About Last Night: Batista is the 100 win swingman

Last night, Miguel Batista threw six innings and allowed two runs on six hits and two walks, while striking out three. In the winning effort, Batista recorded his 100th Major League victory. After the game, Batista discussed his performance with reporters and basically said: He’s very proud to have reached this milestone and relieved to have gotten it out of the way. Dan Warthen told him to slow down his delivery to the plate in the early innings, which enabled him to settle in. He thinks the role of a swingman — jumping back and forth between the rotation and the bullpen — can be taxing, but he’s glad to be effective in that flexible role. Brian Erni: That was some way to for Batista to make his Mets debut. I’ve said a few times that I was interested to see if Miguel would get a September call up, and the injury to Jon Niese gave Batista the opportunity to slot into the rotation. He didn’t disappoint, turning in a quality effort to reach tripl...