Johan Santana was not at his best Saturday afternoon against the Minnesota Twins. He surrendered five earned runs on eight hits and two walks in six innings. Usually you can brush off a bad start by Santana, but today was different. Now every start will be put under the microscope as Santana is now in the [...]
Johan Santana will face his former for the first time since being traded in December 2007. He spoke to the media Friday about today's start ... ###
Here's what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1983: Rusty Staub records his eighth consecutive pinch hit in an 8-4 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 1 of a doubleheader. Staub's line drive single to rightfield off Ron Reed tied the single season major league record set by Dave Philley (1958).