Herd strikeout king Gee starts tonight for Mets

September 7, 2010 - 5:36 PM

Dillon Gee will never be confused for Johan Santana but he will replace the Mets' ace in the rotation tonight at Washington and you can watch the game at 7 p.m. on SNY. Santana is dealing with a pectoral muscle strain.

Gee, who won 13 games and struck out a franchise-record 165 batters for the Bisons this season, will be opposing Washington rookie and Cuban defector Yunesky Maya. It will mark the first time in Mets history two pitchers making their big-league debuts will oppose each other.

Here's an ESPNNY.com clip of Gee talking to reporters Monday about his chance to start and his penchant for strikeouts this season in Buffalo, where he was named the Bisons' Comeback Player of the Year.

---Mike Harrington
(www.twitter.com/bnharrington)

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Mike Harrington, a Canisius College graduate who began his career as a News reporter in 1987, has covered the Buffalo Bisons since 1992 and Major League Baseball since 1995. A member of the Baseball Writers Association of America, Harrington has reported on 15 World Series -- including every pitch of the Fall Classic this century -- and all three of the Bisons' championship runs in their modern era. He is a connoisseur of the famous Stadium Mustard at Cleveland's Progressive Field.

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Amy Moritz

Amy Moritz, a native of Lockport, has covered the Bisons for The Buffalo News since 2002. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism/mass communication from St. Bonaventure University and a master’s degree in humanities from the University at Buffalo. An endurance athlete, she has completed several triathlons, half marathons and marathons.

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