By Totals 4 U
Florida: The Marlins (49-49, 21-23 road) come off a 7-3 home stand, taking series wins over the Nationals, Rockies, and Braves, and now hit the highway with RHP Ricky Nolasco (10-7, 4.50 ERA) on the mound. Known as a 2nd-half guy, Ricky’s grooved right now with 27 hits and 7 walks over his last 5 starts (3.41 ERA) compared to 42 strikeouts over those 34 1/3.
By High Stakes Syndicate
New York: The Mets (18-16) have successfully scrapped their way through the early going this season with superb defense (19 team errors) and base running (33 of 41 stolen bases) overcoming the absence of their $20 million slugger, CF Carlos Beltran who should return in June, and the uneven performance of their $20 million ace, tonight’s starter LHP Johan Santana (3-2, 4.54 ERA). Santana followed up his 4 homer/10 earned run debacle against Philly with a better 8 hits/4 earned run no-decision against the Giants Saturday.