21
2011
Bullpen Blows Game, Again, Mets Lose 6-2 To Brewers
R.A. Dickey pitched a strong seven innings, but the bullpen combined to give up four runs in the last two innings in their 6-2 loss to the Brewers.
Game Notes
R.A. Dickey looked great today, and had another quality outing. Dickey went seven innings, allowing two runs on six hits, walking none and striking out four. Dickey would’ve gone more innings if not for the Brewers manager walking Ruben Tejada in the bottom of the seventh to force Terry Collins to bring in a pinch hitter.
The bullpen failed horribly for the second day in a row, with Manny Acosta, Tim Byrdak, Jason Isringhausen and Pedro Beato combining to allow another four runs. The bullpen has been god awful, and it can only get better hopefully. Not one arm has been able to shut things down or stop the bleeding.
The bats didn’t do much today, outside of two big hits that were back-to-back, a Lucas Duda two-run blast to the deepest part of the park and a Jason Bay double to LF that was two-feet short of being a home run, and would’ve been out in any other park. Another weak offensive day, with six total hits and only one walk.
Angel Pagan – 2 for 4. Angel has been hitting much better, but over-ran a ball in the fifth and missed a catch.
Lucas Duda – 1 for 4 with a two-run homer. Oh, three strikeouts too. Great way to break up the golden sombrero.
Thoughts
Justin Turner continues to struggle defensively, making an extremely poor throw that cost the Mets two outs, and prolonged the inning.
Ryan Braun stole two bases, and neither throw by Josh Thole was accurate or strong.
Turning Point
Making Terry Collins play for the win in the seventh and pulling his extremely effective starter.
Game Ball
R.A. Dickey, the victim of poor run support/bad luck. Great outing, usual expected outcome. R.A. Dickey is the best 5-11 pitcher in the MLB.
On Deck
The Mets will travel to Philly to face off against Cliff Lee and the Phillies. Dillon Gee will take the mound and game time is 7:05 P.M.
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NL East Standings
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braves | 25 | 18 | .581 | - |
| Nationals | 23 | 21 | .523 | 2.5 |
| Phillies | 21 | 23 | .477 | 4.5 |
| Mets | 17 | 24 | .415 | 7.0 |
| Marlins | 12 | 32 | .273 | 13.5 |
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Maybe Frankie R. and Daniel M. would have helped. This team wants to play only 7-inning games.
If the METS was a thoroughbred horse they would , well you know, poor thing!
No, but Buccholz being injured was a major blow to the bullpen. Beato being elevated to the setup position and his control vanishing is hurting the bullpen alot
Bye bye 2011. And 2012 does not look much better!
Isnt this the same game recap I read yesterday…and the day before…and the day before? Oh, no, it’s me.
Same ol story: Effective start, bullpen blows
Such is the life of 2nd division teams.
Let’s amuse ourselves and hope for better in the future. If Lucas Duda matures into a productive hitter, he can become a folk hero in New York. All the Mets have to dois play the tunes to “Camptown Races” while posting the following lyrics when he hits a HR at home:
Citifield sings this song,
Du-da, Du-da
The brother hits it five miles long
Oh, de Du-da day
Goin’ to run all night
Goin’ to run all day
I bet my money on his left hand bat
He hits it a long, long way
Citifield sings this song,
Du-da, Du-da
The brother hits it five miles long
Oh, de Du-da day
.500 remains our dream.
Hey, Bayonne, if not for the accursed injuries, we’d be
Contenders, right?
Well since you asked….
With a full year of Jose Reyes, 2B, Beltran, Ike Davis, Wright, Murphy, Pagan, etc.
and if Santana was healthy all year?
Yes.
What is this “full year of Jose Reyes” you speak of? Are we still pretending that Reyes can sustain health year after year? His injuries aren’t flukes. They are part of his makeup. 2009-2011 he’s averaged 89 games a season. 89! I’ll take evidence of a guy aged 26-28 over 22-25 any day.
When you’re 29 you don’t suddenly return back to your healthy ways of 25 years old. Life doesn’t work that way without lying to congress.
This is my point, which I am afraid eludes the respected Bayonne.
Guys like Wright, Reyes, Murphy & Co. seem incapable of playing full years now w/ significant lost time due to injuries.
Never thought I would say this but I am keen to part ways with Wright and Reyes. They will not take us where once they did in ’06. Package them with the Bum of Bums–Jason Bum. Maybe we could get one top-quality SP.
Its the ballpark!
well, where do i even begin.. david wright.. he’s supposed to be the leader of this ball club, since reyes went down and it was all up to him, just like in 2009 he made his houdini act and DISSAPEAR, in august he’s hitting a putry 196 with only 2 HR and 10 RBI, i mean, yes the bullpen sucks big time (thanks sandy, but hey, we got the 2PTBN later right), the SP is no better, injuries played a great part in this season, but come on, when david and davis were both out, and bay hitting NOTHING, beltran and reyes TOOK the team on their back and whether the storm, this guy has done absolutely NOTHING to carry this team!!! can he show up please???? how can you be 28 and just become irrelevant after being label “all star, franchiZe player, face of the FranchiZe, leader, captain”.. how come there’s no article about HIM and his dissapearing act just like in 2009??? but no, is everything else but him, injuries, bullpen, no help in the lineup.. BLAH BLAH BLAH!!!!! again, to quote phil from the hangover “PAGIN DR ******!!! PAGIN DR ******!!!!!!!!!
oh david, WHERE ART THOU!!!??????
Captain? Stretch much?
So Reyes AND Beltran carried the team, both of which are not there, so in turn you want ONE guy to carry the whole team, you still show signs of being very new to the game, no one or two guys can every carry a team, for an extended period of time that makes a difference.
He is hitting over .300 since returning but it sure is a quiet .300 cause the lack of extra base hits, what is needed from him, makes his presence in lineup almost invisible.
When you play kids, Turner, Tejada that are not ready to be full time MLB players you get the errors that they commit but when you don’t have another option plus tight on money you play who you got and until farm system starts producing talent or the check book is loosened then expect more of the same.
Once again, why is Wille Harris on this team as the primary LH PH off the bench?
Can anyone point to a big hit or two he has gotten?
He is Mr. pop up and mister strike out, nuff said.
What can be said about BP that hasn’t been said, it reminds me of the BP post Wagner injury that led to collapse in 2008 when Ayala was our closer and fire starter along with, dare I say his name: Heilman.
David, I was referring to David Wright hitting a quiet .300 since return.
I have given up hoping that DWright becomes Mr. Baseball. Looks more and more mediocre all the time. Same horrible ABs, miserable Ks in big spots, etc. Happens.