Game 1 Mets 1 Phillies 0 The Johan Show continues. A masterful 7 inning, 3 hit, O run, 10 K performance. Don’t mess with the Johan. (sidebar: “Don’t Mess with the Zohan” was one of the most horrible pieces of cinematic crap ever put to film. Even my 10 yr old nephew turned it off. Couldn’t take it.) Santana was matched pitch for pitch by Chan Ho Park, who tossed 6 scoreless. Wasn’t it me who stated last week that Park looked like he should have retired four years ago? It’s amazing what a little motivation will do for you as Park had been told this may well be his last appearance unless he looked better. VOILA!! Transformed into Chan Ho Park circa 2000. ( He was 18-10 with LA that year for you noobs )
My husband said to me as it was scoreless into the sixth ..”don’t you feel as if the Mets will do something dumb in the field to cost them the game?” HA! WRONG! For it was the Phils who made the crucial mistake. With Carlos Delgado on first via a walk, Fernando Tatis pinch hit for Jeremy Reed. Durbin, now pitching for Philly, broke Tatis’ bat resulting in a slow roller down third. Pedro Feliz scooped it up and tried to throw on the run. Uh..bad job. The throw was so wide of first that Elastic Man from the Fantastic 4 couldn’t have made the play. Delgado kept running as the throw rolled into right field. As Delgado rounded third, Jayson Werth picked up the errant throw and promptly had brain freeze. Werth held the ball, triple pumped and finally let go as Delgado scored the only run of the game.
You know, you hear guys are good all the time but until you see them everyday, you don’t realize just HOW good they really are. And that’s the story with Santana. This guy is the GOODS. I would find it hard to believe that Halladay is better. A great pitcher, no doubt, but better? No way! Against Santana, batters are hitting, I believe, .048 with runners in scoring position that is 1 for 21; he really bears down with runners on and THAT is what makes a great pitcher.
