Monday, August 29, 2005
Giants 2, Mets 1
Giants 4, Mets 1
Well, the Mets may suck, but at least the rest of the teams in contention for the National League Wild Card suck, too. The Mets lost two consecutive games to a bad team. And yet, the Mets are as close to the playoffs as they were at the close of business on Friday. Even when the Mets lose they get lucky these days. The problem this weekend was the offense. It's pretty amazing given how often that's been the problem this year that the Mets have scored more runs than all but four National League teams. A quick jaunt through the deserts of Arizona will do wonders for a team, I guess.
On Saturday the Mets had just four hits, though they also drew six walks. Jose Reyes hit a triple, which is how they scored a run as Kazuo Matsui subsequently drove him home with a groundout. A double by Victor Diaz was the only other extra base hit and no Met had two hits. Mike DiFelice did draw two walks, though.
It was because of that that a good start from Tom Glavine went to waste. Glavine lasted six innings and gave up just two runs on four hits. He didn't walk anyone and struck out three. Glavine has been good lately, allowing two runs or fewer in four straight games and five out of the last six. To the surprise of many, or at least me, Glavine has turned into the Mets' third best starting pitcher. If you include guys who made one start and then got booted to the bullpen, Glavine might drop to fourth, but still, that's not bad.
On Sunday, while I was busy out-witting the other members of my fantasy football league in our draft, pitcher number four on that list made the start and he didn't get much support, either. Kris Benson also lasted six innings, but he gave up three runs on seven hits and two walks. He struck out two batters. Benson has allowed at least three runs in four out of his last six starts.
Another weak effort from the Met offense included six hits and just one walk. Carlos Beltran hitting a double and later scoring on a wild pitch was the highlight. David Wright hit a single in four at bats for the second day in a row, which I think qualifies this as a bad weekend for the National League's Player of the Week.
And despite all that, the Mets (68-62) are just one and one half games behind the Phidelphia Phillies (70-61), with whom they begin a three-game series in New York tomorrow. The Amazing Jae Seo (6-1, 1.30) will win the first game for the Mets. Starting futilely for the Phillies will be Robinson Tejeda (4-3, 3.20), who seems like a pretty good young pitcher in spite of the fact that he is going to lose tomorrow. ¶ joe | 9:16 PM |
Giants 4, Mets 1
Well, the Mets may suck, but at least the rest of the teams in contention for the National League Wild Card suck, too. The Mets lost two consecutive games to a bad team. And yet, the Mets are as close to the playoffs as they were at the close of business on Friday. Even when the Mets lose they get lucky these days. The problem this weekend was the offense. It's pretty amazing given how often that's been the problem this year that the Mets have scored more runs than all but four National League teams. A quick jaunt through the deserts of Arizona will do wonders for a team, I guess.
On Saturday the Mets had just four hits, though they also drew six walks. Jose Reyes hit a triple, which is how they scored a run as Kazuo Matsui subsequently drove him home with a groundout. A double by Victor Diaz was the only other extra base hit and no Met had two hits. Mike DiFelice did draw two walks, though.
It was because of that that a good start from Tom Glavine went to waste. Glavine lasted six innings and gave up just two runs on four hits. He didn't walk anyone and struck out three. Glavine has been good lately, allowing two runs or fewer in four straight games and five out of the last six. To the surprise of many, or at least me, Glavine has turned into the Mets' third best starting pitcher. If you include guys who made one start and then got booted to the bullpen, Glavine might drop to fourth, but still, that's not bad.
On Sunday, while I was busy out-witting the other members of my fantasy football league in our draft, pitcher number four on that list made the start and he didn't get much support, either. Kris Benson also lasted six innings, but he gave up three runs on seven hits and two walks. He struck out two batters. Benson has allowed at least three runs in four out of his last six starts.
Another weak effort from the Met offense included six hits and just one walk. Carlos Beltran hitting a double and later scoring on a wild pitch was the highlight. David Wright hit a single in four at bats for the second day in a row, which I think qualifies this as a bad weekend for the National League's Player of the Week.
And despite all that, the Mets (68-62) are just one and one half games behind the Phidelphia Phillies (70-61), with whom they begin a three-game series in New York tomorrow. The Amazing Jae Seo (6-1, 1.30) will win the first game for the Mets. Starting futilely for the Phillies will be Robinson Tejeda (4-3, 3.20), who seems like a pretty good young pitcher in spite of the fact that he is going to lose tomorrow. ¶ joe | 9:16 PM |
