The Mets were defeated by the Dodgers 8-5 today at Citi Field.
Why the Mets lost:
Miguel Batista and Jeremy Hefner pitched.
Why the Dodgers won:
Miguel Batista and Jeremy Hefner pitched.
Notes:
- Miguel Batista and Jeremy Hefner both pitched. Batista pitched three innings, allowing four runs on five hits. Hefner pitched two innings, allowing two runs.
- R.A. Dickey pitched the ninth inning instead of throwing a bullpen session, but gave up a two-run home run to Juan Uribe that put the game out of reach. Personally, I liked the move. Unfortunately, Terry Collins is going to be criticized for it.
- The Mets rallied in the bottom of the ninth against Dodger closer Kenley Jansen. Jansen walked two batters, but struck out Scott Hairston to end the game.
- The Mets have now lost eight of their last nine games…
20 comments
srt
7/21/2012-4:43pm at 4:43 pm (UTC -4)
Seriously, this is getting depressing.
Our SP is no longer good enough to get it done. We can score runs, but we’re giving up more than we’re scoring – obviously.
Only silver lining I can possibly take out of this game is the FO can’t possibly be thinking of keeping Batista in the rotation.
Stick
7/21/2012-5:03pm at 5:03 pm (UTC -4)
hey, at least they didn’t lose any ground to the nats!
Hazmet
7/21/2012-5:11pm at 5:11 pm (UTC -4)
Turn out the lights the parties over…..
Hazmet
7/21/2012-5:23pm at 5:23 pm (UTC -4)
In fairness to Hefner one of the runs was courtesy of attrocious outfield play by Hairston in RF on the fly ball for the triple. A halfway compentent RF puts that in his back pocket.
Mr North Jersey
7/21/2012-6:34pm at 6:34 pm (UTC -4)
.500
Batista did exactly the opposite of what was needed from him today. He put the Mets in a hole early and didn’t give them innings.
Edgin continues to impress in his brief time up so far. Don’t look now but Duda over his last 20 games coming into today has 2 rbi’s and is hitting .169/BA over that stretch. Today’s 0 for 2 certainly didn’t do anything to improve upon that.
With Lucas Duda, Jason Bay and Kirk Nieuwenhuis all struggling of late you have to wonder why Jordany Valdespin isn’t seeing regular playing time even vs lefties?
A loss 2morrow and we get swept and worse fall a game below .500 for the 1st time this year.
Niese if ever the team needed your best it is 2morrow.
LGM!
Mr North Jersey
7/21/2012-6:38pm at 6:38 pm (UTC -4)
By the way Mets starters have a 7.58/ERA over the last 9 games during this 1-8 losing streak.
Stickguy
7/21/2012-8:38pm at 8:38 pm (UTC -4)
this was the biggest reason (ok, 2nd biggest, the biggest being he pretty well sucks) that I did not want batista starting this game. or again. The high odds that he had a short outing.
Mr North Jersey
7/21/2012-6:43pm at 6:43 pm (UTC -4)
@Mets
#Mets moves: RHP Elvin Ramirez will be recalled from Buffalo (AAA) prior to tomorrow’s game.
https://twitter.com/Mets/status/226803306905866240
So who goes down?
Stickguy
7/21/2012-8:39pm at 8:39 pm (UTC -4)
either batista gets DFA, or most likely Kirk.
Stick
7/21/2012-9:53pm at 9:53 pm (UTC -4)
well, after poking around a little bit on the blogssphere, the self proclaimed “most knowledgeable fans” are out in force trying to out moron themselves.
time to delete many bookmarks, because the pity party (and ridiculous anti-team rhetoric) is already out of hand.
trs86
7/22/2012-3:02am at 3:02 am (UTC -4)
agreed. I swear I love the Mets but our fans can be the damn whiniest period. It gets tiring.
wanny
7/21/2012-10:47pm at 10:47 pm (UTC -4)
difficult to believe this team can contend for anything at this point. it was fun while it lasted.
i’d still be a moderate buyer at the deadline — not giving up anything of value — only because the team is capable of winning more than it loses and is an entertaining product.
dont care that harvey got smacked around today. he should make his next start here. let’s keep ramirez and edgin the rest of the way too. batista and hefner offer nothing.
with edgin and ramirez getting extended auditions (in my plan), i’d focus more on getting a real backup catcher and an outfielder. enough with torres’ stinkitude.
Stick
7/22/2012-12:03am at 12:03 am (UTC -4)
I do like keeping Edgin (who has earned it most likely), and Ramirez at this point. But I do like Hefner for a long man, but for now, he should be in the rotation now.
batista needs to go.
and I have overall lost track of how many RPs there are on the team, but Franky most likely is back in another week too.
as to buying, I think they should get something. Initially thought to buy a RP, but that may not happen, with the guys we just talked about. Unless, of course, they manage to trade someone like Ramon or Rauch.
so, if they can upgrade elsewhere, do it. And I think as long as they are trading a few non-prospect bodies, and just taking on salary, it makes sense.
the better plan, of course, is grabbing someone that can be a longer term piece of the puzzle. call that the Upton plan.
trs86
7/22/2012-3:13am at 3:13 am (UTC -4)
I can’t understand why anyone likes Hefner. He has been worse than Batista in every role.
NJStuckinTX
7/22/2012-8:36am at 8:36 am (UTC -4)
They almost have to stand pat or buy, because they don’t really have anything worth selling. Only ones I can think of that might fetch something is Murphy and Spin, and I don’t want to trade Spin (unless it brings back something better and controllable for a couple years). Every other option has such low stock… Duda, any of the BP arms, there isn’t much on the bench. I’d think Minor Leaguers on the 40 man roster would be the best asset at this point. We will see…
Stickguy
7/22/2012-9:30am at 9:30 am (UTC -4)
I really wonder what they could get for Murphy. I still don’t see him as part of the (better?) future.
trs86
7/22/2012-9:51am at 9:51 am (UTC -4)
You have some tradeable assets that at least bring you back minor league depth. Hairston, Rauch, Ramirez, Turner, Young, Cedeno, Byrdak, not going to get you much but can make up for not signing some of those guys in the draft.
Stickguy
7/22/2012-10:08am at 10:08 am (UTC -4)
maybe if they can get so lower level high upside potential guys, b ut no real point on trading those names to just get confirmed mediocrity like more Schwindens.
NJStuckinTX
7/22/2012-11:15am at 11:15 am (UTC -4)
agreed. To me, they are tradeable, but you aren’t getting much back for them.
darknova306
7/22/2012-1:13am at 1:13 am (UTC -4)
Boy am I glad I was packing a moving truck instead of watching this game, though we all knew what today’s outcome was going to be. Batista is crap. I always expected this team to regress, but they’re spiraling quickly into the abyss.1-4 in this critical 9-game stretch isn’t getting the job done.