postGame: Mets 11 Yankees 2
The Mets (22–19) defeated the Yankees (20–24) by the score of 11 to 2 in Yankee Stadium tonight.
For a boxscore, stats, etc, go to SNY’s Mets Recap Page.
Oliver Perez will test your patience. He ‘looked’ like a total mess out there at times tonight. He was all over the mound, all over the strike zone, he was walking batters, using different arm slots, landing in different places, he was spinning off the mound in his follow through like I had never seen before, yet he was throwing nice and easy, kept it together and allowed just two runs in to the eighth inning. He’s a total enigma, but as long as he’s a successful enigma it works for me.- In the fourth, the Mets picked up a hand full of runs, after starting the inning with the bases loaded and one out. However, Carlos Delgado hit a home run off the bottom of the foul poll in the left-field corner, which was reversed by the home plate umpire following a pow-wow at mid field. It was clearly a home run. The third base ump, who was closest to the play, actually called it out, yet the home plate ump, who was furthest from the play, called it foul. Unreal. What’s worse, is the umpires look confused when doing this sort of work. Get. It. Together. Blue. Jeez. The score should have been 6–0 at that point. Fortunately, Delgado ripped a single to get one back, but still.
- Following the botched call, both Willie Randolph and Jerry Manuel were jawing at the ump from the dugout, but it was Manuel who got tossed and not Willie. People will make a big deal out of this, as if Randolph getting tossed from a game really matters in the grand scheme of the game. Of course, it doesn’t. That said, it’s sort of funny, in that with all the talk of Randolph’s passivity, it’s his bench coach who gets booted. Nice timing, skip.
- I don’t mean to pile on, but why is it so hard for Jon Miller and Joe Morgan to actually talk about the game at hand. It’s right there, on the field in front of them, yet they’re seemingly always talking about some other nonsense that has nothing to do with the game.
- The Mets played some nice defense tonight, including a nice play by Perez and Carlos Delgado. Ryan Church made two nice catches, including a sliding grab to end the second inning.
- Speaking of Church, he hit another home run tonight. He has been this team’s MVP so far, and I’m happy for him. He plays hard, plays well, and I’m glad he’s on this team.
- This game seemed like it was out of reach for the Yankees when it was 8 to 2, but then Jose Reyes clocked a three-run HR in the seventh and that was that. What had been a likely win, turned in to beat down.
- Best part of the game: 20,000 or so Mets fans, with only a few thousand Yankees fans, left in Yankee Stadium during the ninth inning.
- This worked out so well. Given the mood surrounding the team these last few days, beating up on the Yankees in the Bronx on National television has to make them smile on route to Atlanta to take on the Braves.
- By the way, if the Mets are supposedly ‘flat,’ then what on earth are the Yankees. Good luck with that, Hank.
The Mets will be off on Monday, then travel to Atlanta for a double header against the Braves on Tuesday.
