Post Game: Pirates 11 Mets 6
The Mets lost to the Pirates today, 11–6, in PNC Park, completing the sweep of a rain-shortened three-game series.
For a full recap and boxscore, click here.
The Least You Should Know:
- Mike Pelfrey did not have his best stuff, he got knocked around in the first inning, allowing four runs, and though the Mets were able to rally back to within one, Pelfrey allowed four more runs in fourth. That was essentially the ball game.
Other Moments, and Random Observations:
- Pelfrey was not sharp in the first inning, he missed on what should have been an inside fastball, as well as a slider, and both ended up being hit just our of reach from the defense for a RBI, this plus Pelfrey interfering with a ground ball and a blooper in front of Fernando Martinez, and it was quick four-run first, which included six hits and a walk. He didn’t have much on his slider, and he lacked command of his fastball. It was much of the same in the fourth inning, during which he was pulled from the game.
- The Mets returned the favor in the top of the second by being aggressive on the base paths, with some help from the umps, taking advantage of some shaky infield defense from the Pirates, to score three runs.
- Beltran said he lost between five and 10 pounds while recovering from a stomach bug, but it apparently didn’t impact his offense, since he hit a monster home run to center field, plus hit a double.
- The Pirates are going to score some runs with those three guys batting at the top of the order, it’s very 1985 Cardinals.
- Andrew McCutchen is super fast.
- Andy LaRoche has a serious arm at third base. He made some unbelievable throws during this series, flat-footed, like a cannon.
- Pelfrey is tall, but that home-plate umpire was taller. Wow.
- I wonder what Daniel Murphy is always muttering to himself when he’s at bat or on the bases. I bet it’s pretty entertaining.
- Sean Green is looking much better, today he threw two perfect innings in relief. He still looks eerily similar to Aaron Heilman, though.
- J.J. Putz, on the other hand, continues to look bad. Today, he was flat, letting up two runs on three hits to six batters. Again, he did not look happy while walking off the field, to say the least.
- In the end, like it always is, this game was about starting pitching, and pretty much nothing else.
The Mets begin a three-game series against the Nationals tomorrow night in Washington DC, with Tim Redding taking on Shairon Martis.
