postGame: Braves 11 Mets 5
The Mets (2–2) lost to the Braves (2–3) by the score of 11 to 5 in Atlanta today.
For a boxscore, click here.
…John Maine looked uncomfortable and angry and awkward on the mound today, especially when throwing from the stretch with runners on base…he was sloppy, on what was an overall sloppy day…he allowed four runs and eight hits while walking three…he also allowed a ton of foul balls, and threw 96 pitches, and was pulled after just four innings…this was not the stellar debut i expected, following a hype-worthy spring…
…Joe Smith looked good in relief, though he eventually allowed a run…also, Scott Schoenweiss came on to pitch to a lefty, who got a hit and drove in another run…although, he did get Chipper Jones to flip around, who popped out weakly next to first base…
…Jose Reyes hit a ball to center field, which bounced at least one feet in front of the outfielder’s glove…yet, the ump called it an out, which led to Angel Pagan getting doubled up on second…the call was reversed, however, in the Mets favor, after Willie Randolph argued with passion…awful, awful call, blue…
…it’s funny, only in baseball will a game stop for 10 minutes so both teams and the umpires can debate the rules for every one to see…crazy…also, only in baseball will the game stop for 10 minutes because one player is unhappy with the dirt, thus calling out the groundscrew to make the ground all nicey nice like Jorge Sosa requested…i love it…
…speaking of sosa, he allowed a monster grand slam to Kelly Johnson, after having loaded the bases on his own, which put the Mets down six runs…ugly…he grooved a fat, 3–2 fastball and johnson turned on it……there were points in which he looked unhinged, and i hoped to see some one else get the call, like Pedro Feliciano…however, sosa was one or two pitches away from being out of the inning on a few occasions, too, but he just couldn’t get it done…
…in the next inning, with momentum clearly on atlanta’s side, the Mets got back-to-back doubles from Carlos Beltran and Carlos Delgado (against lefties), followed by a two sacrifices to put two more runs on the board, which was good to see…they didn’t roll over…they kept up the fight…which is a good sign…especially on a sluggish, gloomy afternoon when down six with six outs left…
…of course, in their next turn, atlanta tacked on more runs, thanks to Nelson Figueroa, a diving beltran, some bad routes and a sloppy throw…
…Yunel Escobar looks like Andres Galarraga at the plate…
…look, the Mets allowed 11 runs, which is awful…however, any time Tim Hudson is on his game, and gets 11 ground-ball outs, it’s gonna be a tedious day…
…frankly, i’m putting this slop-fest behind me, while focusing on tomorrow’s exciting match up of Johan Santana vs. John Smoltz…i can’t wait…
