Sound the alarm
What a f*#@ing disaster.
Blame it on us. Pin the blame on old MFC.com, because in our last post we outlined the Mets "easy" schedule in August and for Houston, we noted that there was "no reason not to win 2."
But apparently there is a reason, and it's called the bullpen. And now the Mets have lost five of six, and sit in third place behind the Phillies and the Marlins, who both won Saturday.
Friday night the game's tied, 3-3, the Mets fail to score with the bases loaded and NONE OUT, and then the Astros hit a grand slam. Nice. Saturday, Johan Santana pitches 6 1/3 innings, allowing only three hits and two walks on 103 pitches. Maybe he was a bit sapped from his previous start, a complete game, but you can't argue with Jerry Manuel's move to remove him with one out and two on. Duaner Sanchez got the fly out, which turned into a double play. Great!
But this pattern of a new reliever blowing it for the Mets is getting scary. This time, it was Billy Wagner's turn. Wagner had been pretty good of late but he was awful Saturday, and the way the tying runs came across the plate would have been comical if it wasn't (literally) so painful. And of course Aaron Heilman gives up two hits in the 10th. Credit Pedro Feliciano for getting a strikeout and a lineout to left, but fault Fernando Tatis for stumbling on the catch, putting him in no position to make the throw home.
Awful, awful, awful loss. And with no John Maine going Sunday, the Mets are looking at opening the month of August with three losses to the f*#@ing Astros.
Sh*t.
Blame it on us. Pin the blame on old MFC.com, because in our last post we outlined the Mets "easy" schedule in August and for Houston, we noted that there was "no reason not to win 2."
But apparently there is a reason, and it's called the bullpen. And now the Mets have lost five of six, and sit in third place behind the Phillies and the Marlins, who both won Saturday.
Friday night the game's tied, 3-3, the Mets fail to score with the bases loaded and NONE OUT, and then the Astros hit a grand slam. Nice. Saturday, Johan Santana pitches 6 1/3 innings, allowing only three hits and two walks on 103 pitches. Maybe he was a bit sapped from his previous start, a complete game, but you can't argue with Jerry Manuel's move to remove him with one out and two on. Duaner Sanchez got the fly out, which turned into a double play. Great!
But this pattern of a new reliever blowing it for the Mets is getting scary. This time, it was Billy Wagner's turn. Wagner had been pretty good of late but he was awful Saturday, and the way the tying runs came across the plate would have been comical if it wasn't (literally) so painful. And of course Aaron Heilman gives up two hits in the 10th. Credit Pedro Feliciano for getting a strikeout and a lineout to left, but fault Fernando Tatis for stumbling on the catch, putting him in no position to make the throw home.
Awful, awful, awful loss. And with no John Maine going Sunday, the Mets are looking at opening the month of August with three losses to the f*#@ing Astros.
Sh*t.
posted by Gaspo @ 8:51 PM
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