From today’s Mets pre-game notes. Please note that any sloppy punctuation or formatting is my faulkt – cutting and pasting a PDF
25 YEARS AGO: The Mets will celebrate the 25th Anniversary of their 1986 World Series championship throughout the 2011 season. The Mets defeated the Red Sox in a dramatic seven game series…Mets first base coach Mookie Wilson will forever be remembered for his Game Six World Series at-bat
LHP JONATHON NIESE: Is set to make hissecond spring start…In his first appearance,Niese tossed 3.0 shutout frames, allowing two hits with two walks and two strikeouts in a no-decision vs. Washington on March1…Niese finished 2010 with a 9-10 record and a 4.20 ERA (81 earned runs/173.2 innings) in 30 games, all startsLed all rookies in strikeouts and finished…tied for sixth in wins…Threw the 34th one hitter in franchise history on June 10 at CitiField, beating the Padres, 3-0 in Game Two of a doubleheader…Retired a franchise record 21 straight to close out the win and did not allow any baserunners other thanChris Denorfia, who doubled in the thirdinning…Became the ninth Mets rookie to make at least 30 starts in a season and thefirst since Jae Seo in 2003…Did not allow astolen base (four caught stealings) to leadthe major leagues among pitchers with a tleast 105.0 innings pitched.
WHO’S HOT: FERNANDO MARTINEZleads the Mets with 12 total bases thisspring…Martinez is batting .500 (7-14) withfour RBI…JOSE REYES is hitting .300 (3-10) with two runs scored in four gamesNew York’s pitching staff has combined to…post a 3.89 ERA this spring…The staff hasallowed 30 earned runs in 70.0 innings ofwork.
MATT HARVEY: Righthanded pitcher MattHarvey, the Mets 2010 first round pick,tossed a scoreless inning yesterday with twostrikeouts vs. Team Italy as the Mets minorleaguers won, 8-1.WHO’S HOT: FERNANDO MARTINEZleads the Mets with 12 total bases thisspring…Martinez is batting .500 (7-14) withfour RBI…JOSE REYES is hitting .300 (3-10) with two runs scored in four gamesNew York’s pitching staff has combined to…post a 3.89 ERA this spring…The staff ha sallowed 30 earned runs in 70.0 innings of work
TODAY VS. VS. BOSTON1:10 P.M. AT PORT ST. LUCIE
RED SOX: Michael Bowden (RHP), HidekiOkajima (LHP), Andrew Miller (LHP), Rich Hill(RHP)
METS: Jonathon Niese (LHP), Armando Rodriguez (RHP), Francisco Rodriguez (RHP),Taylor Tankersley (LHP), Ryota Igarashi (RHP),John Lujan (RHP), Boof Bonser (RHP)
MONDAY, MARCH 7 VS. DETROIT1:10 P.M. AT PORT ST. LUCIE
TIGERS: Brad Penny (RHP), Adam Wilk (LHP),Chris Oxspring (RHP), Alberto Alburquerque(RHP), Lester Oliveros (RHP), Brendan Wise(RHP), Braya Villarreal (RHP), Jose Ortega(RHP)
METS: R.A. Dickey (RHP), Bobby Parnell(RHP), Ryota Igarashi (RHP), Jason Isringhausen (RHP), Mike O’Connor (LHP), TimByrdak (RHP)
TUESDAY, MARCH 8 VS. WASHINGTON1:10 P.M. AT PORT ST. LUCIE
NATIONALS: Jordan Zimmermann (RHP),Brian Broderick (RHP), Sean Burnett (LHP),Atahualpa Serverino (LHP), Luis Atilano (RHP)METS: Chris Capuano (LHP), Mike O’Connor(LHP), D.J. Carrasco (RHP), Taylor Tankersley(RHP), Blaine Boyer (RHP), Jason Isringhausen (RHP), Tim Byrdak (LHP)TUESDAY, MARCH 8 VS. HOUSTON1:05 P.M. AT KISSIMMEE
METS: Oliver Perez (LHP), Pat Misch (LHP),Taylor Buchholz (RHP), Armando Rodriguez(RHP), Pedro Beato (RHP), Bobby Parnell(RHP), Ryota Igarashi (RHP), Manny Alvarez(RHP)ASTROS: Nelson Figueroa (RHP), WiltonLopez (RHP), Mark Melancon (RHP), CaseyFien (RHP), Cesar Carillo (RHP), Douglas Arguello (LHP), Sergio Escalona (LHP)
