Today's Starting Pitchers Are Going To Stare At You Now...
Oliver Perez
#46 / Pitcher / New York Mets
6-3
215
L
L
Aug 15, 1981
'09 Stats - (2-2, 7.99 ERA), 7 GS, 32.2 IP, 37 H, 29 ER, ERA+ = 52, 5 HR, 32 BB, 28 K's, 2.11 WHIP, 8.8 BB/9, 7.7 K/9, 0.88 K/BB, .291 BAA.
vs DC - (3-4, 7.29 ERA), 9 GS, 45.2 IP, 57 H, 37 ER, 6 HR, 23 BB, 40 K's, 1.75 WHIP, .308 BAA.
Origin Story - 3/4/99 - Signs as a Free Agent with San Diego Padres. 8/26/03 - Traded with Jason Bay and Corey Stewart to the Pittsburgh Giants For Brian Giles. 7/31/06 Traded with Roberto Hernandez To The Mets for Xavier Nady. 2/2/09 - Signed as a Free Agent with New York Mets.
John "Cool Hand" Lannan
#31 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals
6-4
225
L
L
Sep 27, 1984
'09 Stats - (6-7, 3.64 ERA), 19 GS, 1 CG, 118.2 IP, 124 H, 55 R, 48 ER, ERA+ = 118, 13 HR, 40 BB, 52 K's, 1.38 WHIP, 3.0 BB/9, 3.9 K/9, 1.30 K/BB, .274 BAA.
vs NYM - (2-3, 4.54 ERA), 7 GS, 1 CG, 41.2 IP, 44 H, 22 R, 21 ER, 5 HR, 13 BB, 27 K's, 1.37 WHIP, .282 BAA.
Origin Story - Drafted by the Washington Nationas, 11th Round, 324th overall in 2005.
The Nationals vs Perez...
Ronnie Belliard - 5 for 20, .250 AVG, 1 2B.
Adam Dunn - 6 for 28, .214 AVG, 2 2B, 3 HR's, 6 RBI's, 9 BB, 13 K's.
Alberto Gonzalez - 3 for 7, .429 AVG, 1 2B, 2 RBI's.
Cristian Guzman - 2 for 8, .250 AVG, 1 HR, 2 RBI's.
Willie Harris - 0 for 10, .000 AVG.
Anderson Hernandez - 2 for 3, .667 AVG, 2 RBI's.
Nick Johnson - 2 for 6, .333 AVG, 1 HR, 2 RBI's.
Austin Kearns - 10 for 29, .345 AVG, 2 2B, 4 HR's, 8 RBI's, 5 BB, 8 K's.
Josh Willingham - 7 for 24, .292 AVG, 1 2B, 3 HR's, 5 RBI's, 8 BB, 7 K's.
Ryan Zimmerman - 6 for 19, .316 AVG, 2 2B, 1 RBI.
The Mets vs "Cool Hand"...
Luis Castillo - 4 for 11, .364 AVG, 1 2B, 2 HR's, 3 RBI's.
Jeff Francoeur - 6 for 12, .500 AVG, 1 HR, 5 RBI's.
Brian Scheider - 3 for 6, .500 AVG, 1 2B, 1 RBI.
Gary Sheffield - 2 for 6, .333 AVG, 1 HR, 3 RBI's.
David Wright - 5 for 18, .287 AVG, 2 2B, 2 RBI's.
Setting The Scene...
(4-2) in his last 8 starts, Lannan faces the same Mets' team he pitched a complete game against back on June 6th. In that start Lannan allowed just 4 hits and 1 unearned run in a 7-1 DC victory, and he went (3-0) in his next five starts before dropping his last two outings against the Astros and Cubs. At home in '09, Lannan's (3-1) in 10 starts with a 2.25 ERA in 68.0 IP, which is a little less than half his 5.51 ERA on the road, where he's (3-6) in 9 trips to the mound...The Mets are (1-4) in Oliver Perez's last five starts going all the way back to April, and he's (1-0) in two starts since returning to the rotation on July 8th, in spite of having walked 11, allowed 2 HR's, 5 ER and 9 hits in his last 11.0 IP. On the road this season, Perez is (0-1) in 4 starts with a 9.87 ERA in 17.1 IP.
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