Tigers 15 Mets 7 It went from bad to worse to embarrassing. The Detroit Tigers pounded Mets pitching for 15 runs on 21 hits and four walks — first chasing Tom Glavine, then Aaron Sele, and finally erupting on Joe Smith before swing fatigue set in. The Mets, meanwhile, did manage seven runs on ten … Read more
Tigers 8 Mets 7 Tough game for the Mets, in many ways. Jeremy Bonderman had good, hard-sinking stuff that kept the Mets batters befuddled for much of his six innings of work. The only hitter who seemed to have a clue early in the game was Carlos Beltran, who was very patient in his first … Read more
Mets 3 Tigers 0 Who is this guy in Jorge Sosa’s skin? With each game, it becomes more clear that he picked up more than mechanical improvements while in N’Awlins … there had to be some voo-doo involved as well. Sosa won his sixth game in seven starts, shutting out the MLB leader in runs … Read more
Phillies 6 Mets 3 It’s not a good week to be a Mets starting pitcher. John Maine matched Cole Hamels nearly pitch for pitch, throwing seven strong innings, allowing two runs on six hits and no walks, striking out two. Personally, I would have let him pitch the eighth, as he looked very strong in … Read more
Phillies 4 Mets 2 What a shame. I don’t know what’s more disgraceful — the fact that the Mets couldn’t score more than two runs against one of the worst starters in MLB, or that Aaron Heilman couldn’t close the deal in the seventh inning — and allowed the yappy terrier Jimmy Rollins to be … Read more
Phillies 4 Mets 2 These are the games the Mets are supposed to pull out, one way or another. As mentioned yesterday in our series preview, the Glavine vs. Moyer soft-toss-fest could go either way, and indeed that’s the way the game went. Both pitchers threw masterful games, keeping batters lunging, guessing wrongly, and completely … Read more
Diamondbacks 4 Mets 1 Not a great game for the Mets. Oliver Perez did not pitch poorly, and kept the Mets in the game. He threw 7 complete innnings, and gave up 4 hits, 3 runs, 3 walks, and struck out 5. However, the Mets could do nothing against soft-tossing Doug Davis, and thus was … Read more
Mets 7 Diamondbacks 1 Jorge Sosa was brilliant again, spinning six and two-thirds innings of five-hit, one-run ball, striking out 4 and walking one in the process. His only mistake of the afternoon was a third-inning solo homer by Eric Byrnes. Joe Smith came on in the top of the seventh to strike out pinch-hitter … Read more
