Tuesday, March 21, 2006By Mike Steffanos
Orioles 6 - Mets 5
Victor Zambrano was decent in his first start of the season, going 5 innings and scattering 6 hits. He gave up a solo home run to Melvin Mora in the third and an unearned run in the fourth. He struck out 1 and walked nobody.
Kris Benson pitched against his former teammates and didn't fare as well, giving up 3 runs (2 earned) in 4 innings, allowing six hits and a walk while striking out 3.
Lefties Juan Perez and Royce Ring and right-hander Jeremi Gonzales combined for 3 scoreless innings, but Bartolome Fortunato, who had been looking good this spring, got absolutely torched as the Orioles scored 4 in the ninth to steal the game. Fortunato registered only a single out, while giving up 4 hits and 2 walks.
Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran were the batting stars for New York with 2 hits each. Endy Chavez had a pair of RBIs.
The Mets will be home in Port St. Lucie tomorrow night, with Aaron Heilman starting against the Dodgers.
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Comments (2)
Nice. Based on this you could reason omar kept the better pitcher? Fortunato;
I do not see him on the team further he takes up a precious roster spot. nice for Endy who showed well during the WBC. also our 1-3 spots in the line up.
Again we will see this often, a 2+ run first inning. Xavier did not have a 'memorable' game.
I vote no on Soriano. his stock has fallen farther than Kaz's.
Posted by Ed | March 21, 2006 7:42 PM
Fortunato has actually looked decent until that game. Boy did he suck in that one, though.
Soriano was never a good fit for the Mets. I can't see them investing 10 million in him.
Posted by Mike S. | March 21, 2006 8:02 PM