4
2011
Gee, Reyes Fuel Mets 5-0 Win Over Braves
An article by Former Writers
Game Summary
On the day after, “Don’t Trade Jose Reyes Day” the Mets get a shutout win against the Braves. Dillon Gee pitches a gem with seven innings with no runs and four hits. Bullpen finally keeps it together. Jose Reyes fuels a five run seventh inning to get the Mets a 5-0 win against Braves.
Game Notes
Dillon Gee continues to dominate in starts and has probably synced his spot permanently in this rotation. Just gonna throw out his line tonight before I divulge into how legit he really is. 7 innings pitched, only four hits given up, no runs, and two walks and two strikeouts. This guy has come in when Young got injured, originally in the bullpen, but has dominated in the rotation. With a now 6-0 record, this makes him the second rookie in Mets history to open a season with wins in first six decisions. The last Mets pitcher to do that, became the NL Rookie of the Year, just keep that in mind. Dillon Gee is also now officially undefeated in his first eight starts. Dillon Gee in 13 ML Starts: 8-2, 2.61 ERA.
Beato and Byrdak combined for two hitless innings in relief. Nice to see the bullpen finally keep it together.
The Mets offense racked up eight hits tonight, and had quite the excited seventh inning rally. Bases loaded and Pridie comes through with a pinch-hit RBI, followed by Jose Reyes three run triple, and a Justin Turner sac fly.
Jose Reyes has 10 triples this season. The franchise single-season record is 21 by Lance Johnson in 1996, and its still early in the season, so keep on the look out for that. All of Jose Reyes’ major league-leading 10 triples have come at Citi Field. Jose Reyes extends his hitting streak to nine games with a three-run triple.
Murphy and Thole both had two hits in the game.
Jason Bay is 0-for-4 and is hitless in his last 17 at-bats.
Turning Point
The exciting five run seventh inning for the Mets.
Game Ball
Dillon Gee and Jose Reyes split it as they fueled this win.
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Jose Reyes turns on the turbo in the 7th to zoom the Mets to victory. Read about that & Dillon Gee’s record-setting day: http://tiny.cc/s81xu
It’s amazing how this kid Gee came out of nowhere to become our ace!
If only Big Pelf could get on track and pitch good consistently and Bay started hitting, then we could get over 500 and go somewhere.
He didn’t come out of nowhere…he came from the same place they all come from!
The problems is the guys who do the write ups on who is a “PROSPECT” and who isn’t (like Baseball America) obviously look only at the things that don’t really matter when it comes to winning.
Throw 95 MPH your a prospect, Deemed to have the “STUFF” (Note the label it says everything you need to know about thier evaluation doesn’t it?)
What people (and many pitchers) need to realize is it isn’t about how far your curveball breaks, how fast your fastball goes, how much your Slider slides or your sinker sinks, It’s about knowing HOW to pitch, How to approach a batter and how to get him to think one thing is coming and then throwing something else!
Gee does that and while many might think he came out of nowhere the truth is they just ignore players like him because of some dumb notion that you have to have one GOOD pitch to pitch in the MLB.
Gee is the kind of guy you want in your rotation. The Rick Reed, Greg Maddox type. No he doesn’t have a 90+ fastball, but as guys like Reed, Maddox, Ojeda (and now Gee) showed us you don’t really need one of those to win a lot of games!
Every guy with STUFF is at some point going to LOSE his stuff! And when that happens he is going to have to learn how to pitch the way Gee is now!
The guy just gets it done!
Fred was right. Jose Reyes won’t get Carl Crawford money, he’s worth much more. At least Jose will still be close to home swiping bases and being a catalyst for the Yankees or Braves. I bet he can even hit 20 home runs a year hitting in those parks. I see at least one MVP in Reyes’ future once he shakes the dust of Flushing off of him.
Damn, no edit button? I meant to say Yankees or *Phillies.