Sunday, July 10, 2005
Speedy Petey
Pedro Fans Nine, Wins Tenth in Victory Over Pirates
The first half of this 2005 season has been mildly disappointing in Queens, but none of the blame can be assessed to Pedro Martinez. He dominated again today, going 7 innings in reaching double digits in wins for the twelth time in thirteen seasons dating back to 1993.
Pedro stands at 10-3, but it easily could be even better; the Mets bullpen has blown three wins for Martinez. He has gone seven innings or more in 14 of 18 starts, and has gone at least six in all appearances for the Mets.
Carlos Beltran has been a major disappointment in 80% of games, but when Pedro pitches, he's been stellar. He continued that trend today with his ninth home run in 18 Pedro starts.
So the Mets finish the first half at 44-44. They play like a .500 team, and right now, the record reflects that. Something tells me the record come October 3rd will be 81-81.
Yankees, Orioles Tighten AL East Race
Baltimore beat Boston today, 4-1, and the Yankees won for the seventh time in eight games by rolling over Cleveland, 9-4. The O's stand in second place and 2 games back, and the Yanks are 2.5 games behind Boston going into next week's series at Fenway.
In other words, the Empire is too close for comfort. If they take 3 of 4, they draw even with Boston in the loss column.
I'm sure Bill Mueller has something to say about that. He did last year in the midsummer series in Boston:
From July 24, 2004. I can't wait for Thursday.
The Globe: Schilling Makes Quick Work of Outing
That's good news. Some reports say he will return for the series against New York. Talk about Baptism by fire.
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First half MLB awards coming later today or tomorrow.
The first half of this 2005 season has been mildly disappointing in Queens, but none of the blame can be assessed to Pedro Martinez. He dominated again today, going 7 innings in reaching double digits in wins for the twelth time in thirteen seasons dating back to 1993.
Pedro stands at 10-3, but it easily could be even better; the Mets bullpen has blown three wins for Martinez. He has gone seven innings or more in 14 of 18 starts, and has gone at least six in all appearances for the Mets.
Carlos Beltran has been a major disappointment in 80% of games, but when Pedro pitches, he's been stellar. He continued that trend today with his ninth home run in 18 Pedro starts.
So the Mets finish the first half at 44-44. They play like a .500 team, and right now, the record reflects that. Something tells me the record come October 3rd will be 81-81.
Yankees, Orioles Tighten AL East Race
Baltimore beat Boston today, 4-1, and the Yankees won for the seventh time in eight games by rolling over Cleveland, 9-4. The O's stand in second place and 2 games back, and the Yanks are 2.5 games behind Boston going into next week's series at Fenway.
In other words, the Empire is too close for comfort. If they take 3 of 4, they draw even with Boston in the loss column.
I'm sure Bill Mueller has something to say about that. He did last year in the midsummer series in Boston:
From July 24, 2004. I can't wait for Thursday.
The Globe: Schilling Makes Quick Work of Outing
That's good news. Some reports say he will return for the series against New York. Talk about Baptism by fire.
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First half MLB awards coming later today or tomorrow.
# posted by Dave @ 6:38 PM 
