postGame: Braves 6 Mets 3
The Mets (11–11) lost to the Braves (12–11) by the score of 6 to 3 in Shea Stadium.
For a recap and boxscore, go to SNY.
…never in a million years did i think Braves RHP Jarr Jurrjens would go six innings, considering how bad he looked in the third inning, during which he walked-in three straight batters to give the Mets a temporary lead…as David Wright said after the game, his team had to knock jurrjens out of the game at that point, and they didn’t, instead allowing him to get back in a groove, which eventually shut down the Mets…
…seriously, night after night, it’s like this team gives itself one opportunity to score a ton of runs – and if they do not take advantage, that’s it…they may as well leave their bats in the dugout…
…David Wright and Jose Reyes were a combined 0 for 7…in fact, the team’s only two hits came from Raul Casanova and Marlon Anderson…that is not sustainable…
…in other words, give a game ball to the home plate umpire, who did his best to keep the Mets in the game tonight…
…it’s hard to get on Mike Pelfrey, who allowed five runs in five innings on nine hits while walking four…he had control issues tonight, starting with the first batter of the game and he never got back on track…look, as we said all spring, he is a young, inexperienced pitcher, who needs more time in Triple-A, and to expect him to dominate every single start and help to repeatedly stop losing streaks is a bit unfair…he’s 2–1 with a 4.43 ERA following four starts, which is about what i would have thoughts he’d be at this point in the season…
…it should be noted, in a loss, Scott Schowenweis, Pedro Feliciano and Duaner Sanchez allowed no runs, while Joe Smith let up one…
John Maine will face Tim Hudson today in Shea Stadium, as the Mets continue their three-game series with the Braves at 1 pm.
