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Mets Game 162: Loss to Marlins

By joe • Sep 30th, 2007 • Category: Mets 2007 Games

Marlins 8 Mets 1
The worst collapse in Major League Baseball history is complete. The Mets couldn’t find the “on” switch (not surprisingly — it was a very dark room with no windows).
What a waste of a beautiful fall afternoon. I should have listened to my wife and gone for a ride, went to the park, [...]



Mets Game 161: Win Over Marlins

By joe • Sep 29th, 2007 • Category: Mets 2007 Games

Mets 13 Marlins 0
Hey guys, where the heck was that yesterday? Or the last two weeks?
John Maine chose his most important start of the year to pitch the game of his life, becoming another in a long line of Mets hurlers to come very close to a no-hitter but falling just short. He pitched 7 [...]



Mets Game 160: Loss to Marlins

By joe • Sep 29th, 2007 • Category: Mets 2007 Games

Marlins 7 Mets 4
The Mr. Hyde alter-ego of Oliver Perez took the mound, and with it, the ballgame. From the first inning, it was apparent that Ollie didn’t have his command, but it appeared as though he was going to grit his way through. Unfortunately, he couldn’t deal without his command and the bit of [...]



Mets Game 159: Loss to Cardinals

By joe • Sep 27th, 2007 • Category: Mets 2007 Games

Cardinals 3 Mets 0
Pedro did his job, holding the Cardinals to just three runs and pushing through seven full innings. However, the offense — which had been averaging about seven runs per game lately — did not show up to work.
Joel Pineiro — the guy who had a 6.36 ERA last year, and was [...]



Cardinals - A Reminder

By joe • Sep 27th, 2007 • Category: Mets 2007 Games

The Mets play the Cardinals today in a long-overdue makeup game from June 28th. The teams had split the first two games, so this is the “rubber match”. In case you hadn’t heard, Pedro Martinez starts against Joel Pineiro. Not that it matters — because, when, after all, was the last time the starting pitcher [...]



Mets Game 158: Phillies Beat Braves

By joe • Sep 27th, 2007 • Category: Mets 2007 Games

Phillies 5 Braves 2
The Mets’ strategy of waiting for the Phillies to lose backfired, as the Braves fell to Philadelphia 5-2. Tim Hudson’s solid outing was marred by a crucial Chipper Jones error (way to go, Larry — even when you’re playing against other teams, you kill the Mets), and the Braves bats were no [...]



Mets Game 157: Phillies Lose to Braves

By joe • Sep 25th, 2007 • Category: Mets 2007 Games

Braves 10 Phillies 6
Starter Chuck James surrendered four runs before finishing four innings, but the bullpen kept the team in the game the rest of the way as the Braves came charging back and eventually pushed past the Phillies. Andruw Jones had a three-hit day, Mark Teixeira hit a three-run homer and Chipper Jones had [...]



Mets Game 156: Loss to Nationals

By joe • Sep 24th, 2007 • Category: Mets 2007 Games

Nationals 13 Mets 4
Yikes.
I’m not sure what’s more disconcerting — the fact the Mets could manage only three runs against Matt Chico and Saul Rivera, or that the worst offensive team in MLB has now scored nine or more runs in a game against them in three of their last four meetings.
It’s OK if the [...]



Mets Game 155: Win Over Marlins

By joe • Sep 23rd, 2007 • Category: Mets 2007 Games

Mets 7 Marlins 6
John Maine was downright dominating, but couldn’t hang around long enough to pitch the team to victory. Riding a hard (94-95 MPH) fastball with a lot of life and movement, Maine struck out nine and allowed three runs through five, but all those strikeouts took a toll on his pitch count, and [...]



Mets Game 154: Win Over Marlins

By joe • Sep 22nd, 2007 • Category: Mets 2007 Games

Mets 7 Marlins 2
The Mets allowed Byung-Hyun Kim to pitch five innings, but battered him around enough to make it an easy game for Oliver Perez.
The New York offense pounded Kim for five runs on three hits and two walks, then scored two more against the Florida bullpen to provide Perez with a significant cushion [...]