In last night's 6-3 loss to the Reds, Johan Santana allowed two runs and six hits, while walking two and striking out five over 6 2/3 innings. However, he took his fifth no decision of the season and ' for the second time in four starts ' left with a lead only to have the bullpen relinquish it.
'There's not much I can do, but just watch and hope that we get it done,' Santana told reporters after the game. 'It's always tough. You have a chance to win a ballgame and it didn't happen. I'm just trying to do my job. Once I do my job and I'm out of the game, I just hope that the guys can finish it, but it's out of my control. That wasn't the case tonight.'
Santana faced 29 batters and threw 107 pitches, 71 of which were strikes.
'He is the guy that I've heard about,' Terry Collins said after the game. 'I'd never seen him pitch before, but listening to the people that had seen him pitch, the one general characteristic I'd heard was, 'Wait until you see this guy compete.' He's absolutely done all of that.'
Santana is 1-2 with a 2.89 ERA this season, striking out 46 in 43 2/3 innings over eight starts.
Michael Baron: Santana featured a great change-up once again, and he did an outstanding job varying the speed and location of it over the course of his outing as well. The Reds looked clueless against it, which made his fastball all the more effective. He threw a lot of pitches early once again but he worked at an unusually slow pace in the first three innings. Presumably he was struggling to get comfortable, but he seemed to switch gears in the fourth inning, starting throwing with greater authority and sped his tempo up. He was helped by two outstanding defensive plays by Mike Baxter in left field which unquestionably kept the Reds at Bay and Santana in the game. But when a pitcher is throwing strikes and working in rhythm, the defense always seems to follow suit, such was the case with Santana last night.
Now, if only he could get the wins he deserves on his line'
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