Thursday, June 29, 2006
Red Sox 4, Mets 2
They put up a better fight this time, but in the end the Mets got swept for the first time this season. They had not lost three consecutive games all year until tonight. While their division lead remains enormous, this series was a disappointment.
Tom Glavine pitched pretty effectively for the first five innings, but he ran out of gas in the sixth. He left the game with runners on first and second and no outs, having allowed one run on five hits and three walks. The Mets led 2-1 when Aaron Heilman entered and Heilman retired all three batters he faced. Unfortunately for Glavine, the first two outs were sacrifice flies which left the game tied.
Heilman gave up a run of his own in the seventh on just one hit, a stolen base and a couple more sacrifices. Duaner Sanchez pitched the eighth and gave up a home run to David Ortiz. Still, this qualified as a good night for Mets pitching in this series.
Unfortunately, the offense continued to struggle aside from the occasional home run ball. Carlos Beltran went deep for the twenty-second time in the sixth to give the Mets their ephemeral lead. He had two of the Mets' eight hits. He might have scored another run in the eighth, but Coco Crisp made a preposterous diving catch on a drive to deep center by David Wright to end the inning.
Now the Mets (47-30) will try to resume their casual stroll toward the postseason against the Yankees (44-32), who are four games short of the nearest playoff spot. Mike Mussina (9-3, 3.28) will start the first game for the Yankees. Orlando Hernandez (4-7, 5.82) will face his former team for the third time. Last year he went 0-2 with a 5.25 ERA against them for the White Sox. ¶ joe | 10:46 PM |
They put up a better fight this time, but in the end the Mets got swept for the first time this season. They had not lost three consecutive games all year until tonight. While their division lead remains enormous, this series was a disappointment.
Tom Glavine pitched pretty effectively for the first five innings, but he ran out of gas in the sixth. He left the game with runners on first and second and no outs, having allowed one run on five hits and three walks. The Mets led 2-1 when Aaron Heilman entered and Heilman retired all three batters he faced. Unfortunately for Glavine, the first two outs were sacrifice flies which left the game tied.
Heilman gave up a run of his own in the seventh on just one hit, a stolen base and a couple more sacrifices. Duaner Sanchez pitched the eighth and gave up a home run to David Ortiz. Still, this qualified as a good night for Mets pitching in this series.
Unfortunately, the offense continued to struggle aside from the occasional home run ball. Carlos Beltran went deep for the twenty-second time in the sixth to give the Mets their ephemeral lead. He had two of the Mets' eight hits. He might have scored another run in the eighth, but Coco Crisp made a preposterous diving catch on a drive to deep center by David Wright to end the inning.
Now the Mets (47-30) will try to resume their casual stroll toward the postseason against the Yankees (44-32), who are four games short of the nearest playoff spot. Mike Mussina (9-3, 3.28) will start the first game for the Yankees. Orlando Hernandez (4-7, 5.82) will face his former team for the third time. Last year he went 0-2 with a 5.25 ERA against them for the White Sox. ¶ joe | 10:46 PM |
