Inside-the-Park HR? Triple Play? Still Not Enough!
The Recap: Nats 5, Mets 3
Angel Pagan hit an inside-the-park home run AND started a triple play (it was the first time in 55 years both feats occurred in the same game and the Mets first triple play since 2002), but it wasn't enough for the Mets, as they lost another game they should have won and have now dropped 9 of their last 11 games.
THE GOOD: NY Jet Morgan tried for the spectacular catch, and couldn't get it done, creating the impetus for Angel Pagan's inside-the-parker. But besides Pagan, you have to hand it to knuckle-baller R.A. Dickey, who made his debut in a Mets uniform in the game and threw a solid 6 innings, allowing 2 runs and striking out 2. Major League Baseball calls that a "quality start", and since the Mets have just 2 real pitchers in their starting rotation, we're calling his performance yesterday an unexpected bonus.
More good: after splitting a 2-game series in Atlanta by identical 3-2 scores, there's talk that house-cleaning may happen (Manuel, Omar, both gone?) after the Mets get swept by the Yankees this weekend! We can only hope...
THE BAD: The top four hitters in the Mets lineup combined to go 1-for-15 in the game. Is Livan Hernandez rejuvenated, or are the Mets just a team of bad hitters? What does that say for HoJo as batting coach?
And we bring up the point over and over again, but no one listens: there's no reason to make pitching changes when pitchers are pitching well, REGARDLESS OF THE PITCH COUNT!!! We saw it again in this game when Manuel pinched hit for R.A. Dickey with Alex Cora (he sacrificed, something Dickey could have done equally well in that situation), then had to go to his bullpen with Raul Valdes and Fernando Nieve. On cue, Washington blew the game open with 3 runs in the bottom of the inning.
And at this point, it's always bad to see Oliver Perez on the mound, as he made is relief debut with the team and only walked one batter in his 1/3 of an inning of work.
THE UGLY: The Mets tied the game at 2 in the sixth when Jeff Francoeur hit a bases-loaded sacrifice fly. While that may sound good, it's just another example of the Mets not driving in runs with hits and their mind-boggling inability to hit in big situations that would blow a game wide open. I guess we shouldn't complain, as I'm sure everyone watching the game thought Francoeur would strike out in that situation as any other Met player probably would. But bases-loaded, one-out... I want more than one run there against the Nationals.
Angel Pagan hit an inside-the-park home run AND started a triple play (it was the first time in 55 years both feats occurred in the same game and the Mets first triple play since 2002), but it wasn't enough for the Mets, as they lost another game they should have won and have now dropped 9 of their last 11 games.
THE GOOD: NY Jet Morgan tried for the spectacular catch, and couldn't get it done, creating the impetus for Angel Pagan's inside-the-parker. But besides Pagan, you have to hand it to knuckle-baller R.A. Dickey, who made his debut in a Mets uniform in the game and threw a solid 6 innings, allowing 2 runs and striking out 2. Major League Baseball calls that a "quality start", and since the Mets have just 2 real pitchers in their starting rotation, we're calling his performance yesterday an unexpected bonus.More good: after splitting a 2-game series in Atlanta by identical 3-2 scores, there's talk that house-cleaning may happen (Manuel, Omar, both gone?) after the Mets get swept by the Yankees this weekend! We can only hope...
THE BAD: The top four hitters in the Mets lineup combined to go 1-for-15 in the game. Is Livan Hernandez rejuvenated, or are the Mets just a team of bad hitters? What does that say for HoJo as batting coach?
And we bring up the point over and over again, but no one listens: there's no reason to make pitching changes when pitchers are pitching well, REGARDLESS OF THE PITCH COUNT!!! We saw it again in this game when Manuel pinched hit for R.A. Dickey with Alex Cora (he sacrificed, something Dickey could have done equally well in that situation), then had to go to his bullpen with Raul Valdes and Fernando Nieve. On cue, Washington blew the game open with 3 runs in the bottom of the inning.
And at this point, it's always bad to see Oliver Perez on the mound, as he made is relief debut with the team and only walked one batter in his 1/3 of an inning of work.
THE UGLY: The Mets tied the game at 2 in the sixth when Jeff Francoeur hit a bases-loaded sacrifice fly. While that may sound good, it's just another example of the Mets not driving in runs with hits and their mind-boggling inability to hit in big situations that would blow a game wide open. I guess we shouldn't complain, as I'm sure everyone watching the game thought Francoeur would strike out in that situation as any other Met player probably would. But bases-loaded, one-out... I want more than one run there against the Nationals.
posted by Mets Fan Club @ 8:57 AM
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