I give up, not on the Mets per se, but I give up on trying to figure out this team. This is pretty much where they are going to be all season. Friday’s night cap was pathetic as the Yankees beat the Mets 9-0. I know it is very difficult for sweep a double header, but how about keeping yourselves in the game?
The Mets scored 15 runs in the first game and 0 in the second. It isn’t like the Mets didn’t have their chance, they had Sidney Ponson on the ropes several times, they just did not get a big hit. The Mets got two on in the first inning and didn’t score, they loaded the bases in the bottom of the second and the bottom of the third and couldn’t get a run home.
Pedro Martinez was terrible again. The first four innings were ok, but the fifth inning was where most of the damage happened much like what happened to him in Colorado in his last start. Pedro, allowed six runs on six hits and five walks, while striking out four. Carlos Delgado suggested to Pedro that maybe he is tipping his pitches, whatever it is; Pedro is not getting it done. Who cares that he can throw in the 90’s? If they are hitting it all over the park, then velocity hardly matters. I think Ron Darling said it last night, it is not about velocity, it is about location. It wasn’t just that Pedro gave up five runs Scott Schoeneweis was awful, he allowed one inherited runner to score, and in his 2/3 of an inning he gave up three runs on four hits, two walks and a homerun. Two of Schoeneweis’ runs scored when Joe Smith entered the game.
As Bill Parcells’ says, you are what your record says you are. So, the Mets scored more runs in the first game than they did in any other game this season but, instead of building on that, they went in the tank in the second game. They didn’t hit, they didn’t get good pitching. It is just frustrating to watch them play like this. I can’t even imagine what the next two games hold in store for the Mets.
The Mets and Yankees meet again this afternoon, first pitch is scheduled for 3:55 p.m. Johan Santana will face Andy Pettitte.
July 4th, 2008 at 12:24 am
[...] Game 2: Yankees 9-Mets 0 I give up, not on the Mets per se, but I give up on trying to figure out this team. This is pretty much where they are going to be all season. Friday’s night cap was pathetic as the Yankees beat the Mets 9-0. I know it is very difficult for sweep a double header, but how about keeping yourselves in the game? The Mets scored 15 runs in the first game and 0 in the second. It isn’t like the Mets didn’t have their chance, they had Sidney Ponson on the ropes several times, they just did not g [...]