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Leading off the bottom of the 1st inning New York Mets shortstop Jose Reyes reached base on a bunt single. The next batter, left fielder Angel Pagan, slammed a home run over the Great Wall of Flushing making it 2-0 Mets. A 5th inning single by Henry Blanco was the only other offense the Mets would muster. Mets starting pitcher Jonathon Niese held the Colorado Rockies to 1 run on 5 hits while striking out 7 over 7 innings and left the game with a 2-1 lead.
Required reading for any Mets "8th inning guy"
Newly minted 8th inning guy swing-pitcher Hisanori Takahashi got 2 quick outs in the 8th then got into a spot of trouble when Todd Helton singled then Carlos Gonzalez walked so Mets manager Jerry Manuel replaced Takahashi with Manny Acosta. Acosta promptly threw a wild pitch allowing both baserunners to move into scoring position so the decision was made to intentionally walk Troy Tulowitzki and load the bases, which as most baseball fans know, creates the opportunity for an inning-ending force out at any base. Sadly most baseball fans also know that bases being loaded creates the opportunity for a grand slam which is precisely what ex-Met Melvin Mora hit off of Acosta making it 5-2 Rockies. An unintentional walk and 2 singles later the Rockies had another run and after the top of the 8th inning they led 6-2. The final 15 Mets batters went down in order as meekly as most of the previous ones including David Wright striking out for the 4th time in the game in the 9th inning. Final score Colorado 6, New York 2.
37 comments
Mr North Jersey
8/11/2010-9:52pm at 9:52 pm (UTC -4)
Tough break for Niese.
He deserved better.
Oh well another day without winning 2 in a row.
Mr North Jersey
8/11/2010-9:53pm at 9:53 pm (UTC -4)
Forgot did every1 see how Wright hit the bench?
He really nailed it.
metsfan4decades
8/11/2010-10:07pm at 10:07 pm (UTC -4)
LOL..yeah I saw it. No lack of power there.
Prismo
8/11/2010-9:56pm at 9:56 pm (UTC -4)
Wow, even MC sounds pissed at Jerry!
The marvelous Hessman/Frenchy duo went a combined 0-5 with a walk. I look forward to them both starting again within the new few games.
I’m sorry, but no team with Mike Hessman batting 5th will ever win more than half their games. Never ever ever ever ever ever.
metsfan4decades
8/11/2010-10:13pm at 10:13 pm (UTC -4)
Well, if he’s mad b/c, as he put it, Wright K’d 3 times, imagine how made he’d be if he actually got it right and said K’d 4 times, which he did.
GravediggerHebner
8/11/2010-9:56pm at 9:56 pm (UTC -4)
A couple “new site” things for admin:
I did center justify the pics I’m not sure why they seem to list to the left;
I don’t think our latest post is automatically “tweeting itself.”
Mr North Jersey
8/11/2010-10:02pm at 10:02 pm (UTC -4)
Grave your right for some reason the align:center tag doesnt work.
I manually added the center tags around pics and that worked for some reason only.
GravediggerHebner
8/11/2010-10:06pm at 10:06 pm (UTC -4)
Thank you. Looks much more like I intended it now.
TRS86
8/11/2010-10:03pm at 10:03 pm (UTC -4)
yeah our twitter feed is not set up yet. I will take care of it.
metsfan4decades
8/11/2010-10:06pm at 10:06 pm (UTC -4)
Jerry: We asked Niese if he could get us thru the 8th. But Niese said he felt something in his hamstring. So we though we had to be careful’.
Oh great.
Bats: ‘Come out, come out wherever you are’……
Mr North Jersey
8/11/2010-10:07pm at 10:07 pm (UTC -4)
OMG hamstring?
Pls not another relapse.
metsfan4decades
8/11/2010-10:08pm at 10:08 pm (UTC -4)
Lower hamstring….didn’t catch which leg. Assuming it’s the surgically repaired one.
Jerry said he didn’t mention it all when he was pitching. Only when he asked him if he could pitch the 8th.
njstuckintx
8/11/2010-10:11pm at 10:11 pm (UTC -4)
I hear the whistling sound of a bomb dropping on Hiroshima, but Hiroshima would be Citi Field.
njstuckintx
8/11/2010-10:08pm at 10:08 pm (UTC -4)
Are all those blogrolls up to date?
The site if growing on me. Still not wide enough for the main content, but whatever.
For the game… so close and so takahashi’d.
TRS86
8/11/2010-10:09pm at 10:09 pm (UTC -4)
Well, they are the same as the one from the old site. LOL
metsfan4decades
8/11/2010-10:09pm at 10:09 pm (UTC -4)
Taka lost concentration on that last batter. Manny just coughed it up totally.
Prismo
8/11/2010-10:18pm at 10:18 pm (UTC -4)
As 4d asked, where are the bats?
The 4th hitter has been in a slump since returning to the bigs a month ago.
The 5th hitter is a career minor-leaguer.
The 6th hitter has an OPS of .594 if you take out the first 2 weeks of the season.
The 7th hitter is a backup catcher.
