Breaking News: Livan Hernandez Released

According to Bart Hubbuch of the New York Post on Twitter, the Mets have released SP Livan Hernandez to make room for RP Billy Wagner on the active roster.

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.

8/16/09 Giants at Mets Lineups

Tonight the Mets take on the San Francisco Giants at Citi Field for the finale of a 4-game series. The game can be seen on SNY at 7:10 PM.

Also, Billy Wagner is not expected to be activated before today's game. He will most likely be activated before tomorrow's game against the Atlanta Braves.

Mets Lineup
Cory Sullivan CF .263/.328/.421
Luis Castillo 2B .304/.398/.364
Gary Sheffield LF .283/.377/.464
Daniel Murphy 1B .249/.312/.370
Jeff Francoeur RF .263/.296/.385
Fernando Tatis 3B .248/.311/.409
Brian Schneider C .192/.288/.336
Anderson Hernandez SS .254/.321/.323
Livan Hernandez RHP 7-7, 5.28 ERA


Giants Lineup
Eugenio Velez LF .302/.336/.440
Freddy Sanchez 2B .271/.298/.371
Pablo Sandoval 3B .330/.380/.551
Bengie Molina C .265/.279/.442
Ryan Garko 1B .271/.352/.427
Randy Winn RF .262/.314/.364
Aaron Rowand CF .266/.321/.425
Edgar Renteria SS .256/.310/.319
Joe Martinez RHP 2-1, 6.00 ERA

Mike's Pregame Prediction- Mets win 10-8 in a slugfest.

8/11/09 DBacks 6, Mets 2- Postgame Review

First of all, I predicted the score of the game correctly in my first ever lineups posting.

Secondly, the Mets fell to the Arizona Diamondbacks today by a score of 6-2.

Win- Max Scherzer (7-6)
Loss- Livan Hernandez (7-7)

Game Notes
-Mets starter Livan Hernandez was rocked by the Diamondbacks early, surrendering 5 earned runs on 6 hits in 4 innings of work tonight.

-Dbacks starter Max Scherzer was decent, going 6 2/3 innings, giving up 8 hits and 2 runs, while striking out 8.

-Rookie outfielder Trent Oeltjen of the Diamondbacks was 4-for-4, and fell a home run short of the cycle.

-Sr. no tiene la disciplina de la placa (AKA Jeff Francoeur) had a triple and a homer.

-The Mets fell 9 games under .500 with this loss.

8/11/09 Mets at DBacks Lineups

Today's game can be seen at 9:40 PM on SNY.

Note: Numbers in parentheses are player's career stats against opposing starter.

Mets (sans David Wright)

Cory Sullivan CF .227/.300/.318 (1-for-1)
Luis Castillo 2B .300/.395/.353 (0-for-4)
Fernando Tatis 3B .243/.305/.416 (never faced Scherzer)
Daniel Murphy 1B .252/.316/.377 (1-for-2)
Jeff Francoeur RF .298/.327/.442 (1-for-5)
Jeremy Reed LF .256/.296/.342 (never faced Scherzer)
Alex Cora SS .256/.326/.317 (1-for-2, 2B)
Brian Schneider C .197/.297/.350 (1-for-3, 2B)
Livan Hernandez RHP 7-6, 5.08 ERA

Diamondbacks
Stephen Drew SS .267/.332/.449 (1-for-7)
Trent Oeltjen LF .400/.400/.900 (never faced Hernandez)
Gerardo Parra CF .290/.330/.429 (0-for-3)
Mark Reynolds 3B .290/.378/.611 (4-for-6,2B,HR)
Miguel Montero C .289/.346/.487 (1-for-3, HR)
Ryan Roberts 2B .278/.368/.443 (0-for-1)
Chad Tracy 1B .235/.293/.380 (4-for-16, 2 HR)
Alex Romero RF .291/.349/.380 (never faced Hernandez)
Max Scherzer RHP 6-6, 4.01 ERA

Mike's Pregame Prediction: Arizona gets to Livan early, wins 6 to 2. Oeltjen and Tracy homer for the Diamondbacks. Mets get a HR by Jeremy Reed.