Note: Seven-Run lead with 17 Outs to Play
The Mets blew a seven-run lead with 17 outs left to play last night, as MetsBlog reader James H pointed out to me in an e-mail.
…if this sounds familiar, it’s because the Mets blew a seven-game lead in the standings last season, with 17 games to play in the season, to lose the division…
Jerry Manuel, following the game, said:
“Yeah, we blew a seven-run lead. You know, they played good baseball. They cough the baseball, they turned the double plays when they had to, we couldn’t add on, they got hits at the right time, and we were one
out away and couldn’t get it done. I mean, that’s baseball. I think you’re gonna get a hard-fought game and hard-fought battles all the way through, and that’s the way it’s gonna be…We’ve had some tough losses all year. The sun will come up tomorrow, and we’ll play again. That’s the way baseball is, and we’ll be okay.”
Pedro Martinez, who let up two two-run home runs in the fifth inning, speaking to reporters after the game, said:
“In this stadium, with this team, you just never know – five runs, seven runs, it’s never enough. I’ve seen it before, it’s not the first time. (The Phillies) never give up, especially playing here. This band-box here is a perfect place for them to play, and they know how to play in this field too, they take advantage of the fans and everything that goes around…It’s pretty bad that we lost the game, but we battled and both teams battled hard to win this game. Today they won, tomorrow hopefully we’ll return the favor and everything will be back to normal.”
David Wright, regarding the loss, while speaking to reporters following last night’s loss, said:
“Obviously this stings, but we’ve been very good at recovering next day…The last time we were here we had a tough loss and then we bounced back and won three straight from them.”
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