Last night, Johan Santana allowed three earned runs on six hits with no walks and seven strikeouts over six innings.
The three earned runs all came in the first inning, and after a 25-pitch first, he settled in to throw just 57 pitches over the next five innings.
'I made my adjustments,' Santana told reporters after the game. 'We attacked them, mixed all my pitches, but they took advantage at the beginning of the game.'
Santana took a no-decision, and is 1-2 with a 2.92 ERA in 37 innings over seven starts this year.
Michael Baron: Things weren't looking good for Santana early. He had very little life to his pitches in the first inning and his change-up in particular was floating rather than diving. The result was a lot of hard contact. Of course, it's debatable whether or not Andres Torres should have caught Jose Reyes' triple in the first inning, but that was a rope and was indicative of Santana's early struggles.
Santana really settled in after that first inning, and found that consistency with his change-up. It got to the point where it was downright filthy and Miami was simply waving at it in the end. His ability to adjust after a rough start is a representation of Santana's ability to still be an ace and give this team everything he has which, as I've said repeatedly over the first six weeks of the season, is a dramatic upgrade in and of itself over what this team had last season. He's getting stronger and better with each start, and when compared to where he is today versus where he was at the end of last season, he truly represents an amazing feat.
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