That's L-A-Y-N-C-E
Cincinnati Reds reserve outfielder Laynce Nix hit a pinch-hit solo home run in the bottom of the 11th off of New York Mets reliever Manny Acosta (1-1) to give the Reds the 3-2 walk-off victory.
Naturally inconsistent
The Reds opened the scoring in the bottom of the 1st inning. Rookie CF Drew Stubbs, known more for his speed than his power despite being 6’4″, 205lbs. (3 HR, 46 SB in 106 AAA games in 2009), led off with his 2nd home run of the season for a 1-0 Reds lead. In the top of the 2nd the Mets evened the score. With 2 outs, rookie 1B Ike Davis stepped up to the plate to face his former Arizona State teammate, the starting pitcher Mike Leake, and hit a liner to center that Stubbs played awkwardly for a 2-base error. Jeff Francoeur hit a single to left driving in Davis to make it 1-1. It stayed that way until the bottom of the 5th inning.
That's what she said
With 1 out, Oliver Perez walked the pitcher Leake. Stubbs then hit a slow dribbler to second baseman Luis Castillo and showed off his speed by beating it out for an infield single. 1 out later Joey Votto singled to score Leake and give the Reds a 2-1 lead. The Mets got even again in the top of the 6th inning. With 1 out Castillo walked, stole 2nd base and moved to 3rd on an error. Jose Reyes followed with an RBI double to the right-center gap making it 2-2. It stayed that way until the bottom of the 11th. Unfortunately for the Mets there was no top of the 12th for them to get even.
12 comments
dirtysanchez
5/3/2010-10:58pm at 10:58 pm (UTC -4)
Well, that sucked. The Mets had their shots and couldnt get it done. Phillies lost today too so at least we didnt lose ground, gotta get em tomorrow
Mr North Jersey
5/3/2010-11:02pm at 11:02 pm (UTC -4)
Did anyone put out an A.P.B. on a hit with runners in scoring position yet?
metsfan4decades
5/3/2010-11:03pm at 11:03 pm (UTC -4)
LOL.
M.I.A.
njstuckintx
5/4/2010-9:30am at 9:30 am (UTC -4)
D.O.A.
metsfan4decades
5/3/2010-11:03pm at 11:03 pm (UTC -4)
My thoughts:
Nice game by Ollie. Bobby O on pregame impressed with Ollie’s progress. Starting to use his secondary pitches more. Starting to have a game plan. Velocity coming up. Said you’d take 2 runs, 6 innings from Ollie May 3 with no problem. Ollie wanted to come out for the 7th, Jerry told him he was done. Good for Ollie.
Offense: IMO PH = automatic out. And it’s costing us. I know our regulars didn’t come through tonight either but put a PH out there, might as well sit down. How long before Omar improves this bench?
We did get 5 runs last night and with a Johan start, you expect to win that. We didn’t. Tonight, we get opportunities in at least 3 innings and just didn’t get that big hit.
BP, as usual, consistent bright spot. Yeah, Acosta lost the game but it took the 4th reliever to do it and Acosta is probably the weakest link right now.
gategem
5/3/2010-11:07pm at 11:07 pm (UTC -4)
lol I was going to write that for a brief shining moment this team pulled me from the darkness into the light and now that moment has passed. But the fact is I’m neither in the darkness or the light. I never completely entered the light but I did come perilously close. I had forgotten that this is essentially a .500 ball club and I ignored the lessons of history that tells me that a .500 team will have periods where they are awesome and periods where they are awful. But when all comes to pass they will be at or near .500. And “So it is written, So it shall be done…â€
metsfan4decades
5/3/2010-11:27pm at 11:27 pm (UTC -4)
Oh, and those that didn’t see this? Slight delay in the Philly game tonight:
http://hotfootblog.com/post/569733545/via-theagonyofdefeat
trs86
5/4/2010-7:48am at 7:48 am (UTC -4)
LOL
DNDJohan aka kistics
5/3/2010-11:55pm at 11:55 pm (UTC -4)
Ughh… Acosta is turning out to be a bust. But then I guess Jerry really didn’t have much choice there.
Offense sucked and the bench sucked even more. Like 4D has said above, PH = Automatic out. I’m not saying that the PH should hit a HR every time, but at least try to work the pitcher and put a good AB together. I just don’t see that with the current bench.
With Arroyo going tomorrow, I’m not sure if the pitching match up favors the Mets. Hopefully the bats wake up tomorrow and Maine would repeat what he did last time.
stickguy
5/4/2010-1:04am at 1:04 am (UTC -4)
at least arroyo has not been especially good yet this year, so there may be hope. And Acosta is a mop up guy, and low risk by omar. If he keeps sucking more often than not, send him down and move on the the next option.
I am a tad worried though that this boom and bust cycling will be the Mets MO this year. Maybe the team is becoming bi-polar, to join much of the fan base?
I hope not, but I could see them winning maybe 1 game this series, and heading back home and losing another 2 to the Giants. And 2-4 on this swing, after 1-3 vs. the phils, will leave them what, 1 game over .500? IOW, mediocre.
really, really need a statement game right about now. Friday was sweet, but starting to feel like a long time ago!
trs86
5/4/2010-7:50am at 7:50 am (UTC -4)
Well stick for right now we are about a .500 team give or take a few games. I would guess that without a healthy Beltran we finish between 82-88 wins. With Beltran I could see more.
gategem
5/4/2010-9:30am at 9:30 am (UTC -4)
And the 82-88 wins presupposes that Pelfrey will be fine. My guess is the strain of throwing the split finger fastball and more breaking pitches is what caused the “stiffness†but without those pitches Pelfrey is just pedestrian and with them he is exceptional.