Mets 8 Braves 0 Wow! Just when we were all ready to cross off Oliver Perez for the season, and hope he could turn things around sometime in 2007, he comes out and pitches a magnificent shutout. His late afternoon performance was reminiscent of the dominance he showed in 2004, when he had a 2.98 … Read more
Mets 4 Braves 1 Well that was a nice change of pace … John Smoltz NOT dominating the Mets, and a journeyman lefty shutting down the Braves. The times they sure are a’ changin’ … Dart throwing Dave Williams threw only 72 pitches in a solid six-inning effort, allowing only one run on five hits … Read more
The Mets were rained out on Tuesday, forcing a good old fashioned twinbill on Wednesday. Meantime, the Mets did some roster shuffling, bringing up Steve Schmoll for the express purpose of putting him on the 60-day DL and in effect ending his season so that another body could be added to the 40-man roster. The … Read more
Braves 5 Mets 0 When was the last time a team one-hit an opponent, then was one-hit the next day? Elias? Anyone? Ugh … what an awful day … Steve Trachsel led the way in awfulness, only going four innings and giving up four hits, four runs and seven walks. The Mets batters were never … Read more
Astros 2 Mets 1 Um … hmmm … er … How does a team hold its opponent to one hit, yet lose 2-1? Not sure? Then go to MLB.com and download the video replay of Sunday baseball contest between the New York Metropolitans and the Houston Astros. Other than his inability to throw strikes and … Read more
Mets 4 Astros 2 With each start, John Maine is making it more and more difficult for Mr. Willie to deny him a postseason start. Maine went six and one-third innings, allowing only two hits and a walk. Unfortunately, the two hits were solo homers, and he left the game with a slim 3-2 lead. … Read more
Mets 8 Astros 7 Tom Glavine pitched poorly, but well enough to leave the game in the hands of the bullpen, which is establishing itself as perhaps the best in the Majors. Chad Bradford, Guilliermo Mota, and Aaron Heilman each pitched a perfect inning, and Billy Wagner gave up one run in the ninth to … Read more
