Quote: Two-Out Walks
The seventh-, eighth- and ninth-place hitters were 2 for 2 with two walks, a 
sacrifice, a hit by pitch and two RBI hits against Nelson Figueroa last night.
Willie Randolph, on such situations, while talking to reporters after last night’s game:
“You just hate those two-out walks…When you get down to it, as a staff we’ve done a poor job of getting through those late seventh, eighth and ninth hitters. It’s so important to put those guys away. A lot of times it has been with two outs. A lot of times it’s been when you have to make a pitch and they walk to keep the inning going. You have to do a better job of navigating through those waters…We’ve got to do a better job of finishing up that part of the game…We’ve got to do better there.”
During last night’s post game show, SNY’s Harold Reynolds said:
“You always try to look through a lineup and have outs in the lineup that you have to get, that are designated outs. In the National League, the eight hitter and the pitcher cannot extend rallies. As I look at this game tonight, it was two-out walks and two-out hits and the bottom of the order, that’s a recipe to lose. You wonder how the Nationals score 10 runs, the bottom of the order and two outs hits and walks and you’re gonna lose all night long.”
…figgy just didn’t have it from the get-go…walks kill, and any rally the mets tried to muster died once he or sosa took the mound in the top part of the inning…
