Sunday, September 28, 2008

The Fat Lady's Warming Up

If the rain goes away, the season ends today for the Fish and, they hope, for the Mets. The Marlins will strive to shut the old stadium down - no sense extending the agony.

A shout-out to Baseball-Reference.com for providing the info for these stats that I've been following since July.

The Fish since their beginning in 1993 are 6-6 in games on September 28, and the Mets in the same period are 6-7. The Marlins on Sept. 28 have won 3 of their last 5, the Mets 2 of their last 5. They faced each other twice before on Sept. 28; a Marlins win in 2003, and another Marlins win in 2007 against today's Mets pitcher, Oliver Perez.

In 2008 the Marlins are 6-6 in Sunday away games (losing 3 of their last 5), and the Mets are 8-6 in Sunday home games (losing 4 of their last 5). They met once already on Sunday at Shea this year, which was a Marlins win on August 10.

Oliver "3-0 with a 2.03 ERA in five starts versus the Marlins this season" Perez and Scott "0-3 with a 6.95 ERA in four starts versus the Mets this season" Olsen are today's starters. (Yahoo)

(Yahoo)(ESPN)(Sportsline)(MLB)(FOX)(CNNSI)

UPDATE: Hanley's out of the lineup. (PBPBlog)

LAAAAAAAAAA!!!!: Fish beat the Mets 4-2 and ends their season and shuts down their stadium.

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