Tonight the Mets were at home against Robbie Ray, a young lefty who entered the game with an ERA of nearly 5. Easy win right? A look at the advanced stats showed that Ray was giving up more than 10 hits and 3.5 walks per game. Should have been a can of corn, except that the struggling Mets offense made Ray look like Warren Spahn, mustering just 3 hits, 0 walks and 0 runs against him in seven innings.
The ageless wonder that is Bartolo Colon was terrific, striking out a season high 8 batters and surrendering just one run in 7 strong innings. Addison Reed allowed a painful insurance run in the 8th as Kelly Johnson’s 9th inning 2-run homer would have otherwise been a dramatic walk-off winner instead of a game-tying shot that sent this inevitable loss into excruciating extra innings that burnt out our overworked bullpen. Jerry Blevins surrendered the homer that broke our spirits, but in fairness, this loss is on the lineup, again. And Keith Hernandez can go on about injuries all he wants, but Travis d’Arnaud, Michael Conforto and Curtis Granderson are major league ball players who are supposed to hit every now and again.
The Mets now sit 10 games out of first and somehow just 2 1/2 out of the wild card, mainly because the other teams competing for the second wild card – the Marlins, Cardinals and Pirates – have all been playing uninspired baseball since the All-Star break as well. There’s still time, but it’s getting harder by the day to think positively about this team’s post season chances. We have a day game in 12 hours and our only chance is if Noah Syndergaard can go 8 innings because the bullpen is shot. @#$%! Come on, Mets. Wake up!
“Cry, Cry Again”
Sweet fancy Moses!
The whole story kind of comes apart at the end, so you cry, and then you see the ending and you cry again. very disturbing.
It’s like Watching a Turtle Ballet.
In the Chatter, after the Kelly Johnson homerun, it was deemed that this game was “crucial” and that it was going to be the “turn around” game that sets the season back in the right direction. It didn’t happen and if it was destined to then Oscar Hernandez was wearing the wrong uniform for his first major league homerun.
In the middle of August, the injury plagued *MASH* (Mets Sickly & Anemic Hitters) Team started the game only two games out of a wildcard position. No, this *MASH* Team is not very good but the standings read only two games out.
Three August AAA callups started instead of two veterans that have played well during the season. Kelly Johnson should have started in LF or 3b (he has inverted career splits), Loney should have been at 1B, and Flores should have been at either SS or 3B. These three players have kept you in this so called race (more so than many others on this team) but last night the AAA August callups started. I can understand one starting out of neccesity but not all three! It sent the wrong message to Loney and Johnson who are having commendable Met seasons with this *MASH* team.
The only thing is that you will never get me to believe this team is better in any way with Slowres at ss or 3B. He cannot play either position in elite level competition. His offense is already bad, adding miserable defense is not helpful.