Game 101: Phillies at Mets (2/3)

Philadelphia Phillies: 54-46
New York Mets: 53-47

Brett Myers (3-9 5.84 ERA, 8-6 5.18 ERA)
John Maine (8-7 4.22 ERA, 4-0 2.36 ERA)

Projected lineups

Rollins SS 3/21, 1 RBI, .143/.182/.238
Victorino CF 5/16, .313/.389/.313
Utley 2B 7/20, 1 HR, 3 RBI, .350/.375/.600
Howard 1B 4/20, 2 HR, 6 RBI, .200/.304/.500
Burrell LF 3/21, 1 HR, 2 RBI, .143/.217/.286
Jenkins RF 1/5, .200/.200/.400
Feliz 3B 3/7, 1 HR, 1 RBI,
Coste C 2/7, .286/.375/.571
Myers P

Reyes SS 12/36, 1 HR, 5 RBI, .333/.351/.583
Chavez RF 2/15, .133/.235/.333
Wright 3B 5/24, 3 HR, 6 RBI, .208/.321/.625
Beltran CF 8/27, 1 HR, 5 RBI, .296/.345/.519
Delgado 1B 7/16, 2 RBI, .438/.571/.688
Easley 2B 4/9, 1 RBI, .444/.444/.556
Tatis LF N/A
Schneider C 8/35, 1 HR, 2 RBI, .229/.325/.343
Maine P

This is it. Brett Myers cannot suck the life out of the team as he did for so long this season. After last night's unlikely comeback win, this team could carry over some momentum. It's important to win as many series as possible, and the Phillies haven't put together a solid string for a while. At the very least, he has to get out of the first inning without doing serious damage to the team.

John Maine has completely dominated the Phillies. Just look at those numbers; Rollins and Burrell, two huge keys to the offense, absolutely struggle against Maine. They have to hit him sometime, right? Is it possible for a guy to just go an entire career dominating a team like he has? He has walked 10 batters in his last two starts, so the Phillies need to stay patient, get baserunners and come up with timely hits.