Mets 8 Brewers 5 Willie’s played about a hundred hunches this year, and, finally, one paid off. Instead of penciling Lastings Milledge into the “8” hole — both on the field and in the lineup — he instead wrote “Marlon Anderson” in the sixth spot of the order, and “CF” next to his name. Anderson … Read more
Brewers 4 Mets 2 Number 300 will have to wait, though it was no fault of Tommy Glavine. Glavine looked great in his first three innings, holding the Brewers hitless. However, he walked J.J. Hardy to begin the fourth, then gave up a single to Ryan Braun that Moises Alou bobbled, allowing Hardy to reach … Read more
Mets 5 Nationals 0 The Mets won behind a one-hit shutout by John Maine … albeit, it was a five-inning game called by rain. In the five innings, Maine gave up one hit, walked none, and struck out five en route to his 12th victory. A Ron Belliard single in the first inning prevented the … Read more
Nationals 6 Mets 5 How did this happen? Mike Pelfrey was shaky early in the game, allowing three runs in the third inning. After getting eighth-place hitter Ryan Langerhans to ground out to lead off the inning, pitcher Joel Hanrahan followed with a triple — in his first Major League at-bat, and likely his first … Read more
Mets 3 Nationals 1 Orlando Hernandez was brilliant. And, he had to be. El Duque pitched seven innings and allowed only one run on three hits and two walks, striking out eight. The only run came via a Felipe Lopez solo homer. The Mets hitters, however, curiously struggled against Tim Redding, who has mysteriously thrown … Read more
Nationals 6 Mets 2 Apparently, someone forgot to tell the Washington Nationals that they were supposed to roll over and lose to the Mets amicably. The worst-hitting team in MLB — the one that’s averaging less than four runs per game — crossed the plate six times against the Mets in gaining their 44th win … Read more
The soft part of the Mets’ schedule continues as the Nationals come into Shea for a four-game set, including a day / night doubleheader on Saturday. The Nats are expected to send four journeymen to the mound, as their already awful pitching staff has been recently decimated by injuries. Which poses a problem for the … Read more
Pirates 8 Mets 4 The Pirates mixed in one longball with several dozen cheap hits and used the Mets’ hangover against them to avoid being swept at Shea. The Mets — or shall we say Jose Reyes — jumped out to another first-inning lead to begin the game 1-0. Reyes led off with a single, … Read more
