Game 1 – Game time: 8:40 pm
John Maine, RHP (0-0, 7.20) ______ vs. 
Greg Smith, LHP (0-1, 9.00)
Game 2 – Game time: 8:40 pm
Jon Niese, LHP (0-1, 4.50)__________vs. Aaron Cook, RHP (0-1, 6.75)
Game 3 – Game time: 3:40 pm
Mike Pelfrey, RHP (1-0, 3.00) _______vs. Jorge De La Rosa, LHP (1-0, 0.00)
The Mets take on the Washington Nationals today for the rubber game of the weekend series at Citi Field. Game time is 1:10 pm on SNY.
LHP Johan Santana (1-0) makes his second start of the season opposing former-Met Livan Hernandez.
The lineup:
1. SS – Jose Reyes
2. 2B – Alex Cora
3. 3B – David Wright
4. LF - Jason Bay
5. 1B – Mike Jacobs
6. RF – Jeff Francoeur
7. CF - Gary Matthews Jr.
8. C – Rod Barajas
According to Adam Rubin of ESPNNewYork, Green has been “dealing with a tear in the rib-cage area.” He has one appearance so far this season in which he allowed a home run to Dan Uggla.
Valdes had a 2.06 ERA in six Grapefruit League appearances, allowing one run and three hits while striking out four in 4 1/3 innings.
The Mets take on the Nationals for game-2 of the 3-game series today at Citi Field. First pitch is at 1:10 pm on SNY.
LHP Oliver Perez makes his first start of the season vs. Nats ace John Lannan.
The Lineup:
1. SS – Jose Reyes
2. 2B – Alex Cora
3. 3B – David Wright
4. LF – Jason Bay
5. RF – Jeff Francoeur
6. CF – Gary Matthews Jr.
7. 1B – Fernando Tatis
8. C - Henry Blanco
Notes:
- JOSE, JOSE, JOSE, JOSEEEEEEEE is back!
- Luis Castillo is still out with that calf issue. Whatever.
- Rookie Ruben Tejada was sent back to AAA in order to clear room for Jose Reyes on the roster. He got hit first major-league hit last night and played super solid defense at short.
- Ike Davis has started off his season at AAA on fire. After going 3-4 with 2 doubles on the Bisons’ opening night, Ike went 1-3 with a home run and a run scored in last night’s win over the Scranton Yankees. For the year he’s 4-7. Watch out JaKobs.
The NY Mets take on the Washington Nationals today at Citi Field. Game time is 7:10 pm on SNY
RHP Mike Pelfrey will be taking on RHP Garrett Mock.
Lineup:
1. CF – Angel Pagan
2. 2B – Alex Cora
3. 3B – David Wright
4. LF – Jason Bay
5. 1B – Mike Jacobs
6. RF – Jeff Francoeur
7. C - Rod Barajas
8. SS – Ruben Tejada
In other BIG news; Jose Reyes is in the clubhouse today and should be making his first major league start in just about a year. Boy, I can’t wait to see Reyes in this lineup once again.
Adam Rubin is reporting that the Phillies have claimed P Nelson Figueroa off waivers from the Mets.
Nelson Figueroa, 36 – a lifelong Mets fan, had a stellar spring and did everything the Mets could have possibly asked yet he still did not make the team. The guy is a class act and was willing to take on any role the Mets were willing to give him. He has a rubber arm and his flexibility allows him to pitch in the pen and then the very next day spot start and vice-versa; instead, the Mets cut him.
It’s a shame, I wish Figgy the best of luck with the Phils where due to injuries, he will surely have a spot on the 25 man roster and pitch a lot.
Mets crushed the Fish today 7-1 behind Johan Santana and giving Josh Johnson his first loss against the Mets – AT LAST!
Johan Santana: 6 IP – 4 H – 1 R(ER) – 2 BB – 5 K’s – 103 Pitches - 1.50 ERA
Fernando Nieve: 2 IP – 0 R – 2 K’s – 0.00 ERA
Frankie Rodriguez: 1 IP – 0 R – 0 K’s – 0.00 ERA
Notes:
- David Wright in his 1st at-bat of the season smacked an opposite field 2-run homer. He went 1-3 with a walk.
- Jason Bay had a triple; Jeff Francoeur(2RBI) Rod Barajas and Gary Matthews(1RBI) each had doubles.
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