IGT 04/18, Brew Crew at Metropolitans

[Guest Edgy DC]

OK, now add to it.

[Frayed Knot]

Nice Putz of an inning.


Pirates thumped the Braves.
Nats put up a 5-spot in the 1st on Josh Johnson and the Marlins (Austin Kearns GS) and are holding on to a 6-3 lead in the 8th.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I know he's likely already in the clubhouse, but I"d stick with Putz here.

[Guest Kong76]

Nah, whatever happens I like the 8, 9 thing and wanna stick with it.

[Guest Kong76]

Strike 'em out, throw 'em out .... bing, bang, kaboom.

[metirish]

Kong76 wrote: Strike 'em out, throw 'em out .... bing, bang, kaboom.

Don't see that often to end the game , that was great.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Brilly.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

I'm loving Putz!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Terrific finish, men.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Santana was one error away (Murph's) from leading the Majors in each of the triple crown pitching stats.

[ashie62]

Awesome!! Better than the 14 Indian runs in the 2nd against MFYS

[G-Fafif]

An afternoon at Citi Field is pretty damn near flawless when it's Johan to J.J. to Frankie.

[G-Fafif]

George Carlin on how Johan games differ from other Mets games here.

[MFS62]

This just in:

The Food and Drug Administration has asked Santana to wear a new patch on his sleeve. It says:

WARNING: Hitting against this pitcher may be hazardous to a batter's OBS.

Later

[batmagadanleadoff]

From the AP:

]NEW YORK -- Johan Santana looked perfectly at home in a ballpark built with him in mind. He looked downright indignant when asked whether he planned to give up any runs this season. "No," the two-time Cy Young Award winner replied, shrugging his shoulders. Santana breezed effortlessly through seven innings in his first start at Citi Field, and the New York Mets took advantage of a key error to scratch out the only run they needed in a 1-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday. A hard-luck loser so often his first season-plus in New York, Santana (2-1) allowed five hits and struck out seven without issuing a walk. He never allowed a Brewers baserunner past first. "The thing that amazes me is it appears people know it's coming -- they know it's coming," said Mets manager Jerry Manuel. "He is able to execute and locate the fastball to where you get a good swing on it in this park, you hit it to the big part of the park." Santana was coming off a sharp performance against the Florida Marlins in which both runs were unearned in a 2-1 loss. He's allowed only one earned run in his first 19 2/3 innings, and hasn't allowed more than three earned runs in a start since last July 17. All those stellar outings haven't always led to wins, though. This was the fourth straight game that the Mets failed to score more than two runs for him. "Even though we're not scoring that many runs, we're playing good baseball," Santana said. "We're taking advantage of the mistakes that they make and that was the difference."

[Elster88]

I wish he had gone 25-0 this season. Not really sure why but I'd like it if he won the Cy Young. He would've won it last year and should've if the voters didn't overrate wins.