It's Been A Long Day's Night - Twenty Innings is Plenty Innings
The Happy Recap: Mets 2, Cards 1 (20 innings)
Nothing comes easy for these Mets, and when we say nothing, we mean nothing - as in 0-0 for 18 innings of fingernail biting tension in almost a 7-hour marathon before someone actually scored a run in the 19th inning. But you know what they say: the 20th time's the charm!
THE GOOD: If you like pitcher's duels, you saw a great game (until the last few innings when Tony LaRussa's continual over-managing forced him into using position players to pitch). Johan was great as was the entire Mets pitching staff, except of course K-Rod, who came in the game for his first save of the year in the 19th inning and blew it. Meanwhile, he vultured the win as Mike Pelfrey earned his first career save. How about that - Pelfrey saves the game for KRod! You won't see that again (hopefully).
It was the longest scoreless game in the majors since the Los Angeles Dodgers and Montreal Expos went 21 innings without a run on Aug. 23, 1989. As a result of the game, Pelrey now leads the Mets in wins AND saves. What a crazy year so far, but as the late great Bob Murphy once said in exasperation: "The Mets win the damn ballgame!"
THE BAD: Jason Bay, we expect better. O for 7 with 4 strikeouts isn't going to do it, especially when you're hitting against shortstops and leftfielders. Bad - I mean "Bay" - now has 18 strikeouts in his first 45 at bats as a Met. And while we're talking bad, Jose Reyes was 0 for 7 (who's average stands at .171, as was Jeff Francoeur (who's average dipped about 80 points in the game to .381). Angel Pagan was picked off first base, Gary Matthews Jr. extended his "strikeout in every game" streak by whiffing miserably in his only pinch hitting appearance. And Fernando Tatis was... well... Fernando Tatis (and that's never good). The entire team was 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left 13 runners on base during the game. You could have watched 7 episodes of 24 in the same time it took for this game to end.
Oh, and by the way, if you REALLY want some bad news, Colorado Rockies pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez threw Colorado's first ever no-hitter tonight against the Atlanta Braves. With the Mets pitching rich history, how is it possible that no Met pitcher has done that yet in a Met uniform?
THE UGLY: It got a little ugly when Tony LaRussa resorted to pitching shortstop Felipe Lopez and centerfielder Joe Mather in the last three innings. In fact, Mather became the first position player to lose a game since Padres' shortstop Josh Wilson last June. But what's really ugly about the entire situation was that these guys were throwing batting practice type pitches, AND THE METS BARELY WON THE GAME!!! In fact, none of the Mets runs were even scored with hits! They were both driven in by sacrifice flys. Lopez actually pitched an entire inning without giving up a run. Henry Blanco, Mike Jacobs, Luis Castillo, and David Wright couldn't hit safely against a non-pitcher. And this is the major leagues... Meanwhile the Cardinals left the bases loaded in the 10th, 12th and 14th and stranded 22 runners, including 14 in extra innings. Was it the Mets pitching?... or was it just ugly?
THE PULSE of the GAME
Nothing comes easy for these Mets, and when we say nothing, we mean nothing - as in 0-0 for 18 innings of fingernail biting tension in almost a 7-hour marathon before someone actually scored a run in the 19th inning. But you know what they say: the 20th time's the charm!
THE GOOD: If you like pitcher's duels, you saw a great game (until the last few innings when Tony LaRussa's continual over-managing forced him into using position players to pitch). Johan was great as was the entire Mets pitching staff, except of course K-Rod, who came in the game for his first save of the year in the 19th inning and blew it. Meanwhile, he vultured the win as Mike Pelfrey earned his first career save. How about that - Pelfrey saves the game for KRod! You won't see that again (hopefully).It was the longest scoreless game in the majors since the Los Angeles Dodgers and Montreal Expos went 21 innings without a run on Aug. 23, 1989. As a result of the game, Pelrey now leads the Mets in wins AND saves. What a crazy year so far, but as the late great Bob Murphy once said in exasperation: "The Mets win the damn ballgame!"
THE BAD: Jason Bay, we expect better. O for 7 with 4 strikeouts isn't going to do it, especially when you're hitting against shortstops and leftfielders. Bad - I mean "Bay" - now has 18 strikeouts in his first 45 at bats as a Met. And while we're talking bad, Jose Reyes was 0 for 7 (who's average stands at .171, as was Jeff Francoeur (who's average dipped about 80 points in the game to .381). Angel Pagan was picked off first base, Gary Matthews Jr. extended his "strikeout in every game" streak by whiffing miserably in his only pinch hitting appearance. And Fernando Tatis was... well... Fernando Tatis (and that's never good). The entire team was 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left 13 runners on base during the game. You could have watched 7 episodes of 24 in the same time it took for this game to end.
Oh, and by the way, if you REALLY want some bad news, Colorado Rockies pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez threw Colorado's first ever no-hitter tonight against the Atlanta Braves. With the Mets pitching rich history, how is it possible that no Met pitcher has done that yet in a Met uniform?
THE UGLY: It got a little ugly when Tony LaRussa resorted to pitching shortstop Felipe Lopez and centerfielder Joe Mather in the last three innings. In fact, Mather became the first position player to lose a game since Padres' shortstop Josh Wilson last June. But what's really ugly about the entire situation was that these guys were throwing batting practice type pitches, AND THE METS BARELY WON THE GAME!!! In fact, none of the Mets runs were even scored with hits! They were both driven in by sacrifice flys. Lopez actually pitched an entire inning without giving up a run. Henry Blanco, Mike Jacobs, Luis Castillo, and David Wright couldn't hit safely against a non-pitcher. And this is the major leagues... Meanwhile the Cardinals left the bases loaded in the 10th, 12th and 14th and stranded 22 runners, including 14 in extra innings. Was it the Mets pitching?... or was it just ugly?
THE PULSE of the GAME
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