postGame: Braves 13 Mets 5
The Mets (82–62) lost to the Braves (74–71) by the score of 13–5 in Shea Stadium tonight.
For a recap and boxscore, go to Yahoo! Sports.
…Orlando Hernandez just didn’t have it tonight…and, despite what he said after the game, he looked to be favoring his foot, which forced him to miss a start last week…he was throwing all arm, as Ron Darling pointed out, leaving tons of weak fastballs out of over the plate…he was wild…very wild…so when he did throw a strike, batters were just sitting dead red…
…at 3–0 Braves, and the bases loaded, el duque let up back-to-back hits through the hole between second and first, and that was more or less the game…
…at the time, the crowd, and even i, was thinking that el duque should have been pulled in favor of Aaron Sele, mostly because it was quite clear that he was not himself…however, i can understand sticking with him, as well…the two hits were just shy of Luis Castillo’s glove…so, i mean, it’s not like he let up some huge meatball home run…nevertheless, as i keep saying, he just didn’t look right, so willie was pressing his luck at that point, making the decision a bit curious at best…
…speaking of castillo, he looks like he is in so much pain, when he isn’t actually running…i watched him while he stood out on second base, and he appeared to be in tons of pain, limping, pulling up, wincing, etc, then he bolts for third on a ground ball like everything is fine…it’s strange to watch…
…nice throw from Carlos Beltran to peg Brian McCann tagging and sliding in home…
…speaking of nice throws, wow, Jeff Francoeur has a cannon…
…on the replay, Mark Teixeira‘s home run didn’t look that impressive, but at the game i was stunned with how fast it left the park…it was literally a line-drive bullet, as he turned on high fastball out over the plate…it was laser…
…speaking of turning on the ball, Paul Lo Duca looks great at the plate…he is pulling the inside fastball with such authority since coming off the disabled list…
…lastly, again, Jose Reyes jogged out of the box on what he assumed would be a home run, but what turned out to be a double off the base of the wall…i don’t know that he would have been able to reach third has he been running hard from the box, but that’s not the point…again, i understand he must pace himself, as we all have learned, but i just don’t like to see this sort of play…lollygag on a ground ball to second…not on a rope to the wall in right…he was being cocky…plain and simple…
…nevertheless, at this point, the name of the game is magic number…the Phillies lost, so, despite the Mets losing, the division is one game closer…
