NYM 3, BOS 2: Under review
Usually, the most unlikely of heroes arise in the playoffs. Enter Omir Santos 42 games into the Mets regular season.
Usually, the most unlikely of heroes arise in the playoffs. Enter Omir Santos 42 games into the Mets regular season.
Now, I could talk myself into a few of Washington's pitchers doing better than we'd expect; Cabrera, Zimmerman, Olson. But Cabrera has always had trouble with his control, so expecting him to "get it together" isn't logical. And Scotty Olsen has some makeup issues as well. Zimmerman is very young, and young pitchers are, well, see: Clay Buccholz, Phil Hughes, Ian Kennedy, Homer Bailey, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc...etc.
With the tying run 90 feet away, J.D. Drew stranded Dustin Pedroia at third base losing to the Detroit Tigers…