The New York Mets pick up their 8th loss of the season on Monday against the Chicago Cubs by a score of 7-1 putting them at 10-8 for the year.  Only able to get one run in the 6th inning the Mets struggled to get the big base hit all night long.  Grounding into four double plays sure didn’t help the Mets either.

John Maine started the game for the New York Mets throwing for six innings allowing five hits and two runs.  This loss put him at 1-2 for the year.  Duaner Sanchez, Aaron Heilman, and Jorge Sosa pitched the last two innings of the game.   Heilman gave up four earned runs and Sosa gave up one earned run.  What a terrible eigth inning for the Mets bullpen.

The only run for the Mets came in the sixth inning when Jose Reyes grounded into a double play with the bases loaded.  The Mets were only down 2-1 at that point, and that double play killed their rally.

The New York Mets will go up against the Cubs one more time this afternoon to see if they can come back after yesterday’s loss.

The New York Mets lost to the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 on Sunday putting the Mets record at 10-7 for the year.  Letting the Phillies get 12 hits spread throughout the game, the Mets did their best and put nine hits on the board but still came up one run short for the loss.

Mike Pelfrey opened the night up for the Mets going five innings on the mound but gave up a staggering 10 hits and four runs in that time and only got two strikeouts.  Jorge Sosa, Pedro Feliciano,  and Joe Smith were brought in to pitch in relief but were not able to hold on for the win.  Feliciano took the loss as he gave up a run in the seventh inning.

It wasn’t a bad hitting night got the Mets as Jose Reyes got his second triple of the year.  Carlos Beltran led the Mets at the plate with two RBi while Luis Castillo and Ryan Church both had one RBI. 

On Monday the Mets will travel to Chicago to battle the Cubs on the road.  This will be a big game for the Mets as the Cubs are on a roll this year already leading the National League Central Standings.

The New York Mets escaped with a 3-2 win in fourteen innings against the Washington Nationals Thursday night.  Damion Easley scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 14th inning to give the Mets the win.

Ryan Church and Carlos Delgado both had one RBI each for the Mets.

Jorge Sosa was the winning pitcher for the Mets as he improved his record to 2-1 on the season.  Nelson Figueroa had started the game for the Mets and pitched pretty good he just didn’t get any run support in the ballgame.  Figuerora pitched seven innings and only allowed three hits and two runs.  His one mistake was in the fourth inning when Nick Johnson hit a two-run home run off him.

The Mets were lucky to come away with the win against the Nationals.  I think if it would have been any other team other then the Nationals, the Mets would have been on the losing side.  What do you think?

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The New York Mets only needed the fifth inning to defeat the Washington Nationals by the score of 5-1.  The Mets scored four times in the fifth inning and then held the Nationals scoreless to win the game 5-1.

Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran both hit home runs in the fifth inning.  Reyes’s home run was a solo shot, but Beltran’s home run was a three-run homer that put the game out of reach for the Nationals.  The other Mets run came in the first inning when Ryan Church went deep.

John Maine pitched 6.2 innings to pick up the win and improve his record to 1-1 on the season.  Joe Smith pitched 1.1 scoreless innings and Billy Wagner pitched a scoreless ninth inning to pick up his second save of the season.

What do you think Mets fans?  Are the Mets going to go on a nice winning streak during the next week?

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The New York Mets shutout the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night by the score of 6-0.  The Nationals could never get anything going against Mets starter Mike Pelfrey as he tossed seven innings and only allowed five hits to improve his record to 2-0.  Aaron Heilman and Duaner Sanchez pitched the final two innings and only allowed two more hits.

David Wright went 3-4 with five RBI including a two-run home run in the first inning.  Carlos Beltran was the only other Mets player to record an RBI when he singled in a run in the 7th inning.

With the 6-0 win over the Nationals, the Mets improve their record to 6-6 and are now at .500!  What do you think Mets fans?  Will the Mets be 3 games over .500 at the end of this week?

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The New York Mets blew their 3-0 lead in the late innings as the Philadelphia Phillies rallied to tie the game, but the Mets prevailed and picked up the win in 12 innings.  I wish the game wouldn’t have went 12 innings, as the Mets should have closed the deal in the 8th inning but give the team credit for coming back and still getting the win.

Jose Reyes scored the winning run in the 12th inning off a Angel Pagan single to centerfield.  Reyes had a wonderful slide into homeplate to score the winning run.  It was a very close plate, and if your a Mets fan you say he was safe, if you are a Phillies fan you say he was out.  All that mattered though was that the umpire called him safe and the Mets went onto win.

Ryan Church had two RBI and Carlos Beltan had one RBI in the game to go along with Pagans RBI.

When they Mets blew their lead in the late innings, they lost the game for John Maine who pitched a good game.  Maine pitched six innings and only allowed one earned run on five hits.  He did have five walks however so that is something that he will need to work on.

Aaron Heilman had the blown save in he game and then Jorge Sosa picked up the win.

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The New York Mets made the Philadelphia Phillies pay for their four errors as they scored six unearned runs on their way to a 8-2 victory.  The Mets did exactly what any team should do when the other team struggles to play defense.  Make them pay, and make them pay by scoring a lot of runs.

Mike Pelfrey picked up his first win of 2008 in the game.  Pelfrey lasted five innings and gave up five hits and two earned runs.  Jorge Sosa, Pedro Feliciano, and Carlos Muniz all pitched out of the bullen and pitched very good.

Angel Pagan led the Mets at the plate with two RBI’s.  Jose Reyes, David Wright, and Damion Easley all finished the game with one RBI each.

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The New York Mets were leading 2-0 heading into the 7th inning against the Philadelphia Phillies and couldn’t hold their lead as they ended up losing 5-2.  A throwing error by Carlos Delgado was the key play of the game that allowed the Phillies to tie the game up in the seventh, and then they took the lead for good in the next inning.

Scott Schoeneweis took the loss for the Mets as he let three runs score while only recording one out.  Aaron Heilman let two more runs cross the plate in the 8th inning as well.  Starting pitcher Odalis Perez pitched 5.2 innings and only allowed three hits in the no decision.

Ryan Church and Delgado had one RBI each for the Mets.  Not to much offense for the Mets today against Moyer and the Phillies relivers.

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The New York Mets dropped their first spring training game on Wednesday afternoon as they fell to teh Detroit Tigers by the score of 4-2.  It was one bad inning in the 7th inning that the Tigers scored all four of their runs.

Mike Pelfrey started the game for the Mets and pitched two scoreless innings, while Matt Wise, Brian Stokes, Pedro Feliciano and Jorge Sosa followed with a scoreless inning apiece.  Willie Collazo gave up all four runs and took the lose on the game.

As for the Mets offense, they quickly got out to a 2-0 lead in the game as they scored a run in the first and second innings.  In the first inning, Back-to-back singles and a walk in the opening inning set up Ramon Castro’s sacrifice fly to score Angel Pagan.  In the second inning, it was a Anderson Machado triple that plated Michael Abreu that put the Mets up 2-0.

Even though the Mets didn’t win today, you gotta like what they did.  Take that one bad inning out of the game and it could have easily been a Mets victory.  We will have to see how they rebound tomorrow as they face off against the St. Louis Cardinals.

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