Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Braves 4, Mets 0
Of course the one time Tom Glavine pitched adequately against the Braves the rest of the Mets would find a way to blow it. Could it have gone any other way? Did you expect anything else from this team? Glavine pitched a very winnable game against his former organization and the Mets still found a way to lose.
His final line may not look too impressive. Six and two-thirds innings. Seven hits. One walk. One strikeout. Four runs. But that really doesn't tell the whole story. Two of those hits were slow rollers to third by Raul Mondesi. Prior to the seventh inning, Glavine had allowed just one run on four hits and no walks. And aside from the triple that drove in the fourth run, none of the runs were batted in on particularly hard-hit balls. And even that triple might have been played better were the Mets not trying to pass Marlon Anderson off as a right fielder, not that anyone else would have stopped the run from crossing the plate. Still, it's not like anything beyond the first run mattered, as the Mets' offense just couldn't get anything done against Tim Hudson.
It's not that they didn't have their chances. In each of the first three innings they had two runners on with fewer than two outs. But they just couldn't get that key hit to drive in a run. In the first, Willie Randolph's decision to have Miguel Cairo lay down a sacrifice bunt didn't help matters and looked especially silly after Jose Reyes subsequently stole third without the Mets having to hand the Braves an out in the process. In the second, Doug McEwingwicz grounded into yet another double play to aid in squelching the threat. The Mets only had six hits and two walks (both by Mike Cameron) on the game, and Cairo's third inning double was the only extra base hit. But they certainly had opportunities to put a run or two on the board early. Mientkiewicz did get one hit on the night to get his average back to .200 as a weak grounder up the middle with none on and two out in the fourth found its way between the infielders. David Wright, batting seventh behind such offensive powerhouses as Anderson and Cairo, had a single in three tries.
Tomorrow looks like another ugly game for the Mets on paper. Victor Zambrano (2-4, 5.19) will pitch the first four or five innings for the Mets. Kyle Davies (1-0, 0.00) goes for the Braves. The Mets will likely be without Carlos Beltran and his strained quadricep muscle again. ¶ joe | 1:58 AM |
Of course the one time Tom Glavine pitched adequately against the Braves the rest of the Mets would find a way to blow it. Could it have gone any other way? Did you expect anything else from this team? Glavine pitched a very winnable game against his former organization and the Mets still found a way to lose.
His final line may not look too impressive. Six and two-thirds innings. Seven hits. One walk. One strikeout. Four runs. But that really doesn't tell the whole story. Two of those hits were slow rollers to third by Raul Mondesi. Prior to the seventh inning, Glavine had allowed just one run on four hits and no walks. And aside from the triple that drove in the fourth run, none of the runs were batted in on particularly hard-hit balls. And even that triple might have been played better were the Mets not trying to pass Marlon Anderson off as a right fielder, not that anyone else would have stopped the run from crossing the plate. Still, it's not like anything beyond the first run mattered, as the Mets' offense just couldn't get anything done against Tim Hudson.
It's not that they didn't have their chances. In each of the first three innings they had two runners on with fewer than two outs. But they just couldn't get that key hit to drive in a run. In the first, Willie Randolph's decision to have Miguel Cairo lay down a sacrifice bunt didn't help matters and looked especially silly after Jose Reyes subsequently stole third without the Mets having to hand the Braves an out in the process. In the second, Doug McEwingwicz grounded into yet another double play to aid in squelching the threat. The Mets only had six hits and two walks (both by Mike Cameron) on the game, and Cairo's third inning double was the only extra base hit. But they certainly had opportunities to put a run or two on the board early. Mientkiewicz did get one hit on the night to get his average back to .200 as a weak grounder up the middle with none on and two out in the fourth found its way between the infielders. David Wright, batting seventh behind such offensive powerhouses as Anderson and Cairo, had a single in three tries.
Tomorrow looks like another ugly game for the Mets on paper. Victor Zambrano (2-4, 5.19) will pitch the first four or five innings for the Mets. Kyle Davies (1-0, 0.00) goes for the Braves. The Mets will likely be without Carlos Beltran and his strained quadricep muscle again. ¶ joe | 1:58 AM |
