I'm sure he's a nice guy.
The Houston Astros (11-14) completed their sweep of the New York Mets (13-12) today, taking the final game of the 3-game series by a score of 8-1.
As was the case on Friday, Chris Schwinden (0-1) and Manny Acosta got hammered. Schwinden looked like he was lobbing beach balls over the middle of the plate, and Acosta just seemed to close his eyes and throw, instead of actually pitching.
In 2 starts this year, Schwinden has allowed 10 earned runs on 13 hits in 8 innings, proving that he is just not a major league pitcher at this point in his career. Could he be the worst pitcher in Mets history? At this point, I’d probably have more faith in Randy Jones, Victor Zambrano, Roger Craig, and most of the 1962 rotation than I do in Schwinden. Heck, even Anthony Young had a respectable 3.89 career ERA, despite losing 27 straight decisions between 1992 and 1993.
Once again, the Mets lineup could do nothing against their nemesis, Wandy Rodriguez (3-2). He breezed through 7 innings, allowing 1 run on 6 hits. The left hander came into today’s game with a lifetime 2.90 ERA and 1.13 WHIP against New York.
Ruben Tejada was the lone bright spot in the Mets batting order, going 3 for 4 out of the leadoff spot with 2 doubles. He now has a .305/.362/.411 slash on the season. David Wright hit his first triple of the year and is now hitting .392/.495/.582.
Jed Lowrie went 3 for 4 today, and had a great series for the Astros, going 7 for 10. Chris Johnson went 4 for 4 with 2 home runs (both off of Schwinden), and 6 RBI, boosting his season total to 14.
Were the Mets worn out from a tough series in the thin air against the Rockies? Whatever the case, they failed to cowboy up against a poor Astros team, despite dressing like characters from Blazing Saddles on their flight to Houston. But they’ll put this series behind them and attempt to rise from the ashes in Phoenix in Queens, as they begin a 3-game set against the Diamondbacks tomorrow night at 7:10 PM.
16 comments
Prismo
5/2/2012-4:51pm at 4:51 pm (UTC -4)
BOOOOOOOOOOO
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
*gasps for air*
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
srt
5/2/2012-5:07pm at 5:07 pm (UTC -4)
‘Schelled’. I like it. Even worse than shelled.
Can’t get out of Houston fast enough. Let us never speak of it again.
Question is…..does Schwinden get another start?
Can’t keep him as the 5th starter if he’s only going to pitch 4 innings every time.
Media tried to pin Terry down about that one post game. He wouldn’t commit to anything.
Mr North Jersey
5/2/2012-5:15pm at 5:15 pm (UTC -4)
Well Schwinden didn’t do much better than Niese last night. Chris Johnson clobbered the Mets today with 2/hr’s 6/rbi’s.
Had no idea the Astros came into today 4th in the NL in Runs Scored. They sure lived up to it.
Missed an opportunity to go 3-3 on roadtrip. Instead ended up 2-4. Can’t say it enough, Ike we could really use your bat. Will be curious to see if Schwinden is around for another start. For that matter Batista as well.
Day off 2morrow so hopefully Mets can get past the Flu, regroup and be ready for the DBacks on Friday.
Positives for me is Mr Tejada’s continued ability to get hits.
LGM!
Stickguy
5/2/2012-5:20pm at 5:20 pm (UTC -4)
finally dawned on me the only reason DW and Tejada are hitting so well, the mets never, ever see a RHP!
in that light, getting nothing from bay again really, really hurts. He should be in the middle, fattening up on all these lefties (not that he was even before he was out).
combine that with Ike being pretty much useless, and no wonder they can’t score!
oh, add Murphy, quietly having a very castillo-esque year (decent BA, but no power or run production at all). a .704 OPS ain’t gonna make up for his D!
srt
5/2/2012-6:42pm at 6:42 pm (UTC -4)
Good catch on the lefties. I never thought of that.
gategem
5/2/2012-8:16pm at 8:16 pm (UTC -4)
As time goes by Murphy is starting to remind me of a slower version of Greg Gross. I thought by now he would have learned to turn on the inside pitch and take it deep. Hopefully he will improve.
Paul Festa
5/2/2012-9:06pm at 9:06 pm (UTC -4)
It’s possible to be slower than Greg Gross?
trs86
5/3/2012-8:08am at 8:08 am (UTC -4)
And from what I heard it doesn’t get any better as we face to more LH in the Zona series.
srt
5/3/2012-8:27am at 8:27 am (UTC -4)
If I’m not mistaken, one of the two rookies pitching in this upcoming series was Rookie of the Month.
Yikes!
Never thought I’d say this but we really need Bay’s bat in there.
Stickguy
5/2/2012-5:16pm at 5:16 pm (UTC -4)
ugly with a capital F today.
they really need a couple days off (pretty much 2 full now, until Friday PM) to rest and recuperate.
and the FO needs to get going. Send Schell down, call up one of the pen arms (or G-F, DJ. yuck). then when they need another SP, call up Hefner (being on the 40 man and all) and for good measure, another pen arm. Ship out Acosta and Batista.
Enough time in to cut bait on those 2. no one else is likely to pick them up, not that I even want them in AAA for “depth”!
Oh, getting the sick brigade (duda) back would certainly help. As would the other hitless wonders getting their heads out of their collective asses.
Now pull it together, and sweep the D-backs to get the 3 games back.
gategem
5/2/2012-8:19pm at 8:19 pm (UTC -4)
Nice recap Mr. Festa but I would like to recap the series in a positive tone.
The Mets just completed a difficult series against the AL Pennant winning Texas Rangers. But in spite of the outstanding opponent the Mets hung in there for every game showing grit, determination, hustle and a never say die attitude. They bounced back in each game like the champions they will be to make those Rangers earn every victory. If not for bad luck, sickness and injury surely the Mets would have swept these games.
Huh, what do you mean they played the Houston Astros and not the Rangers in Arlington? If you knew anything about sabermetrics then surely you would know the difference between the Texas Rangers and the Houston Astros. The Mets are about to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and win the next 15 in a row.
SpencerRealDirtyMets
5/2/2012-8:35pm at 8:35 pm (UTC -4)
Kinda glad I gave this recap up.
Stickguy
5/2/2012-10:44pm at 10:44 pm (UTC -4)
Mets aren’t the only team with some sketchy RP. In the phils/braves game, from the 6-9th (when it was all BP), the teams combined for 14 runs in 4 innings, with multiple blown leads.
and on a met theme again, SPs that sucked and got knocked out early. Nice to see it being Hanson and Halladay though!
srt
5/2/2012-11:20pm at 11:20 pm (UTC -4)
Holy Phil’s suck Batman. hahahaaha.
srt
5/2/2012-11:48pm at 11:48 pm (UTC -4)
Just read the wrap-up of this game. 15-13. I guess both pitching staffs had nothing tonight. And Chipper drives in the winning run. 40 and he still has it left in the tank.
Stick
5/3/2012-8:39am at 8:39 am (UTC -4)
with a walk off homerun. RP in this game was non-existant.
phils fans starting to get in a panic now. halladay not looking like himself? the sky is falling!