The Mets lost to the Padres tonight at Citi Field by a score of 8-6. It was the Mets’ fourth loss in a row, dropping them to 57-58. They hadn’t been below .500 since April before this loss.
- Logan Verrett started this one and followed his bad previous start with an utterly garbage outing against a team with a bunch of “who”‘s in the lineup. The following sequence captures the first six batters he faced: hit, walk, walk, out(!), grand slam, home run. Seriously. His final line: 2.2 IP, 6 H, 8 R, 3 BB, 4 HR. That’s four homers and eight runs in less than three innings. I have no more words for this.
- Oh by the way, in case you hadn’t heard, Zack Wheeler experienced elbow discomfort during his rehab and is off to see Tommy John extraordinaire Dr. James Andrews. So, if you thought things couldn’t possibly get any worse…
- The offense did their best to try and crawl back into this one.They spent several innings chipping away. Travis d’Arnaud, having himself a 3-4 night and throwing out a runner, hit a 2-run homer in the bottom of the second to get the Mets on the board. There were RBI hits produced by Jay Bruce, Ty Kelly, and Matt Reynolds over the fifth and sixth innings. They almost succeeded in the comeback but fell short.
- If the offense put in an honorable effort, the bullpen was downright heroic. After taking over to handle Verrett’s mess, the bullpen came in and retired 19 Padres in a row. Yes, that was every single Padres hitter after Verrett was yanked. Amazin’. Seth Lugo, Erik Goeddel, and Hansel Robles (who pitched three innings) deserve a ton of credit here.
- Get ’em tomorrow, I guess.
Points for variety, I guess. I was sick of seeing those games they lost because they couldn’t score any runs.
Robert Gsellman’s last five starts: a 3.31 era, 1.65 walks per nine, 8.54 K’s per nine, a total of 32 2/3 innings pitched, or 6 2/3 innings per outing. In all not bad numbers for the PCL.
He last pitched yesterday, so his spot in the rotation parallels Verrett’s.
Sounds like Gsellman Time to moi.
Logan Verrett out
Jon Niese in
What’s the difference?
If it’s Niese, I very nearly hope that he bombs. Jonathan puts together a good game every now and then; but with his stuff he lives on a narrow margin. A good first start would guarantee that we would get at least three more starts, something I do not want to watch.