Stranding Baserunners Not A Way to Win a Ballgame

The Marlins are 4-0 for the first time in their history, and they have the Mets lack of timely hitting to thank for it. The Mets stranded 14 runners on base in the game and couldn't get the clutch hitting they needed to get a win for John Maine as the team fell to the pesky Marlins by a score of 5-4.

Maine allowed dingers to 2 of the first 5 batters he faced, which also happened to be the only two hits he allowed in 5 innings of work. He also struck out 5 and walked just one, so all in all, it was a pretty encouraging start of the season for him. Oh, and did we mention he DIDN'T take the loss?

That's because despite the atrocious lack of hitting with runners in scoring position, the Mets actually tied this game in the ninth and could have (should have) broken the game open. But I guess a big hit from light hitting Alex Cora would have been too much to ask for. Alex Cora... he's a Met? jeez...

Once that happened, and Pedro Feliciano came in to start the bottom of the ninth, you knew the Mets were blowing the game. Florida knew it too, and when Jorge Cantu singled home Emilio Bonifacio, the Fish celebrated as if they had won the World Series.

I hope that didn't go un-noticed by the Mets, who send Livan Hernandez to the mound next to try to even out the series. Livan Hernandez... he's a Met? jeez...