Hopefully the Mets will able to put last night behind them and forget about it as they sent he energy man, one of the most exciting players to watch in baseball, Pedro Martinez. The Giants will the recently good Barry Zito on the mound.
The Mets get the honor of playing a Barry Zito on a hot stretch in 2008. In the past two games he has a win over 12.1 innings and an ERA of 2.92. Overall on the season, Zito has pitched 11 games with a record of 1-8 over 57 innings and has an ERA of 5.53. He was very good against the Mets in 2007 getting two wins in as many games while walking 2 and striking out 12, posting and ERA of 2.08 over 13 innings. The Mets hitters haven't faired well against him:
Beltran 6-32, 2B, .188
Delgado 4-19, 2B, 9 K
Wright 2-6
Reyes 1-6, 2B
These numbers are really not pleasant. Hopefully Beltran will be able to channel the past weekend to tonight and lets hope Reyes will continue to swing the bat well.
Pedro! Pedro! Pedro! If he is effective tonight, and if he stays healthy, hopefully that plus a combination of the intangibles he provides will jump start this Mets team. He really hasn't played the Giants in recent years but here are some stats of Giant players against Pedro!
Vizquel 12-42, 2B
Durham 4-24, HR, .162 BA
Molina 2-16
Aurilia 1-8
If he can replicate these numbers tonight and we could be in for a low scoring game tonight.
Lets Go Mets!
