Mets win yesterday lose 2 games today

The New York Mets defeated the Detroit Tigers yesterday by the score of 9-1. Oliver Perez pitched 4 shutout innings which is a good sign. According to the NY Post today though he didn't pitch as good as it looks. There was a ball hit that would of been a 3 run homerun but the wind held it up and his velocity was in the low 90s. The Mets are trying to teach him less is more though and with him any progress is good. I would take it as a good sign right now. Jenrry Mejia pitched another scoreless inning. He did give up a run in the 8th though. The Mets also had 4 homeruns, Gary Matthews Jr., David Wright,Jason Bay and Daniel Murphy. Hisanori Takahashi had another good outing as he pitched 3 innings allowing 1 hit and he struck out 3. Luis Castillo had a rbi single. Jon Heyman says that of all the prospects Mejia has the best chance to go North with the team, I have a feeling they are going to make him the 8th inning guy. I think this would be a mistake rushing him like this. I think it is different in Florida then New York and he will find that out quickly. The Mets lost 2 games today to the Florida Marlins. They lost 7-0 and 5-1. Johan Santana threw 4 shutout innings today. R.A. Dickey allowed 4 runs but only 2 were earned. Nelson Figueroa had another scoreless inning in relief. He is having a very good spring. John Maine was terrible lasting 2/3 of an inning and giving up 5 runs. He also walked 3 but says that his shoulder feels fine. He may just need some time, he hasn't pitched really in a couple of years. Kiko Calero made his debut and pitched a scoreless inning. Luis Castillo had a couple of hit and Jason Bay had a hit. Castillo is having a strong spring and maybe last year wasn't a fluke and he will have another good year. Francoeur and Cora each had a hit. The Mets will be at home tomorrow to take the Cardinals at 1:10PM.

Yanks/Twins Again

I am just going to update this post throughout the game. Here is an update already via Peter Abraham. Jorge Posada has been scratched with shoulder discomfort. I don't want to read too much into this yet, as it isn't pain or anything like that. Hopefully it was just him playing a couple of days in a row and also sitting through a long bus ride there and back yesterday. I am sure they will be asking Girardi about this after the game and lets see if he has really changed by how he answers the questions. The game is about to start be back soon with updates. UPDATE: Here we go again with the Joba debate, Michael Kay had to bring it up in the beginning of the telecast. Derek Jeter is being featured and he is talking about the upcoming season. He said other then the 2001 season this was the first time when he knew when the last day of the season would be and he didn't like it. He is happy with the aquisitions they made and he talked about the importance of supporting Arod. He said there is a lot of excitement about the new stadium and they can't wait to get up there and see it and get going. He is feeling melancholy about the old stadium and talked about his speech on the last day. He is confident in the team this year. He said the goal continues to be a world championship and hopefully they stay healthy and they will have a great shot at accomplishing their goal. UPDATE: Peter Abraham of the Journal news spoke to Girardi and posada. They are calling this the first setback, Posada felt something the other day but still played yesterday. He has no pain when he throws or hits. He said he wanted to play today but they wont let him do anything until Tuesday. He isn't too concerned just said its sore. Hopefully he will feel better in a couple of days. You can listen to the audio at http://yankees.lhblogs.com/ Joba got a groundout and then a single by Nick Punto and rbi double by Delmon Young. Jason Kubel then had a rbi double. Everything Joba is throwing is up and they are just killing it. He got out of further trouble with 2 groundouts. UPDATE: Jeter singled, Tex doubled and Arod just missed one but got a sac fly. Swisher just grounded one to third and he reached on an error for another run. Cano walked but Molina grounded out. UPDATE: Dan Giese pitched the second inning and gave up a solo homerun to Carlos Gomez. Duncan singled,Melky had a bunt hit and then Damon a sac bunt. Jeter had a sac fly. Top of the third now: Dan Giese is getting hit around, a single,wild pitch, walk and 2 run double off the wall. 5-3 Twins now, rbi single to make it 6-3 Twins. Not that Dan Giese had much of a chance anyway but he is definitely not helping his case today. He finally got out of the inning with a strike em out throw em out double play. I probably won't do as many updates now, but I will check back in a couple of innings. I think Kei Igawa is coming in to pitch, time to turn off the TV. UPDATE: Jose Veras had an impressive inning with 2ks and a popup. Shelly had another hit in the 4th trying to get back on the 40 man roster. Melky didn't help his cause with a K. Mike Dunn gave up a couple of hits but no runs in the fifth for the Yankees. Kei Igawa had 2 shutout innings schocking i know. Kanakoa Texiera had a 1,2,3 8th The Yankees meanwhile on offense have done nothing since the 2nd inning