The 8th hitter is an over-the-hill shmuck who has 6 extra base hits in over 200 plate appearances this season.
And the 9th hitter is the pitcher!
metsfan4decades
8/11/2010-10:27pm at 10:27 pm (UTC -4)
Niese’s post game interview he says his hamstring is O.K. He didn’t mention the pain until he was out of the game, so he says. Now this is completely opposite of what Jerry said, which was he asked Niese if he could pitch the 8th, he mentioned it then.
Bobby O mentioned the trainer could have been involved, which is why there might seem to be some miscommunication.
He said the doctor’s already checked it out, they say it’s just scar tissue even though the pain is in a different spot than before on that surgically repaired hamstring. He quote was when asked how it was, can he pitch?
‘Absolutely, I’m fine’.
He gave Henry Blanco all the credit in the world with his good start. Said Hank made it easy.
metsfan4decades
8/11/2010-10:28pm at 10:28 pm (UTC -4)
Carlin says they approached KRod for some post game comments and ‘let’s just say he wasn’t in a cooperative mood. He refused to talk to them’.
LOL….does that translate to he’s as pissed off as the rest of us at these loses or is the translation he thought Jerry should have brought him in for the 4 out save?
I guess we’ll never know…
metsfan4decades
8/11/2010-10:31pm at 10:31 pm (UTC -4)
Carlin said he was approached by a NY Post beat writer and KRod’s exact quote:
‘Please get out of here’.
Prismo
8/11/2010-10:33pm at 10:33 pm (UTC -4)
Sounds like the players aren’t supporting Jerry like they did just a few weeks ago! From Frenchy demanding more playing time to Niese and why he was taken out to KRod and being pissed off tonight.
metsfan4decades
8/11/2010-10:41pm at 10:41 pm (UTC -4)
David Wright:
‘I’m struggling right now. I think that is obvious. I’m not having much fun right now.’
Well, you’re in good company, David.
On the booing, he he heard it, yes he knows they’re as frustrated as he is. They buy their tickets, they’re entitled to boo if they want to.
metsfan4decades
8/11/2010-10:45pm at 10:45 pm (UTC -4)
On the booing, those were Wright’s words, not mine….
TRS86
8/11/2010-11:04pm at 11:04 pm (UTC -4)
4D, not sure if you are still around but see what you think about the chat room being in the footer?
oleosmirf
8/11/2010-11:09pm at 11:09 pm (UTC -4)
im not 4d, but i like it.
now if we could only get the comments wider, we’d be set
gategem
8/12/2010-1:40am at 1:40 am (UTC -4)
Easier to get your foot in your mouth?
metsfan4decades
8/12/2010-8:59am at 8:59 am (UTC -4)
I like it! Bigger and therefore easier to read for me.
oleosmirf
8/11/2010-11:23pm at 11:23 pm (UTC -4)
at this point, im not really that concerned with whether they win or lose, as the playoffs are not realistic. I am more concerned about the play of our important players.
I know i might be in the minority but i am more interested in the fact that Niese continues to dominate than the lame duck manager’s decision late in the game which unfortunately led to a 5 run 8th inning and the loss.
At this point, im done complaining about Manuel and Castillo and Ollie and Francouer and Beltran b/c ive given up hope that this organization is somewhat competent. I will just hope that the players we need to be able to win next season can step it up in the next month and a half and give us something to look forward to b/c we wont be getting any help from Omar or the Wilpons…
gategem
8/12/2010-1:44am at 1:44 am (UTC -4)
Prismo
8/11/2010-11:25pm at 11:25 pm (UTC -4)
KRod drama incoming…this could be big!
oleosmirf
8/11/2010-11:32pm at 11:32 pm (UTC -4)
well now we don’t have a closer…
Prismo
8/11/2010-11:33pm at 11:33 pm (UTC -4)
It’s OK. There aren’t many games to close these days.
oleosmirf
8/11/2010-11:35pm at 11:35 pm (UTC -4)
now this will get the Wilpon’s fuming. If what we believe actually happened, he’s probably done as a Met…
Prismo
8/11/2010-11:37pm at 11:37 pm (UTC -4)
Eh for punching a relative? Could be worse – could’ve been a woman, or a fan or someone in a bar. As long as his father-in-law has no serious injures, I don’t expect much to come from this other than a media frenzy.
oleosmirf
8/11/2010-11:40pm at 11:40 pm (UTC -4)
i mean we don’t know the whole story but this could be a HUGE deal.
asod75
8/11/2010-11:46pm at 11:46 pm (UTC -4)
Sounds like K-Rod made better contact than the Mets’ hitters have in awhile. Seriously, this could be big, but I’m hoping it blows over and the father-in-law doesn’t press charges. Not a good day in Metsland. Johan gets hit with a lawsuit, K-Rod beats up his father-in-law and Jerry’s inept managing costs the Mets yet another win.
oleosmirf
8/11/2010-11:49pm at 11:49 pm (UTC -4)
well had he decked him the face or something like that, he would left the stadium in handcuffs so maybe it was an accident.