It Had to Happen Sooner or Later
The Recap: Mets 3, Cubs 9
The Mets bullpen has been so good so far this year, but today they let down Oliver Perez (who didn't pitch that great himself either), thereby ending the Mets modest 2-game winning streak. Met fan Peter Mocello said it best at the game from the right-field stands: "Why did it have to stop raining?
THE GOOD: W
e're not going to say the Mets will finally win a series (there's still tomorrow's game with Johan going), but at least they can't lose this one either. Today's heavy bat went to Rod Barajas, who went Citi Yard for his 3rd dinger to go with 7 rbis on the season. Those are pretty good numbers in the catching position this early in the season. Luis Castillo also legged out a nice triple to drive in Jose Reyes in the eighth and eventually scored himself on a David Wright single. But that was it for what's considered a Met rally these days. But what's really good about today's game was that Wright actually got hit by a pitch and WASN'T injured! Maybe the tide's turning here folks. Now when are we going to get Beltran back?
THE BAD: Manny Acosta was supposed to give the team some emergency bullpen relief, but 3 runs and 2 walks in just over an inning of work is not good. Exxon Valdes didn't fare much better with his 2 hits and 1 walk in 2/3 of an inning. What's really bad is they both actually looked good compared to the performance we saw tonight from Hisanori Takahashi who imploded in the ninth by allowing 3 runs. It didn't really matter however - the way the Mets were hitting, they weren't going to come back in this game either way. Oliver Perez took his second loss of the season against no wins. And is Jeff Francoeur swinging at every pitch these days? After a great start, he's just hitting .281 and he's 0 for Colorado, St. Louis, and Chicago.
THE UGLY: At first it was funny. Now it's really getting ugly. Gary Matthews Jr. pinched hit in the game - and struck out. Like he always does. This guy is done - Omar, admit you're wrong on him and DFA ala Mike Jacobs. I mean really... I've never seen anything like this before. He's now hitting .179 and has struck out in 8 of the last 9 games he's played - and many of those games he's had just ONE at-bat. Really ugly!
THE PULSE of the GAME
The Mets bullpen has been so good so far this year, but today they let down Oliver Perez (who didn't pitch that great himself either), thereby ending the Mets modest 2-game winning streak. Met fan Peter Mocello said it best at the game from the right-field stands: "Why did it have to stop raining?
THE GOOD: W
e're not going to say the Mets will finally win a series (there's still tomorrow's game with Johan going), but at least they can't lose this one either. Today's heavy bat went to Rod Barajas, who went Citi Yard for his 3rd dinger to go with 7 rbis on the season. Those are pretty good numbers in the catching position this early in the season. Luis Castillo also legged out a nice triple to drive in Jose Reyes in the eighth and eventually scored himself on a David Wright single. But that was it for what's considered a Met rally these days. But what's really good about today's game was that Wright actually got hit by a pitch and WASN'T injured! Maybe the tide's turning here folks. Now when are we going to get Beltran back?THE BAD: Manny Acosta was supposed to give the team some emergency bullpen relief, but 3 runs and 2 walks in just over an inning of work is not good. Exxon Valdes didn't fare much better with his 2 hits and 1 walk in 2/3 of an inning. What's really bad is they both actually looked good compared to the performance we saw tonight from Hisanori Takahashi who imploded in the ninth by allowing 3 runs. It didn't really matter however - the way the Mets were hitting, they weren't going to come back in this game either way. Oliver Perez took his second loss of the season against no wins. And is Jeff Francoeur swinging at every pitch these days? After a great start, he's just hitting .281 and he's 0 for Colorado, St. Louis, and Chicago.
THE UGLY: At first it was funny. Now it's really getting ugly. Gary Matthews Jr. pinched hit in the game - and struck out. Like he always does. This guy is done - Omar, admit you're wrong on him and DFA ala Mike Jacobs. I mean really... I've never seen anything like this before. He's now hitting .179 and has struck out in 8 of the last 9 games he's played - and many of those games he's had just ONE at-bat. Really ugly!
THE PULSE of the GAME
posted by Mets Fan Club @ 7:49 PM
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