This afternoon, the Mets offense continued to stall as New York fell to the Phillies 6-2. Today, Jamie Moyer pitched incredibly, using all of his stuff. He went seven innings, allowing two hits, which didn't even get out of the infield. One of them was a bunt for a base hit by Robinson Cancel and the other, a grounder that went to second which Damion Easley beat out. And, it looks like we have found a new candidate for Mets killer. After his two run homer Friday night, Greg Dobbs wasn't done. Today he went 2-4 with his big hit being a three run homer. Pedro Martinez looked awful. He couldn't get anyone out as he allowed seven hits, walked a batter and took credit for all six runs given up. There were two positives for the Mets this afternoon, one of them being.....yes I'm saying it again, the bullpen. Everyone coming out of the pen today threw great today. It seemed like when they found trouble, they got out, kind of like Aaron Heilman's double play. Talk about perfect timing, the next batter he faced got a single and before the inning was over, his replacement Pedro Feliciano walked a batter. So once again the Mets avoided another bullpen meltdown. The other high note of the game was the eighth inning rally sparked by three consecutive doubles with two outs. But, the downer was Carlos Delgado striking out with Carlos Beltran on third. But, you can't win 'em or hit 'em all. The two runs scored by the Mets in the eighth inning stopped a 16 inning scoreless streak. Today, the outfield wasn't exactly solid. Both Carlos Beltran and Fernando Tatis misjudged/couldn't get to a few balls. In Fernando Tatis' case, you can't really blame him. Asides from the sun beaming down the entire game, there were so many balls hit fair and foul to right field, but every single one seemed to be about 50 feet away from Tatis. I thought he was going to need oxygen. Play after play, he would sprint across the field trying to track down ball after ball. I guess one of the best ways to put the game into one scene was when Jose Reyes ran out as Nick Evans came in, neither of whom could quite find the ball, allowing it to drop inbetween them. Well, enough with the negativity of the afternoon, because right now things look great tonight, despite David Wright just striking out with one out and the bases loaded.
One last thing I have to rant about. Are you kidding? In case you aren't watching, Beltran just popped out to Ryan Howard in foul territory. Back to my anger and frustration. When the Mets win, fans get to enjoy the song Takin' Care of Business. Have you ever noticed the song fans listen to when the Mets fail to win? After the recent defeats I have noticed the Jurassic Park song being whisped into the mellow Flushing air. Who wants to think about either an exciting dinosaur movie directed by Steven Spielberg or a fantastic ride at Universal Studios after a defeat. My point is, what kind of a song is that to play. I guess it's a little mellow and depressing so it adds to the mood but talk about picking a completely random song to denote your defeat with. Well that's all for now, be sure to get back her to read the next post for Mets Baseball. I couldn't resist putting in two pictures for this game.
2 comments:
"But, you can't win 'em or it 'em all."
this sentence doesn't make that much sense to me
That was my mistake, I corrected it. I meant to say hit 'em all. And by win 'em all, I meant you can't win every situation and get the positive outcome.
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