Quotes: Wright and Willie on RISP
….yes, the Mets scored two runs in the second inning last night, but they should have scored more…they had the bases loaded and no outs, yet stranded all three runners…they had 
Dodgers RHP Hiroki Kuroda on the ropes, and, again, let the starting pitcher off the hook…
The Mets were 2 for 14 with runners in scoring position on the night.
Willie Randolph, speaking to reporters after the game about scoring runs, said:
“Wasted opportunities. It sets yourself up for the fall when you get opportunities like that early and you don’t take advantage of it…It’s no secret, we’ve got to start swinging the bats better. You know, we’re leaving too many ducks out there and making it tough on our pitchers to be fine…We really should have had one of those laughers. We just wasted too many opportunities tonight…We’ve got to swing the bats better.”
David Wright, on hitting with runners in scoring position, talking to reporters after last night’s loss:
“Uh, (pause), they threw some pretty good arms at us today…We just couldn’t muster up anything against that bullpen. It’s been phenomenal. They’ve been playing well as a team and it’s continued against us.”
Rephrased, Wright was asked if he feels it will come back to bite his team later in the game if they do not score early, to which he responded:
“Uh, (pause), you know, it’s, again, um, we got two in the second, we would have liked to get more, but to scratch off a crooked number there in the second inning, and I thought: we’re gonna hit in to some double plays, we’re gonna strike out with a guy on third, it’s gonna happen. I thought we did a good job of striking early. We could have gotten a few more, but I’ll take one in the first and two in the second.”
…here’s the thing, had willie given the response that wright gave, fans would be killing willie right now…
…i hear the people who are calling for willie’s head, in May, with their team above .500, and one loss out of first, but, what i want to know is: where is the line…at one point does the manager shoulder the blame, as opposed to the hitters who are flat and stranding runners…where is that line…
