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The Mets (5–6) lost to the Brewers (8–4) by the score of 9 to 7 in Shea Stadium this afternoon.
For a recap and boxscore, go to SNY.
…Oliver Perez was sporadic…he looked good, then okay, then better, then bad, and he just could not get a grip…for instance, he looked good, then threw a wild pitch to put runners on second and third with no outs, but rebounded to get out of the inning unscathed…so, even when pitching well, it felt like he was walking a fine line…later, he couldn’t avoid the sloppy inning, coupled with a blooper or two, and quietly the game was tied at six…i get the feeling willie is a bit disappointed in oliver, who erased a four-run lead and dejected while doing so…
…the bats were alive through the first three innings, during which the Mets scored in each frame, compiling six runs…however, after that they picked up just one run the rest of the day…in fact, they had the leadoff hitter on base in the fourth, fifth, sixth and eighth, but did not score…in the seventh, they got a run back, but it could have been more because Brian Schneider was called out on a double-play to end the inning, but he was safe according to me…
…the Mets left 10 men on base, and hit in to four double plays…yet, they scored seven runs…and that’s the thing, i feel like the offense struggled today, yet they scored seven runs, so what does that say about their pitching and defense…
…hey, Gabe Kapler, it’s not the late 90s…settle down…
…Gary Cohen and Ron Darling had a long discussion about the team’s power drought, no sooner did David Wright hit the 100th home run of his career…i notice some fans often criticize gary for being a jinx at times…however, his magic powers seem to cut both ways, which is nice…by the way, congrats, david, on 100…
…Jorge Sosa got out of perez’s jam in his first inning of work, but then allowed a solo home run to Rickie Weeks, to put the Brewers up by one in the sixth…but, he then walked a batter, who went from first to third on back-to-back wild pitches…again, sloppy…sure enough, the run scored to extend their lead…
…later in the game, David Wright made an off-line, but catchable throw to Carlos Delgado, who misplayed the catch, and the runner was safe…of course, he eventually scored…
…again heavy, heavy boos rained down on the Mets as they jogged from the field after the sixth…i can’t believe this is becoming the habit at Shea Stadium…it’s embarrassing, and making me very, very uncomfortable and unhappy…look, boo Guillermo Mota, like they did…that’s fine…of course, mota did everything possible to blow the lead – letting the bases get loaded – but delgado popped out to end the inning, and mota gave an aggressive fist pump in celebration…which only added insult to injury, which was probably the point…
…what hurts most is that this looked like a win, with the Mets in command early…perez let it go, and the offense went to sleep…game over…
The Mets are off tomorrow, and will return to action on Tuesday against the Nationals at home.
speechless
Why? Losses like these are pretty much par for the course at this point.
A loss is a loss is a loss. They all look pathetic depending on the context you bring to the game. The Crew are no slouches, either. I wouldn’t be too disheartened. If anything, I’m liking what I’m seeing out of the offense. We just got uncharacteristically stung by the long ball and shoddy defense.
This game is right out of the final week of ‘07.
It was right out of 1980.
Was it only 4 DP’s? I thought it was 5, but seemed like 12.
Yea, I’m pretty sure it was five double plays. At least that’s what SNY was reporting at the end of the game.
Five, according to the Brewers feed.
with 10 runners left on base and 5 double plays, that’s 15 baserunners that didn’t score, and as they didn’t get anyone on in the 9th, they thus did not score an average of almost 2 runners per inning. atrociously clutchless hitting.
once again, this is a .500 team at best…
bannister won again. milledge and gomez both batting over .300. trade away the youth. trade away the future. and it will be rich when pagan is forced to ride the bench for alou.
omar please quite. thanks for saddling us with that waste of player in castillo for 4 years. can you believe that. four years of nothing out of second and willie insists of batting that punch and judy hitter in the second hold
fire willie, fire omar
the thing is, both Church and Schneider are hitting better then Lastings, so not sure what you’re getting at there. Are you really upset about getting rid of Gomez? Please man, we have Santana, you had to give up talent for that. It pains me when people like you want to make a point, but choose horrible examples that make no sense to make it. Ok, you’re upset with how this team is playing, whatever, but what does that have to do with Gomez and Milledge? I mean, no, Milledge nor Gomez is t batting over .300, that is a lie. A blatant lie. Check your facts. Bannister I understand, but get over it already.
Milledge hitting .303 after today’s game
yes. church and schneider are both hitting for now. but with schneider it won’t last. church may hit .280 this season. but i’ve seen enough. the guy is a lefty kevin mcrenoylds and brings about as much passion to his game. but that’s what the mets want. a passionless team that you can’t get behind.
come on, admit it, the phillies are a hellauva a lot more fun to watch, even when they lose
Then go root for the Phillies and get the hell off this blog.
seriously….who was even bringing up the phillies?
