Dillon Gee was on the hill tonight to end the Met slide, he was opposed by Randy Hill of Chicago.
It was a fire fight as both teams exchanged leads…and it all began in the second inning with Mets having, you guessed it, two outs. Randy Wells gave up a base hits to Scott Hairston, Daniel Murphy, Josh Thole and Dillon Gee to put the Mets up by two runs. It was a lead that should have been added to in the top of the third when the Mets had the bases loaded with two outs but a running error by Lucas Duda after an Ike Davis double and a ground out by Daniel Murphy would end the Met threat…it would come back to haunt them later on.
The Cubs took the lead in the bottom of the frame when Gee gave up a base hit and walk to begin the inning. After an Anthony Rizzo ground out, it looked like Gee might just get out of the inning without any damage but Alfonso Soriano hit a Fielders Choice ground out putting the Cubs on the board and the Chicago added two more to take the lead 3-2.
The Mets came right back in the top of the fourth when after a Thole base hit, Gee drew a walk( which chased Wells from the game) After a Ruben Tejada walk, David Wright hit a bullet as a sac fly to draw the Mets even. The Cubs would take the lead when Murphy booted a ball in the top of the fifth which allowed the Cubs to put two men on allowing Anthony Rizzo to score one of them on a double.
It would be the last inning for Gee as he made way for Hefner. who put the Cubs down in order in the bottom of the sixth.
Scott Hairston hit a seed between the legs of the Cub third basemen for a double to start off the top of the seventh inning but never left the bag as the the Met bats went silent. The Mets got a one out base runner when Turner hit a single in the top of the eighth(and was lifted for Andres Torres who stole second base) but alas, Torres would get stranded at third.
In the bottom of the eighth, Ike Davis got thrown out of the game when, after Davis appeared to tag a runner leaning off of first base, yelled and touched the first base umpire with his glove. It just opened up another error when, with runners on second and first, a hard hit ground ball to Tejada was thrown away giving the Cubs an insurance run.
The Mets mounted a small threat in the top of the ninth when the Cubs closer walked David Wright but he would walk back to the dugout as the next three Mets would fail to move him. The final score Cubs 5 Mets 3.
Jon Niese will take the mound tomorrow to try to salvage one game in Chicago.
18 comments
NJstuckinTX
6/26/2012-11:24pm at 11:24 pm (UTC -4)
Well that sucked.
Stick
6/26/2012-11:26pm at 11:26 pm (UTC -4)
based on the absolutely horrific display of something that was supposed to be baseball the last 2 days, I don’t think it is fair to say the Cubs are the worst right now.
they are playing in all facets of the game like some of the classic Met teams. ’62. ’79.
this is just embarrassing, and Sandy needs to make some moves quick or they will just fade away quickly.
all that work to build some buzz, and poof. Get swept by the cups, and flush the season.
darknova306
6/27/2012-12:19am at 12:19 am (UTC -4)
Well, I did say that anything other than sweeping the Cubs would be bad, but damn… this is looking seriously ugly. Not that it’s all that surprising, though, considering some of the flaws on the Mets are rather gigantic. Defense: terrible/awful/disgusting/Ollie-bad. Bullpen: terrible. Offense: streaky and powerless. Rotation: great up front, sketchy on the back end.
srt
6/26/2012-11:27pm at 11:27 pm (UTC -4)
I thought last night was bad.
This game tonight was somehow worse. Cubs were trying to hand us that game and we just wouldn’t take it.
12 LOB? 6 walks? And we only score 3 lousy runs?
Between base running mistakes and mental mistakes in the field and errors this was one ugly game.
Mr North Jersey
6/27/2012-12:10am at 12:10 am (UTC -4)
Last night’s 1 through 5 hitters went 1 for 18 with a walk and 0/RBI & 0/R.
Tonight’s 1 through 5 hitters went 1 for 18 with 4 walks and 1/RBI.
2/H, 36/AB, 5/BB, 1/RBI, 0/R from the 1 through 5 hitters over 2 games vs the Cubs is not going to do it.
Mr North Jersey
6/27/2012-12:16am at 12:16 am (UTC -4)
A Cubs bullpen who is 12th in the NL in ERA over the last 2 days has pitched 8 innings and given up all of 1 run.
Mr North Jersey
6/27/2012-12:20am at 12:20 am (UTC -4)
Of the 11 runs surrendered to the Cubs over the last 2 days 5 are unearned.
darknova306
6/27/2012-12:21am at 12:21 am (UTC -4)
This is a mediocre team, but they’ll have another winning streak soon enough that will have most people back on board before they fall off again. That’s the hallmark of mediocrity: no real consistency.
srt
6/27/2012-7:39am at 7:39 am (UTC -4)
Best short description of the Mets so far this season that I’ve read.
