Pirates 2 Mets 1
Yet again the Mets waste an exceptional effort by ace Johan Santana, as the temporarily formidable offense turned back to feeble.
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After a travel day on Monday, the Mets make their way back to Flushing to host the Marlins at 7:05 pm on Tuesday. R.A. Dickey faces Josh Johnson.
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During today’s broadcast, they showed a graphic that stated this season, Johan Santana is 1-7 in games that he give up more than 1 run. At the time, the Mets were winning 1-0.
And I thought, at least today, he might be able to get away with giving up two runs.
Nope, he is now 1-8 in those situations.