Saturday Recap: Santana outduels Hamels

Written by Mike Mariano | 08 August 2010

Now that's good baseball. Two fantastic pitchers duke it out over seven innings and it takes a late home run from Jeff Francoeur for the Mets to grab the 1-0 win.  Francisco Rodriguez came in for the 5 out save and fairly easy work of the Phillies from there.  Cole Hamels and Johan Santana allowed a combined 11 hits and if it wasn't for Francoeur's bomb they would've matched scoreless frames.  Neither team managed a single hit with runners in scoring position the entire game.  It was a tremendous pitching effort from both sides and it's a shame that Hamels got tagged with the loss for it.

"Unfortunately, one bad pitch decided the game," Hamels said. "It was a change-up and he went out and got it."

There weren't many highlights otherwise because the pitching stifled all offense and scoring chances.  From the game notes it says Shane Victorino might begin rehab assignments next week, we could really use the guy.