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Faith and Fear in Flushing —
... How? Well, luck certainly had something to do with it. Santana rode the edge of disaster a couple of times (particularly when he batted down Lance Berkman's centerbound scorcher with two on and two out in fifth) and got some help from poor baserunning by Hunter Pence. Oswalt, on the other hand, was nicked for a run on one of the least-wild wild pitches in baseball history and a bloop single, made one bad pitch the rest of the night, and lost. ...
THT Daily:THT Daily: Old Kids on the Mound
The Hardball Times —
... player, but he should see most of the action against right-handers, perhaps in a straight platoon with Fernando Tatis . Yesterday’s Results American League NYA 9 BAL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 8 TOR 4 (Recap and Boxscore) TB 9 CHA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 4 KC 3 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 9 LAA 0 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 7 OAK 5 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 7 TEX 5 (Recap and Boxscore) National League NYN 3 HOU 0 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 8 LAN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 13 CHN 5 (Recap and ...
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in Game: Mets 3, Astros 0
newyorkmetsdaily.com 8/23/2008 — Johan Santana pitched seven scoreless innings to lead the New York Mets (72-57) to a 3-0 win over the Houston Astros Friday night at Shea Stadium.
Mets' Santana stifles Astros in 3-0 win (AP)
sports.yahoo.com 8/23/2008 — Johan Santana allowed eight hits in seven innings, and the New York Mets took advantage of the only two mistakes made by Roy Oswalt to beat the Houston Astros 3-0 on Friday night. Brian Schneider hit a two-run homer and David Wright had an RBI ...
Mets 3, Astros 0: What, no complete game?
nydailynews.com 8/23/2008 — Here’s the happy recap from Shea, where Johan Santana ran his scoreless streak to 16 innings as the Mets beat the Astros, 3-0.
Santana pleaded to remain in the game after six innings with his pitch count at 104, according to Jerry Manuel . ...
Game Recap: Mets 3 -- Astros 0
theropolitans.com 8/23/2008 — A pitching duel on paper actually translated to one on the field. Pitching Performance Johan Santana has now throw 16 shutout innings in his last two starts. Earning his money yet? Santana scattered eight hits through his seven stanzas of work tonight, walking only one and striking out five. He threw 121 pitches, otherwise I think he would have stayed in the game for all nine. Santana faced ...
Santana, Mets continue surge —
NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 8/23/2008
Johan Santana allowed eight hits in seven innings, and the Mets took advantage of the only two mistakes made by Roy Oswalt to beat the Houston Astros 3-0 on Friday night. The Mets have won 10 of their last 11 games.
Santana throws seven blanks as Mets top Astros —
Newsday.com - Mets 8/23/2008
It will be years before the Mets know how the
prospects they sent to the Twins for Johan Santana really pan out. And by the year 2014 the $137.5- million contract Santana signed with the Mets might turn out to be an albatross on the franchise.
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