postGame: Marlins 5 Mets 4
The Marlins beat the Mets with a walk-off home run in the 10th inning tonight in Miami, winning 5 to 4.
For a complete boxscore, read the reliable Associated Press.
…well, it only took four innings for Pedro Martinez to hurt himself…honestly, i thought all of the talk about him being injury-prone was all a bit overblown…guess not…in the bottom of the fourth inning, he tossed a pitch, then hopped up and immediately grabbed the back of his left leg, indicating a hamstring injury…he limped in to the dugout…ugh…
…up until that point, he looked okay…he hit Hanley Ramirez to lead off the game, which was followed by a home run by Dan Uggla…and then another home run by Luis Gonzalez…just as he was getting in to a groove, he hurt his leg…ugh, again…
…fortunately, Jorge Sosa looked solid in relief, allowing no runs through 2.2 innings…
…hey, did Hanley Ramirez mock Jose Reyes, while getting up following a slide in to third on a triple…he he did the exact same, exaggerated hand slap that jose does when he gets a bit hit…hmmm…
…Angel Pagan is very patient at the plate…again, he drove in the team’s first run with an RBI single during the third inning…the Mets tacked on two more runs in the same inning, including an RBI single by Brian Schneider while facing a left-handed pitcher…
…pagan then tied the game in the fifth, with a sacrifice fly…he continues to impress…he wants it…you can tell…go angel…
…the bullpen really stepped in after pedro’s injury, to throw seven scoreless innings before the walk-off home run…again, Willie Randolph used Scott Schoenweiss for one batter, and he looked great…Aaron Heilman looked even better…his change-up was wicked…Billy Wagner may be right, maybe heilman can be a closer one day…
…nice hustle by Carlos Beltran, who charged hard on a bloop single by Dan Uggla, who he threw out trying to extend in to a double…credit Luis Castillo for the nice catch and tag, too…
…David Wright hit a bomb to deep, deep center field in the ninth inning, which should have put the Mets ahead…but, because the Marlins play in Yellowstone Park, the ball was caught on the warning track…ugh…
…the thing is, Robert Andino’s walk-off home run could not be contained…that thing was clobbered…
…tough night…the Mets lose the game, and they lose pedro…this is like the total opposite from yesterday’s experience…oh, the ups and downs of the baseball season…get used to it, folks…
