Santana Start Spoiled; Mets Drop Another
Although he might whinge about the typical lack of run support from his teammates, truth be told, Johan Santana kind of lost this game on his own.
D'oh! The uncharacteristic error didn't prove to be his downfall but might as well have
I mean these were only the Pirates and staked to a 1-0 lead in the 5th, he promptly surrendered an inexplicable game-tying homerun to Jason Jaramillo, who had never hit a homerun before in his Major League career.
And then compounded the problem, he had, by his own standards, a complete meltdown in the 6th surrendering a single, throwing a wild pitch and then allowing back-to-back doubles to give the Pirates what for the Mets is, an insurmountable two run lead.
That was it in a nut shell. Eight singles by the Mets, another 0-fer night for David Wright, (2 for his last 22) another night another injury, this time a pinky dislocation to Ramon Martinez which entirely demonstrates the futility of this stretch for the Mets; the pinky injury came as a result of a slide across home plate that gave the Mets the early lead.
You might also say insult is added to injury by the fact that the Pirates beating the Mets was not even the biggest sports news in Pittsburgh tonight given the Penguins' Stanley Cup match which slimmed an already typically small Pirate crowd to an incredibly fat guy sitting a few rows back up behind home plate and a handful of other die-hards.
And admittedly, with the French Open full of upsets, perhaps my attention too, was slightly distracted.
Sorta like Razor Shines trying to figure out why he's still the third base coach.
Thanks, Razor
D'oh! The uncharacteristic error didn't prove to be his downfall but might as well have
I mean these were only the Pirates and staked to a 1-0 lead in the 5th, he promptly surrendered an inexplicable game-tying homerun to Jason Jaramillo, who had never hit a homerun before in his Major League career.
And then compounded the problem, he had, by his own standards, a complete meltdown in the 6th surrendering a single, throwing a wild pitch and then allowing back-to-back doubles to give the Pirates what for the Mets is, an insurmountable two run lead.
That was it in a nut shell. Eight singles by the Mets, another 0-fer night for David Wright, (2 for his last 22) another night another injury, this time a pinky dislocation to Ramon Martinez which entirely demonstrates the futility of this stretch for the Mets; the pinky injury came as a result of a slide across home plate that gave the Mets the early lead.
You might also say insult is added to injury by the fact that the Pirates beating the Mets was not even the biggest sports news in Pittsburgh tonight given the Penguins' Stanley Cup match which slimmed an already typically small Pirate crowd to an incredibly fat guy sitting a few rows back up behind home plate and a handful of other die-hards.
And admittedly, with the French Open full of upsets, perhaps my attention too, was slightly distracted.
Sorta like Razor Shines trying to figure out why he's still the third base coach.
Thanks, Razor
Comments
but you should hear these pirates tv announcers (including steve blass) who make me feel like I'm sleeping rather than watching a game.
These losses, given the injuries and illnesses and the resultant batting orders, are understandable, and yes, at least they aren't losing by playing stupid ball or missing bases at the moment -
but they are losses and good god, games like last night are almost unbearable how they drag on so listlessly.