Monday, August 30, 2010

Beating a dead horse...

Here are a couple fun facts from the Mets' 3-3 homestand last week:

1. The Mets won their fifth walk-off game on Tuesday night. They were down 5-4 until Carlos Beltran tied the game in the bottom of the 8th. Castillo knocked in Ike Davis in the bottom of the 9th for the win. This win lifted the Mets to 2-47 when trailing after seven innings. That stat is staggering to me.

2. The Mets have been within 1 game of a .500 record for the last 26 games. They haven't won 3 straight since June 18th.

3. In 28 starts, Johan Santana has been scored on in the first inning eight times - a total of 25 runs. His ERA in the first is 8.04, opponents are hitting .317 against him and 38.5% of the runs he's given up overall have come in the first frame. In the other eight innings, his ERA is 2.17. Also, the Mets are 2-11 when Johan gives up more than 1 run. I guess you can't feel too bad for a guy who will collect $77.5 M over the next 4 years.

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