With Dickey surrendering 6 runs in only 4 innings pitched, the Mets were on the short end of a 6-2 game coming into the 5th inning. Turner and Beltran were walked to lead off the inning for the Mets, and after Murphy made out, Jason Bay had a clutch (!?) single to score Turner. Braves starter Mike Minor was then pulled from the game, and reliever Scott Proctor (things are starting to sound good now, eh?) filled in for the remainder of the inning. After striking out Paulino, Proctor had the Mets down to their final out of the inning. However, tonight’s (almost) hero, Scott Hairston, came up to bat and belted a huge 3-run home run to left field tying the game at 6 a-piece.
The Mets would go ahead by a run in the 7th inning, and score an additional insurance run in the 8th, as the team headed into the bottom of the 9th up 8-6 with Francisco Rodriguez coming into the game.
However, Frankie was not at his best, surrendering a 2-run, game-tying home run early in the inning forcing post-game writers everywhere to go back and edit their reports. *achem*
Wow, that ended badly. Carrasco BALKED the winning run in for the Braves in the bottom of the 10th. Let’s just leave it at that.
18 comments
Dirtysanchez
6/16/2011-10:42pm at 10:42 pm (UTC -4)
2 run lead…
Prismo
6/16/2011-11:09pm at 11:09 pm (UTC -4)
Thank, also you have editing privileges I believe… Just sayin’.
Dirtysanchez
6/16/2011-11:20pm at 11:20 pm (UTC -4)
lmaoo…i wasnt talking about your post
He has a very simple job…and made simpler with a 2 run lead…thats all i was saying bro
Prismo
6/16/2011-11:26pm at 11:26 pm (UTC -4)
Oh alright, sorry. I had one number wrong in the post. I’m glad no one noticed before I fixed it.
njstuckintx
6/16/2011-10:45pm at 10:45 pm (UTC -4)
uff da…
metsfan4decades
6/16/2011-10:51pm at 10:51 pm (UTC -4)
Come on….only the Mets could lose a game they fought to come back from 4 runs down on a balk off.
Really? I mean…come on.
Finger of blame in this order:
Frankie
Duda
DJ
RA
njstuckintx
6/17/2011-10:03am at 10:03 am (UTC -4)
I’d put RA at the top actually. Bringing Frankie in for the 3rd straight day because the BP got all used up, in my mind, was the problem. Yeah, Duda screwed up. Yeah, DJ royally screwed up. Krod, well, you can’t win them all but regardless, was poor. Not a good game, but 4 innings and you know the BP blows…. uff da. Uff da indeed.
metsfan4decades
6/16/2011-11:01pm at 11:01 pm (UTC -4)
Well, at least the booth was entertaining that last inning.
First Gary was all over Murph for going for that ball when it was Tejada’s and booting it.
“What a horrible mistake by Murphy, totally running himself out of position on that play”….
“Oh that’s Duda”
Then right after that:
“Well congratulations to Schafer on his 5 hits but that’s a freaking joke”
darknova306
6/16/2011-11:04pm at 11:04 pm (UTC -4)
Ugh. Nice fundies, Duda. Frankie was due for a blown save.
Also, Kyon doing a facepalm! Nicely played, Prismo. Loved that series.
gategem
6/17/2011-12:15am at 12:15 am (UTC -4)
In all fairness to Frankie this was the third consecutive night he was asked to close out and didn’t have his best stuff or command. Likewise Carrasco pitched in rotation at Buffalo and a starters routine is quite a bit different from that of a reliever. Yet Carrasco was asked to pitch on consecutive nights something a starter is normally not asked to do. However, there is no excuse for a balk. And Duda will be a fine DH some day.
TRS86
6/17/2011-12:23am at 12:23 am (UTC -4)
The carousel of defense has got to stop. These guys are not known for their defense anyway (other than Tejada) just put these guys in an everyday position and leave them there. Murphy at 1B, Tejada at 2B, Turner at 3B, with Duda giving Bay some time off. That’s it. No more Murphy at 3B, Duda at 1B…. Let these guys that are terrible defenders at least get comfortable at one position.
kingman 26
6/17/2011-8:02am at 8:02 am (UTC -4)
Duda doesn’t belong on a major league roster.
Still, 4 of 6 in ATL and MIL?
We are getting unreasonable if we are not happy with that.
metsfan4decades
6/17/2011-8:44am at 8:44 am (UTC -4)
I agree, but I have to think in this particular situation, the real reason Duda was in at first, Murphy goes to third and Turner out was b/c Turner made the last out in the top of the inning.
All Terry had left was Parnell in the BP and he did that switch to try and get a couple of innings out of DJ since he went in Turner’s slot in the batting order.
And let’s face it, if bench players are both good defensively and can hit, well then normally they’re not bench or utility players – they’re starters on some team.
Should have never been in the 10th inning to start with – thank you Frankie. Didn’t help that RA only went 4 innings and gave up 6 runs either.
However, you can’t lose a game on a balk, for crying out loud.
TRS86
6/17/2011-9:41am at 9:41 am (UTC -4)
Come on, lets not be too hard on KRod. He had converted 19 in a row and gave up a 2 run HR. It happens. At least he was not pitching around a guy.
metsfan4decades
6/17/2011-9:56am at 9:56 am (UTC -4)
If that came across as being too hard on Frankie, that wasn’t my intention. Usually, no closer is perfect. I’ll say this though….his velocity seems to be down this year and especially of late. I’m seeing too many 88 mph fbs lately.
Heck, read the next post….I blame Chipper for this loss. LOL.
metsfan4decades
6/17/2011-10:59am at 10:59 am (UTC -4)
http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/mets/post/_/id/26651/rodriguezs-style-results-changed-in-ny
This article sums up what I’m seeing concerning Frankie.
I have no personal problem with him as some do and I think he’s got the perfect demeanor to be a closure but for the money he’s making, will make here if that option vests, I think it’s best to part ways with him this year if at all possible.
stickguy
6/17/2011-10:02am at 10:02 am (UTC -4)
this game is a prime example of what happens when you are starting most of the “real” bench, and are juggling guys in spots where they are not comfortable or experienced (or both). And like MF noted, bench guys usually have some weakness, that causes them to be bench guys in the first place.
It is a nice luxury to have a regular team to just put out there every day, that know where they will be playing (and how to do it).
Forget about bats, but having DW and Ike anchoring the IF corners would elimnate a lot of the screwy plays, etc.
kistics
6/17/2011-12:47pm at 12:47 pm (UTC -4)
Good stuff here
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=15971333&topic_id=9780550&c_id=mlb