

Juan Padilla is set to begin his comeback against Florida.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Kablammo for Wright.

Ka-blam-mo!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Padilla gave up a hit and a walk, but fanned two in a single scoreless inning. Then the Mets tie it up.

Schoeneweis gives up a leadoff double but pitches out of trouble with help from a diving backhand stop by Valentin.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Reyes singles on an infield grounder.

Reyes steals second.

Reyes goes to third on a throwing error.

Wright walks.

Beltran drives him in on a GiDP.

The Mets take the lead.

[Guest Edgy DC]

The B-team is in the ninth, up 4-2. Sosa went four innings giving up one run. Mike Carp is 3-3 with a walk.

Lus Nieves (who?), is in the game at second. In fact, a peck of minor leaguers augmenting the split squad have entered the game, and nobody in the infield has a name on their uniform.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Andy Tracy at first.

Luis Nieves at second.

Mark Kiger at third.

Jose Castro at short.

In other words, Who, What, I Don't Know, and I Don't Give a Damn. A lot not scheduled to debut above A.

Nieves error allows the tying run in for Florida. Smith gets a scoreless ninth with two strikeouts. Henry Owens throwing his second for Florida.

Sierra grounds for the first out.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Castro (probably headed to St. Lucie) gets a hit with two out.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Tenth and last inning as Paulk comes on for the Mets.

Number 90 and no name.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Survives a leadoff (P)walk and gets our of it with a nice stop for the last out.

Last chance for the Mets (and these are the C-Mets at this point).

Nieves, Tracy, Newhan, and Mendez up.

Looks like both teams have enough pitching to go another inning if the Mets don't win it here.

Win it here, Mets.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Didn't. We're in a rare spring 11-inning game. Brandon Nall on for the Mets. Some guy named De Aza reaches and steals second. But Nall and DiFelice save the day with a strike-'em-out-throw-'em-out at third.

Mendez-Endy-DiFelice-Castro-Kiger coming for the Mets.

Mark Kiger, Florida Gator:

[Guest KC]

Hopefully they'll throw up their hands soon and call it quits ... I got stuff to do.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Cool. Hendeson is teaching Newhan houw to get a jump in the dugout.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Di Felice fans with Endy on third.

Everybody kiss your sister, because we have a tie.

[Frayed Knot]

The split squad beat Detroit 4-2

- 3 more hits for Carp

- also 3 for Fernando Martinez

- And, the one thing that even might have an influence on this year's squad: Aaron Sele: 3-1/3 IPs, 1 run, 5 hits