postGame: Cubs 9 Mets 6
The Mets lost to the Cubs by the score of 9 to 6 in 10 innings tonight at Shea Stadium.
For a recap, boxscore and stats, click here.
I’m beginning to get sick to my stomach, and I 
think it’s from motion sickness. Seriously, I am emotionally dizzy, having been put through way, way too many twists and turns this season, and tonight’s game was no different.
In five innings, the Mets left 10 men on base. They had a lead-off walk in the fifth, and didn’t score with the top of the order at the plate. They got a lead-off walk in the sixth, and didn’t score. They had runners on first and third with nobody out in the seventh, and they didn’t score because of Derek Lee’s glove. They scored a run in the eighth, thanks to a walk, but left the bases loaded. They got a lead-off triple in the ninth from Daniel Murphy, and, again, they didn’t score as David Wright, who needed to just hit a fly ball, struck out, while Ryan Church popped out and Ramon Castro struck out to end the inning.
Frankly, if the Mets do not make the post-season, get ready to point to that ninth inning over and over and over again.
Anyway, add all of that to Oliver Perez, who wasted an early 5 to 1 lead; Duaner Sanchez, who needed just two pitches to let the game get tied; and a sporadic bullpen, which may as well have a ticking time bomb for a logo on their hat; and, despite Carlos Delgado’s grand slam, you get a long, drawn out, emotional, disappointing loss – all on a night when the Phillies lost as well, meaning the Mets could have been tied in the loss column for first place in the National League East.
Instead, they remain one loss back of the Phillies, and tied with the Brewers for the Wild Card lead.
There are four games left in the season, and, basically, there is as good of a chance that the Mets win the division as there is that they’ll win the Wild Card as there is that they’ll win nothing and be home for October for the second-straight season.
In other words, the roller coaster continues. I’m done worrying, though. I’m done analyzing, I’m done feeling good one day, bad the the next – now, I am only holding on for dear life, as I hope to see this team keep pushing hard towards the finish the line.
The Mets conclude their four-game series with the Cubs tomorrow at Shea Stadium, starting at 7 pm, with Pedro Martinez (5-6, 5.50 ERA) taking on Rich Harden (5-1, 1.66 ERA).
