Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Rockies 5, Mets 3
Rockies 4, Mets 3
The Mets sent Tom Glavine and Kazuhisa Ishii out to pitch the first two games of a series in Colorado, so they more or less got what they deserved. Neither pitcher got annihilated, exactly, and the Mets' offense really dropped the ball after it looked to be on track. But still, sending out those guys out to start these games wasn't quite the proverbial putting forward of the best foot.
Glavine only walked one batter in six innings, and he did get victimized a bit by his defense, but still, he wasn't good. Only one of the five runs Glavine allowed was unearned as a result of David Wright's seventeenth error of the season. He didn't allow a home run, as two doubles accounted for the only extra bases hits he surrendered. But eight hits in total helped put five runs on the board and the Mets' offense somehow couldn't compete with that.
The Mets also failed to hit a home run, and had just six hits overall while failing to draw a single walk. But four of those six hits were for extra bases, as Jose Reyes hit his league-leading eleventh triple of the season, Cliff Floyd also made it all the way around to third for the first time this season and Mikes Cameron and Piazza each had doubles. Reyes also had a single, as did Wright. But against four Colorado pitchers, one of whom was Mike Freaking DeJean, the Mets couldn't do anything more than that and lost as a result.
Tuesday was a similar story, though the pitching was a little better and the defense a little worse. Well, "better" may be the wrong word, as Ishii lasted just five innings and allow seven hits, four walks and a wild pitch. But he limited the Rockies to just four runs, and only one of those was counted as earned due to an error by first baseman Chris Woodward. Ishii did allow the first home run of the series and struck out just one batter. The Mets may never wise up and ditch Ishii for Jae Seo or Aaron Heilman, but at least Steve Trachsel is making rehab starts in the minors now, so we may, at long last, be rid of Ishii anyway.
The offense put up nine hits and a couple of walks this time, but seven of those hits were singles and a last grasp for a fourth run in the ninth was thwarted by Cameron standing a watching a ball cross right over the middle of the plate. Wright bounced back for his paltry one-hit effort with another big game, hitting his fifteenth home run of the season as well as two singles. He was caught stealing, but he's also now hitting .300/.381/.510 on the season and is better than your favorite player was when he was twenty-two. Reyes had another good game with a double a single and a walk (from DeJean). He drove in the Mets third run in the top of the ninth, but there the rally stalled as Cameron struck out for the fourth time in the game to end things.
Tonight's game, which is scheduled to start mere minutes from now, will feature the most favorable pitching matchup of the series for the Mets. Yes, of the three pitchers to start for the Mets in this series, Victor Zambrano (4-9, 3.86) is the best of them. He will face Jamey Wright (5-10, 5.30), who has a WHIP of 1.91 and an ERA of 6.75 at home this season. ¶ joe | 9:02 PM |
Rockies 4, Mets 3
The Mets sent Tom Glavine and Kazuhisa Ishii out to pitch the first two games of a series in Colorado, so they more or less got what they deserved. Neither pitcher got annihilated, exactly, and the Mets' offense really dropped the ball after it looked to be on track. But still, sending out those guys out to start these games wasn't quite the proverbial putting forward of the best foot.
Glavine only walked one batter in six innings, and he did get victimized a bit by his defense, but still, he wasn't good. Only one of the five runs Glavine allowed was unearned as a result of David Wright's seventeenth error of the season. He didn't allow a home run, as two doubles accounted for the only extra bases hits he surrendered. But eight hits in total helped put five runs on the board and the Mets' offense somehow couldn't compete with that.
The Mets also failed to hit a home run, and had just six hits overall while failing to draw a single walk. But four of those six hits were for extra bases, as Jose Reyes hit his league-leading eleventh triple of the season, Cliff Floyd also made it all the way around to third for the first time this season and Mikes Cameron and Piazza each had doubles. Reyes also had a single, as did Wright. But against four Colorado pitchers, one of whom was Mike Freaking DeJean, the Mets couldn't do anything more than that and lost as a result.
Tuesday was a similar story, though the pitching was a little better and the defense a little worse. Well, "better" may be the wrong word, as Ishii lasted just five innings and allow seven hits, four walks and a wild pitch. But he limited the Rockies to just four runs, and only one of those was counted as earned due to an error by first baseman Chris Woodward. Ishii did allow the first home run of the series and struck out just one batter. The Mets may never wise up and ditch Ishii for Jae Seo or Aaron Heilman, but at least Steve Trachsel is making rehab starts in the minors now, so we may, at long last, be rid of Ishii anyway.
The offense put up nine hits and a couple of walks this time, but seven of those hits were singles and a last grasp for a fourth run in the ninth was thwarted by Cameron standing a watching a ball cross right over the middle of the plate. Wright bounced back for his paltry one-hit effort with another big game, hitting his fifteenth home run of the season as well as two singles. He was caught stealing, but he's also now hitting .300/.381/.510 on the season and is better than your favorite player was when he was twenty-two. Reyes had another good game with a double a single and a walk (from DeJean). He drove in the Mets third run in the top of the ninth, but there the rally stalled as Cameron struck out for the fourth time in the game to end things.
Tonight's game, which is scheduled to start mere minutes from now, will feature the most favorable pitching matchup of the series for the Mets. Yes, of the three pitchers to start for the Mets in this series, Victor Zambrano (4-9, 3.86) is the best of them. He will face Jamey Wright (5-10, 5.30), who has a WHIP of 1.91 and an ERA of 6.75 at home this season. ¶ joe | 9:02 PM |
