Phillies 3, Mets 2: Another Santana Start Wasted, This One in Phillies’ Last At-Bat

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Shane Victorino drove Pedro Feliz in with a line single to right to propel the Phillies to victory in the opener of their four-game showdown with the Mets. > [link]

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Another Johan Santana start is wasted as Mets lose to Phillies
Published 7/5/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Another Johan Santana start is wasted as Mets lose to Phillies I had no idea Santana had been so unlucky this year. J.A. Happ—Kyle Kendrick 2.0? Perhaps Santana should do something really crazy and recalibrate what he needs to do from now on. Knowing that his teammates will score only two runs for him, he must allow no more than one. If only it were that simple. The Mets have, in effect, wasted his last six starts, losing them all since June 6, while he has gone 0-4 and posted a 2.48 earned run average. Over that 40-inning span, the Mets have scored 11 runs while ...

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