And wow, so milledge goes 3-3 and now is over 300…lets give it some time..
Gomez, went 0-5 and is now under 300
UGH
I disagree — I think their park is a tragedy, and takes a lot of the nuance out of the game. Maybe they’re more fun to watch on the road, but. . . .
That said, bad defense is never fun to watch, and the Mets have slipped a bit these last couple of games. They’re definitely tight . . . which happens when fans boo virtually every poor performance, regardless of effort.
Anyone who wants to question that Santana deal is just crazy and looking for someone to hate. I can understand where one might regret losing Milledge, but calling out Church and Schneider, who have been huge thus far, is silly. I don’t think there’s any evidence as to the level of heart Ryan Church has, one way or the other, and it’s unfair to judge that 2 weeks in. All I know is that he’s played very well, well above the level Shawn Green played at last year.
And yeah, I don’t think the Phillies had anything to do with this. I, for one, wouldn’t want to watch the Kendricks, Moyers, Eatons and Durbins of the world pitch in a joke of a ballpark in candy striper unis day in and day out.
Milledge was batting under .300 before his 3-3 game today and Gomez is batting .269
I think everyone needs to relax with the stats on April 13. Hernandez and Darling have said many times over the past 2 years that it takes about 200 at bats for averages to leverage out. Until then, an 0-5 day or a 5-5 day can drive the stats way up or down.
kind of an ugly game all around, tough game to lose, but we had our chance to win, somehow, it just didn’t happen. Castillo’s DP ball in the 8th was brutal, but if Ollie is able to keep a lead, we’re not even talking about that. I think the booing is getting contagious, but the thing I wonder about it is, what gives these fans their entitlement? What example are we trying to live up to? It’s like Mets fans are saying, hey, you guys aren’t performing up to the usual Mets standard…which makes absolutely no sense to me, considering the losing tradition of this team.
It’s about attention span, or it’s lack. “what have you done for me lately?” now works inning-to-inning, instead of game-to-game, week-to-week, or (more appropriately) month-to-month. Get a hit one inning? Cheers. Strike out the next time up? Boos.
this team is going nowhere and it will be much easier on alot of you if you accept that early this year. its the same team as last year….they are a .500 club. end of story. they are going to get outslugged by alot of teams (as you saw today).
they dont have enough weapons to win consistantly. their ace is 1-2, and their offense is anemic. they wont put up 7 runs for another week…just watch.
they also never EVER EVER EVER get the big hit in a big spot. Wright hasn’t done it yet, the Carlos’ don’t do it…
and Luis Castillo needs to be surgically removed from this team. He is hard to watch, and is no longer a major league hitter. Willie and Omar need to move him to the bottom of the order and let Pagan hit 2nd, or just get rid of him period.
Well, Pagan got a big hit in a pretty big spot against the Phils.
Pagan is the only saving grace on this team.
f uck this team to hell
Okay, now these are the sort of comments / commenters that need to be screened a la Matt’s earlier post.
Exactly, Gipper.
Brian Bannister:
Complete game shutout, and he’s now 3-0. In the AL. Awesome.
Come on guys, can we be a little positive?
If the Cubs can beat the Phillies, we will still be tied with them and only 2 games behind the Marlins for 1st place, who obviously won’t be up there forever. So, in essence, we have been playing crappy, but are still a .500 team. They will play better than this and go on some winning streaks. Gotta have some faith, and Ya gotta believe. Even if it is only 12 games in, it’s never too late to start.
You’ll see more losing streaks than winning streaks out of this bunch. You honestly think these guys can win 5 straight? hahahahahaha
Also, remember how horrible the Phils were to start off.
I hope the boo’s continue all year. It will send a message to Omar and Willie that their master plan is crap.
Analysts abroad predicted the Mets to win the division. All this talk about Santana, and how good the Mets are and blah blah blah. High payroll, star players, and high expectations…the fans didn’t build that up. The Mets brass and media did.
So when you get a 500 team disguised as something better….boos are going to happen.
I heard 2500 times “The mets need to get a hot start out of the gate to forget about last year”
Well guess what…they are 5-6 and thats hardly a hot start. They can’t beat the Braves, cant beat the Brewers…all big hitting teams.
No one has forgotten about 2007 and it wont happen for a while. Same team….same crap results. I would be shocked if the Mets make the playoffs.
The upside of that is we dont have to watch Willie Randolph at Citi Field next year.
Actually a huge majority of analysts picked the Braves to win.
you are simply wrong, most analysts did not pick the Mets to win, in fact, some even picked them to finish 3rd and miss the playoffs. Stop lying.
Wound a little too tight again today darkstar?
I think it is time to stop being embarassed by the boos and start being embarassed by the team that collapses and the franchise that holds nobody accountable for it.
Wow, the ne