8/16/09 Giants 10, Mets 1 Postgame Review

The San Francisco Giants defeated the Mets by a score of 10 to 1 to earn a split of the four-game series.

Win- Joe Martinez (3-1)
Loss- Livan Hernandez (7-8)

Full boxscore and recap available here, thanks to MLB.com.

Game Notes

-Get Livan Hernandez out of the rotation already! Livan gave up 6 runs today in 5 1/3 innings pitched and lost.

-Joe Martinez pitched very well (5 IP, 5 hits, 1 ER) but was taken out after 67 pitches for a pinch hitter.

-Mets baserunning was awful tonight, 2 runners were caught off of the base resulting in double plays.

-Aaron Rowand of the Giants went 4-for-5 with 2 RBI

-Nick Green was walked in his first at-bat as a Met (in the bottom of the 9th)

-The Giants scored runs in 6 of the 9 innings tonight

Mets Player of the Game: Daniel Murphy (2-for-4, 2B)


Tomorrow the Mets begin a series at Citi Field against the Atlanta Braves.