From bad to worse
Maybe it's because my 6-year-old son is obsessed with Star Wars, but Thursday night's loss to the Braves had me thinking of the scene where Luke, Leia, Han Solo and Chewbacca are in the trash compactor. Han's yelling at Leia for leading them down there and she replies, "It could be worse," followed by an ominous sound from somewhere beneath.
Says Han: "It's worse."
That's where the Mets are today. Keith Hernandez said the Mets were at rock bottom after the doubleheader sweep Tuesday, but as last season's collapse proved, you can always dig another level or two deeper with the Mets. In this case, the Braves are 7-2 against the Mets this season and the Mets are now BELOW .500 as they head to Colorado. I'm sure that plane flight was a blast. And by the way, Moises Alou is on the DL again -- f&%$in shocker.
You expected a pitcher's duel between Santana and Hudson and that's what we got -- sort of. Although there were no walks in the game on either side, the Mets needed more than 12 hits in seven innings from Santana, who allowed five hits and three runs in the bottom of the seventh. Did he run out of gas? He finished with 90 pitches thrown.
The dozen hits allowed was a career-worst for Santana, who is getting paid a ton of money to do exactly what he couldn't do -- be the stopper, especially when things are going as badly as they have been. Santana fell to 5-3, and while he didn't allow any home runs, he struck out only one.
The Mets' only two runs came on consecutive homers by Beltran and Delgado in the second inning. Luis Castillo made another bonehead play that cost the Mets a run in the bottom of the frame. He made a diving stop of a grounder with a runner on second but for some reason decided to throw home with two outs instead of to Santana covering first base. Hopefully, Willie had some words with his fellow infielder.
There are no comebacks in these Mets, at least there doesn't seem to be any. In the ninth, the Mets got a leadoff hit by Wright and then bad luck struck again when Beltran smoked a liner right at Kelly Johnson, and Wright was doubled up at first.
And while the Mets have had their share of misfortune in the four-game Atlanta sweep, the bottom line is the starting pitching has been poor and the team is not hitting (again). How long the malaise will continue is anyone's guess, but they're going to have to figure out a way to get back on the right track.
Like Obi-Wan said: "In my experience, there's no such thing as luck."
Says Han: "It's worse."
That's where the Mets are today. Keith Hernandez said the Mets were at rock bottom after the doubleheader sweep Tuesday, but as last season's collapse proved, you can always dig another level or two deeper with the Mets. In this case, the Braves are 7-2 against the Mets this season and the Mets are now BELOW .500 as they head to Colorado. I'm sure that plane flight was a blast. And by the way, Moises Alou is on the DL again -- f&%$in shocker.
You expected a pitcher's duel between Santana and Hudson and that's what we got -- sort of. Although there were no walks in the game on either side, the Mets needed more than 12 hits in seven innings from Santana, who allowed five hits and three runs in the bottom of the seventh. Did he run out of gas? He finished with 90 pitches thrown.
The dozen hits allowed was a career-worst for Santana, who is getting paid a ton of money to do exactly what he couldn't do -- be the stopper, especially when things are going as badly as they have been. Santana fell to 5-3, and while he didn't allow any home runs, he struck out only one.
The Mets' only two runs came on consecutive homers by Beltran and Delgado in the second inning. Luis Castillo made another bonehead play that cost the Mets a run in the bottom of the frame. He made a diving stop of a grounder with a runner on second but for some reason decided to throw home with two outs instead of to Santana covering first base. Hopefully, Willie had some words with his fellow infielder.
There are no comebacks in these Mets, at least there doesn't seem to be any. In the ninth, the Mets got a leadoff hit by Wright and then bad luck struck again when Beltran smoked a liner right at Kelly Johnson, and Wright was doubled up at first.
And while the Mets have had their share of misfortune in the four-game Atlanta sweep, the bottom line is the starting pitching has been poor and the team is not hitting (again). How long the malaise will continue is anyone's guess, but they're going to have to figure out a way to get back on the right track.
Like Obi-Wan said: "In my experience, there's no such thing as luck."
posted by Gaspo @ 6:07 AM
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