Reds 8 Mets 6 Well, at least they fought back. The Mets fell behind 8-1 after a six-run top of the fifth but before the Reds could relax, the home team responded with five runs of their own in the bottom of the frame. Unfortunately, the Mets didn’t score again while the Reds added an … Read more
Mets 9 Nationals 5 The fireworks began in the initial inning and continued through the final frame. When it was all said and done, the Mets scraped out a series split with the worst team in the NL East. And they were lucky to do so. Game Notes Hisanori Takahashi pitched five innings, allowing 3 … Read more
Nationals 6 Mets 5 In line with Aesop’s fable, the tortoise beat the hare. But that didn’t result in the tortoise’s team winning the race. Veteran knuckleballer R.A. Dickey was the better pitcher in an unlikely matchup against the rookie flamethrowing phenom Stephen Strasburg, hurling seven excellent and efficient innings to Strasburg’s inefficient five frames. … Read more
Mets 5 Nationals 3 The Mets picked one off. Seemingly safe and secure with a 5-1 lead going into the ninth, Jerry Manuel put the final three outs in the hands of LOOGY Pedro Feliciano and ROOGY Elmer Dessens — while Francisco Rodriguez warmed up in the ‘pen. As everyone expected, Feliciano enticed Adam Dunn … Read more
Nationals 2 Mets 1 There is this idea — supported to a degree by Beaneheads — that a manager has very little to no influence on the won-loss record of a team. A game like this would beg one to differ. Game Notes As usual, Johan Santana didn’t have his “best stuff”, but it was … Read more
Note: This is an edited version of my post from the other day. As several readers pointed out, I calculated Takahashi’s FIP incorrectly.
The updated stats include Takahashi’s start from last night. In light of some new info, I made very slight changes in the wording, but the thesis still holds.
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In eight starts, here are Hisanori Takahashi’s numbers to date:
Mets 6 Marlins 5 Crazy things can happen in San Juan. Strange things occurred before the game even started — Jose Reyes was held out of the game after experiencing “back stiffness” during batting practice. The blame was placed on the hard astroturf surface at Hiram Bithorn Stadium. This would be the same hard astrotuf … Read more
Marlins 7 Mets 6 Ugh … as in, “Ugh-la”. Dan Uggla bounced a grounder through the middle of the artificial infield to bring home Jorge Cantu from second base to give the Fish a 7-6 victory in the bottom of the ninth in San Juan. I guess you call that a “walkoff single”? Hmm … … Read more
