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The Mets (22-22) lost to the Braves (25-21) by a score of 11 to 4 tonight at Turner Field.
For a complete recap and box score, check out SNY.tv.
Well, that was painful to watch. Keith Hernandez said it best during tonight’s broadcast, the Mets have hit rock bottom and have nowhere to go but up.
Mike Pelfrey had excellent stuff tonight, but he just couldn’t locate any of his pitches, which allowed the Braves hitters to sit on pitches in hitters counts. Pelfrey also got a bit unlucky in the third inning when a two out grounder was poorly played by Luis Castillo that allowed the Braves to score three runs in the inning.
The thing is, I’m not even sure it mattered much that Castillo bobbled the ball as Pelfrey couldn’t locate and it was going to catch up with him sooner or later. And, in the fifth it did, when another three Braves runs crossed the plate.
The bullpen wasn’t much better as the three reliever that followed, Pedro Feliciano, Joe Smith and Scott Schoeneweis proceeded to give up five runs over two innings.
Billy Wagner continued his streak of 18.0 innings not allowing an earned run as he got himself out of a no out base loaded jam in the bottom of the eighth.
Moises Alou left the game in the bottom half of the third inning with a cramp in his left calf. Unreal. Bunions, boots, staph infections and now cramps. What other strange injuries will occur to the Mets this season?
Hate to say this, but I think Chipper Jones might just make a run a hitting .400 this year. I know it’s still May, but he misses just enough games due to injury that he may hit .400 and still qualify with enough at-bats.
Oh, Endy Chavez, where have you gone? Your failing up at the plate and you allowed your first fielding error in three years. You haven’t been the same since your hamstring injury last June.
The Mets can’t get out of their own way and it’s not fun watching this team lately. Once the Braves took the lead in the third I knew it was over and this team wasn’t making a coming back. That’s a shame, I’ve always been pretty optimistic even in their down years, but lately it’s been hard to have that optimistic attitude that I desperately want to have.
On the bright side I can add a new Keithism to my vocabulary. “Stinkowski,” which was used by Keith when describing how the Giants and Padres played in the mid-80’s. However, just as Cerrone said in last night’s postGame, the SNY broadcast crew cannot continue to be the most entertaining part of the game.
The Mets look to avoid the sweep as Johan Santana faces off against Tim Hudson tomorrow night in at Atlanta at 7:10 pm.
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I think the bigger problem is the latin contingency doesn’t LISTEN to hojo…..for wright and church he has worked very very well…..but castillo, delgado, and beltran seem to but completely on their own, and unfortunately they dragged jose into it……..
or it could be that hojo doesnt connect with or reach out to them…..it could be either way….
at least we’re not the padres .. 17-30, they lost peavy and now young gets hit in the face with a line drive
if the organization doesn’t do anything by the next homestand… can we stage a walk out in protest? I know this could come across as childish, ignorant or short-sighted, but through my 15 years as a Mets fan I don’t ever remembering being this frustrated with the players, team and organization.
Their uninspired, lackluster plays seem to have no end in sight unless major move/moves is/are made.
To anybody who is still defending Willie saying that the manager doesn’t hit, run, or catch. HEAR THIS: The bleeping Cardinals are 27-21, the Bleeping Marlins are 26-19. Also go to the WFAN website and listen to the Dave Trembley interview with Mike & Dog and drool with jealousy as you hear what a real MLB manager sounds like. Enough already!
wikipedia on dave trembley:
“In his first year managing the Orioles he finished with a record 40-53. He is currently the only manager in Major League Baseball to not have played professional baseball.”
A sweep is in the air .
I keep hearing about willie being fired ,
At what point does Omar get the boot .This has got be the largest heist in baseball history 138 million of which 31 million is on the DL right know and the average age for these three players is 38 years old Great work omar your the biggest criminal in baseball .I bet there is some offshore account that these players are throwing a cut of there pay back to omar .Alou just retire you cant sting 15 games together Castillo you will make a great bench player somewhere
pretty soon, it will be welcome back to the boo-birds. and this team deserves every bit of it
im sick to my stomach
I was at the game tonight and it was painful. Pelf kept leaving his fastball up. The mash unit outfield couldn’t track a ball to the gap. The hitters, besides Reyes, were just flinging the bat out there. I am sick of Delgado and Alou. I fell like I want to abandon this season already.
this team is a disaster, i’ve lost faith .. we needed a win tonight, the doubleheader was an absolute waste, the two yankee games in the garbage, and tonight we needed a win, and what did the mets accomplish tonight, nothing except fall into fourth place. ive been hearing alot of , the mets playing “like” a .500 team, well now they officially are a .500 team, congratulations, this is disgusting.
Hmmm, let me be Nostradamus for a minute: Santana will pitch well enough on Thursday, but another fine effort by this year’s arson squad will help drop the Mets to 0 and 7 in At-$&@&*@-lanta for 2008.
“I have seen the future of rock n’ roll, and it’s name is Bruce Springsteen.”
- Jon Landau, 1973
“I have seen the future Mets manager, and its name is not Willie Randolph.”
- Gentry, 2008
This team is not good. They are aloof. There is absolutely no hustle on the field when they play. That was evident with Luis Castillo’s misplay last night. Or Endy not sprinting down the line to try to stop a double play. It’s the little things they don’t do that make other teams win. They have the talent to be just as good as those teams, but never will be.
With the way they played the past three games it looks like nothing sort of Gunnery Sargent Hartman can whip this team into shape.
“Are you quitting on me? Well, are you? Then quit, you slimy ___ walrus-looking piece of ___! Get the ____ off of my obstacle! Get the ___ down off of my obstacle! NOW! MOVE IT! “