Mets End Quest for 162-0 Season With Loss to Reds

It's safe to say Oliver Perez will not be inviting the Reds Joey Votto for dinner anytime soon after the Cincinnati lefty first baseball almost singlehandly destroyed the Mets with a 3-run homer and a run scoring single off the "usually dependable on lefties" Perez.

Perez allowed all 8 of the Reds runs, who ended the Mets quest of 2009 perfection by beating the Amazin's 8-6 and thereby salvaging the last game of the 3 game series in Cincinnati. Remember this is the same Oliver Perez that led all NL pitchers last year against lefties as they batted just .158 against him. In fact, only 5 lefties homered against him all year!

I guess signing $36 million dollar contracts changes people?

If we have to search for positives in the game, the top 2/3 of the batting order continues to hit well (Delgado and Church with 2 rbis apiece) and the bullpen turned in another stellar performance, with Jose Feliciano atoning for yesterday's performance, striking out the 2 batters he faced while lowering his ERA to 13.50

But the line on Perez was pretty bad: four plus innings, 8 earned runs with 5 walks through 100 pitches. It's always tough to blow a 3 run lead, but tomorrow's another day. Let's see what John Maine can do against the Marlins on Friday.