One game in Citi Field, one win in Citi Field. Too bad it's not the regular season.
On The Mound
Livan Hernandez made the start for the Mets in their first game at Citi Field. Over three innings, Hernandez only surrendered one hit. He walked two and struck out three. He finished spring training with a 2.55 ERA.
If he can duplicate that in the regular season, I'll kiss his feet.
Six pitchers later, the Mets closed up a 4-3 victory. Sean Green allowed one run and Bobby Parnell threw a scoreless inning. Green let up two hits and Parnell one. Each tallied one strikeout. Pedro Feliciano pitched 2-3 of an inning (because of the rain delay), not allowing a hit. Brian Stokes relieved him for 1 1-3 innings (rain delay) allowing two hits and one earned run.
Hello, middle relief.
From there, J.J. Putz and Francisco Rodriguez handled the duty. Putz did allow one run on two hits, but there were some follies in the field to help the Sox score that run. K-Rod looked downright nast at the plate tonight, striking out one.
Both looked absolutely awesome. All Mets fans should be very, very excited about this tandem.
At The Plate
The middle of the order got things done tonight for the Mets.
The Mets got RBIs from Carlos Beltran, Fernando Tatis, Alex Cora and Bobby Kielty.
Tatis went 2-3 on the night, picking up the Mets only extra base hit, a double. Tatis also stole a base, along with Beltran. Daniel Murphy, though, was caught stealing.
Timely hitting by the Mets. Singling when needed, moving runners over. This is what I like to see. The team did leave 12 runners on base. Not so good.
On Deck
Mets vs. Red Sox, tomorrow, 1:10 p.m. game. The game will be on WPIX.
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