Sunday, August 14, 2005

Mets Come Up Short Against Dodgers

At this point in the season, every game counts. That's why today's almost no-hitter turning into a loss was very tough to take. As it stands, we're still there for the Wild Card, but we need to win these games.

In case you missed it, Pedro Martinez was five outs away from a no-hitter. Not only did he give up a hit to Antonio Perez, but the next hitter, Jayson Werth, took Pedro yard for the game winning run. The Mets managed ten hits, but only one crossed the plate.

Thursday was definitely the biggest disaster. If you haven't seen "The Collision" by now, you haven't watched TV since then because it was on just about every station. I ended up seeing it on CNBC of all places. Mike Cameron is on the DL and I'm afraid he's out for the season (at least) and Carlos Beltran hasn't played since then either.

All of that carried into a tough loss on Friday. The Mets were up 6-3 only to see the Dodgers tie it up and send the game into extra frames. Then in the tenth, Brandon Looper gave up the walk off homer to end the game. Victor Diaz, who was called up after Cameron went on the DL, hit two homers and drove in three runs. David Wright had two doubles and two RBIs.

Yesterday, Jae Seo did yet another Pedro impersonation by throwing a gem. Eight innings, five hits, one run and six strikeouts. Ramon Castro and Gerald Williams homered and Jose Reyes stole two bases.

The loss today puts the Mets four games back of the Astros with three teams, all from the NL East, ahead of them. They get a day off before hosting Pittsburgh. Two of three, even without a Pedro start, is a must. We have to take care of business against the bottom dwellars, especially on our home turf. The big series is this weekend when we square off against the Nationals. Hoping Beltran will be back by then and we can move up the food chain.

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