Can Mike Pelfrey end the skid??

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Tonight at Shea Stadium, Mike Pelfrey takes the mound for the New
York Mets going against Kyle Kendrick who will be making the start for
the Philadelphia Phillies. As the Mets have now lost nine straight to
the Phils, and Mike Pelfrey hasn’t exactly lived up to his billing as
of yet, the question is can we FINALLY beat the Phils?

He is certainly a talented pitcher and there is a reason the Mets
used a first round pick on him in 2005. But he was unimpressive last
season and flat out brutal for much of the spring. While he has shown
flashes of his real potential, we just haven’t seen any consistency out
of him. The Philadelphia Phillies, with a vaunted line up that included
Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley, Ryan Howard and others is no easy task.

But Pelfrey sounds up for it…”It’s my first start of the season so the adrenaline is definitely
going to be there, and the excitement is definitely going to be there,”
Pelfrey said. “Really, I just want to get the season going — to be a
part of it and help contribute.”

Lets hope we look back on tonight’s contest as a turning point  not 
only  for  Mike  Pelfrey, but  also for  our  New  York  Mets!

Quick Hits:

• Mike Pelfrey was 3-8 with a 5.57 era in 2007
• his spring era was 8.14
• Duanar  Sanchez threw 2 shut out innings last night for St. Lucie
• on this  date  in  1985,  Gary  Carter  made  his  Mets  debut, 
  Carter  ended  the  game against the St Louis Cardinals with a walk off
  10th inning home run