Game 1 is in the books, and it is some what fitting that it ended in a tie. Well actually, I'm not sure why that is fitting. Anyway, today was the first “game” for both Manager Terry Collins and Freddy Gonzalez, and it was some what strange not seeing Bobby in the other dugout. For the story lines today, we should start with Mejia, who although he had to throw 42 pitches, threw two good innings and showed some maturity on his curveball. He will continue to be a player to watch in AAA. The other pitcher the Mets wanted to get a look at was Pedro Beato who had a small mistake (a homer to Hinske) but besides that looked great and remains to be a player for the pen.
Another battle that we saw a small preview for today was second base. Castillo didn't look great but he didn't look bad. He had a single. He then hit into a ground ball double play. He also turned a good double play, and it may be questionable if Emaus/Murphy would have been able to. Murphy had one plate appearance in this game, which he drew a walk and then was pulled for Willie Harris to pinch run. Oh, speaking of Willie Harris, after hitting a homer in yesterday's Intrasquad game, he did it again today, this time a two run shot. F-Mart did the same, which was nice to see.
Anyway, the Good:
Valdespin 1-3, 2B, RBI
Hairston 1-2, 2B, R
Harris 1-1, HR, 2 RBI
F-Mart 1-2, HR, 2 RBI
Mejia 2.0 IP, H, R, 0 ER, BB, 3 K
Bucholz 2.0 IP, 2 H, 3 K
And The Bad:
Lutz 0-2, BB, 2 K
Nickeas 0-3, K
Duda 0-3, 7 LOB