To elaborate a little….
- Don’t really see the defense improving with guys playing out of position and multitude of platoons we’ve got going on. Not convinced Kirk’s best position is CF. Duda obviously is slow for a RF. Catching defense leaves something to be desired. SS has been a revolving door. 2nd base is less than stellar.
- Lineup is too lefty heavy. Did you see what the Cubs did last night? Gave the hook early to Wells and just kept throwing lefties out there. Smart move on their part and I expect other clubs to catch onto that.
Mr North Jersey
6/27/2012-12:22am at 12:22 am (UTC -4)
I’m done for the night. Going to try and get some sleep.
Prismo
6/27/2012-9:45am at 9:45 am (UTC -4)
Once again the Mets play to the level of their competition. This team just doesn’t know how to beat up on the lesser teams.
Oh well, they are who we thought they were! Probably will win their next couple games and be back to ~5 over .500, which is fine by me.
NJstuckinTX
6/27/2012-9:55am at 9:55 am (UTC -4)
Water finds it’s level, as they say.
If they don’t end up with a win today and a split or better with the dodgers, I would guess they’ll tread water until mid july, see where they are and then most likely look to sell a little. But honestly, what is there to sell? Maybe FFF, assuming he shows he’s healthy again. They need to be in buy mode, but not in the traditional sense. I’m talking getting peeps that are controllable more than just for this year and consolidating talent (trade 2-3 prospects/bench guys for 1 prospect/Major league player. I’d consider that a “for the future” plan that may start helping this year.
Stick
6/27/2012-10:13am at 10:13 am (UTC -4)
I agree about being in that mode, but I think those deals are much more likely in the off season.
NJstuckinTX
6/27/2012-10:16am at 10:16 am (UTC -4)
Probably. I just throw it out there for all the yahoos who want to blow their proverbial wads on trying to get instant help for marginal players that will be gone the following year.
kingman 26
6/27/2012-10:16am at 10:16 am (UTC -4)
“That’s the hallmark of mediocrity: no real consistency.”
Dark’s 100% right.
Look, after the 4-0 start, they are 35-36. Aside from the starting pitching, they are average to terrible in every other facet of the game.
6-0 against BAL and TB; 2-9 against CIN and the Yanks. 9-4 against SD and PHIL and 0-5 against HOU and the Cubs.
Mediocrity is what these numbers strongly suggest.
I still maintain that Collins has done an amazing job and that 82 wins is the goal.
But remember, this team has faded sometime between now and September EVERY year since 2007. We might just be seeing another valley which will be followed by a win today and 3 of 4 in LA, or we could be seeing a preview of the 6th annual Met Summer Swoon.
And the revisionism about “Omar’s guys” really is a f***ing joke. Ike, Thole, Duda, Murph, Kirk–all lefty batter with huge flaws in their games, almost all SUCK in the field, and several strike out nonstop.
And as for the pen—where are “Omar’s guys?”
Yes, he got Johan by being able to outspend everyone after the Yanks and Sox bowed out, and he found a diamond in the rough with Dickey. And Gee and Niese are decent back of the rotation guys.
Otherwise Omar’s guys are the baseball dictionary definition of mediocrity.
Love the team, and let’s see them stay above .500, which can happen if Young stays healthy and people stop hitting the ball to Duda and Murphy. Young and Niese are probably the keys to .500.
Prismo
6/27/2012-10:21am at 10:21 am (UTC -4)
“Look, after the 4-0 start, they are 35-36.”
Well if you’re going to say that, I’ll respond with:
“Look, before the current 0-4 stretch, they were 39-32.”
kingman 26
6/27/2012-10:25am at 10:25 am (UTC -4)
35-32 without the 0-4 stretch or the 4-0 start.
They have been between .500 and 7-8 games over all year, which is fine, but they really just don’t appear to have the ability to sustain a long winning streak, nor should they have a long losing streak with Dickey and Johan.
I feel that it is a miracle they have done as well as they have. Their fielding and bullpen are really and truly atrocious–I mean, maybe the worst in the game. No speed, almost no power. It’s amazing they have not been below .500 all year.
NJstuckinTX
6/27/2012-10:36am at 10:36 am (UTC -4)
For being about where we thought they would be record wise, they sure have done it funny. Never imagined the SP would be this good or the BP this putrid. Wasn’t expecting a wonderful BP, but not this putrid.