Sweep! Rain O'er Me!
The Happy Recap: Mets 1, Braves 0
In a rain shorted game, the Mets scrappy first inning run was the difference as they team pulled off the 4-game sweep and sent the Braves back to their Atlanta trailer homes in last-place humiliating defeat.
THE GOOD: The Mets are actually getting breaks. And being on the winning end of a rain shortened game is one of them. I can't even remember the last time the Mets won due to rain. I remember them losing like that often. Mike Pelfrey improved his record to 4-0 and his consecutive scoreless innings streak to 24 innings without even having his best stuff as he escaped Atlanta rallies in just about every inning. (all 5 of them!). He lowered his ERA to a ridiculous Bob Gibson like 0.69.
For the game's only run, Jose Reyes looped a two-out single in the first, stole second, then scored on Larry Jones' throwing error on Jason Bay's hard hit grounder to third. Jones' named his child "Shea" in tribute to Shea Stadium, but his weekend against the Mets was so atrocious, he's now thinking twice about naming his dog "Citi".
THE BAD: David Wright still looks lost. Perhaps we can blame last night on the soggy, rainy conditions, but he's now riding a 12-game strikeout streak and has struck out 20 times during that span. And despite the game being called in the sixth, shouldn't Raul Valdes have been credited with a save in the game? After all, he was on the mound when the game technically ended. And after 19 games played so far in the season, can ESPN at least give this guy a picture on his profile?
THE UGLY: Every game has one. You know... cell phone guy. The idiot behind home plate on the cellphone waving his hands and probably saying "Hey, look. I'm on TV". Okay, first of all, being on TV isn't that great a deal. Secondly, you're not being original. And finally, you're over 15 years old - you're not being "cool". In fact, it's kind of ugly...
THE PULSE of the GAME
In a rain shorted game, the Mets scrappy first inning run was the difference as they team pulled off the 4-game sweep and sent the Braves back to their Atlanta trailer homes in last-place humiliating defeat.
THE GOOD: The Mets are actually getting breaks. And being on the winning end of a rain shortened game is one of them. I can't even remember the last time the Mets won due to rain. I remember them losing like that often. Mike Pelfrey improved his record to 4-0 and his consecutive scoreless innings streak to 24 innings without even having his best stuff as he escaped Atlanta rallies in just about every inning. (all 5 of them!). He lowered his ERA to a ridiculous Bob Gibson like 0.69.For the game's only run, Jose Reyes looped a two-out single in the first, stole second, then scored on Larry Jones' throwing error on Jason Bay's hard hit grounder to third. Jones' named his child "Shea" in tribute to Shea Stadium, but his weekend against the Mets was so atrocious, he's now thinking twice about naming his dog "Citi".
THE BAD: David Wright still looks lost. Perhaps we can blame last night on the soggy, rainy conditions, but he's now riding a 12-game strikeout streak and has struck out 20 times during that span. And despite the game being called in the sixth, shouldn't Raul Valdes have been credited with a save in the game? After all, he was on the mound when the game technically ended. And after 19 games played so far in the season, can ESPN at least give this guy a picture on his profile?
THE UGLY: Every game has one. You know... cell phone guy. The idiot behind home plate on the cellphone waving his hands and probably saying "Hey, look. I'm on TV". Okay, first of all, being on TV isn't that great a deal. Secondly, you're not being original. And finally, you're over 15 years old - you're not being "cool". In fact, it's kind of ugly...
THE PULSE of the GAME
posted by Mets Fan Club @ 8:13 AM
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