Nationals 5, Mets 3 Angel Pagan and R.A. Dickey are the kind of players who you could root for, no matter what team they play for. Tonight, they both wore Mets uniforms and they both played (and pitched) their asses off. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough to beat the Nationals. Dickey was solid, allowing two runs … Read more
It was expected but now it’s official – Rotoworld is reporting that Jon Niese has been placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 17.
Braves 3, Mets 2 The Mets went into Atlanta needing two quality starts from their two quality starters – Mike Pelfrey and Johan Santana… And they got two quality starts… But only one win. Santana went seven innings, allowing two runs and four hits. Meanwhile Kris Medlen was almost as good, allowing two runs and … Read more
Mets 3, Braves 2 It wasn’t pretty… It wasn’t ugly… It just kind of WAS… ya know? The Mets topped the Braves 3-2, behind Mike Pelfrey, Rod Barajas, Chris Carter and a huge stolen base by Jose Reyes.The Braves were listless for the most part, but this is the kind of game the Mets have … Read more
Marlins 10 Mets 8 First, the bad news: in addition to losing this game, getting swept in a four-game series in Florida for the first time ever, losing the 7th of their last 8, and falling into last place, the Mets also lost the services of Jon Niese, who aggravated his 2009 hamstring injury and … Read more
Marlins 7 Mets 5 This time, the Mets offense scored some runs — five, in fact. But the Mets pitching allowed more. In truth, the game never seemed as close as it was. I will not go so far as to say the Mets gave up — they didn’t — but for whatever reason, the … Read more
Marlins 7 Mets 2 Another chapter in the biography of Bad Ollie was written in Miami. This time, he couldn’t blame the cold weather. He couldn’t blame the condition of the mound. He couldn’t blame a bad knee, or a stomach ache, or an umpire with a tight strike zone. In short, Ollie is out … Read more
Marlins 2 Mets 1 Another close one, and this time the Mets came up short. It was a battle of the aces, and both Josh Johnson and Johan Santana lived up to their billing, trading zeroes through seven frames. Each ace gave up one run, and each made an error. Both received stellar defense from … Read more
