12
2011
Stinson Blows Game In Extras, Mets Lose 10-6 To Cubs
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After a bad start by Miguel Batista, the Mets came back only to have Josh Stinson and Ryota Igarashi blow the game in the 11th inning, and the Mets lost 10-6 to the Chicago Cubs
Game Notes
Miguel Batista had his first poor outing as a Met, going five innings, allowing four runs on five hits walking three and striking out one. Batista was not helped by the Mets defense, as David Wright made his third error in two days. Batista couldn’t find control, and when he gave up hits they were for extra bases.
Today saw a huge bullpen day, with D.J. Carrasco, Tim Byrdak, Pedro Beato, Daniel Herrera, Manny Acosta, Josh Stinson, Ryota Igarashi and Dale Thayer came out. Everyone but Stinson and Igarashi was effective, but Stinson was hit hard and walked two to not record an out.
The offense today existed in spurts, with runs being scored in the first, sixth, eighth and 11th. Jason Pridie hit a home run in the eleventh, but by then the Mets were already down six, so it just closed the deficit. The offense today wasn’t stifled, but stranded runners, 26 to be exact.
Jose Reyes – 1 for 5 with a walk and a strikeout. Jose dropped his average to .332
Jason Pridie – 1 for 2 with a two-run HR.
David Wright – 0 for 5 with two strikeouts and a walk. Tough last two days for David.
Turning Point
The ineffective bullpen work of Stinson/Igarashi
GOAT of the Game
Josh Stinson takes the cake in this one. Not getting an out and giving up four runs will do that for a player.
On Deck
The Mets will continue their home series, playing against the Washington Nationals at 7:10 P.M. Ross Detweiler will pitch for the Nationals, and R.A. Dickey for the Mets.
About the Author: Sean Kenny
Sean Kenny is a student/writer currently attending school at the City College of New York. For more Mets news, notes and thoughts follow him on twitter @TheSeanKenny
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NL East Standings
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braves | 41 | 28 | .594 | - |
| Nationals | 34 | 34 | .500 | 6.5 |
| Phillies | 33 | 37 | .471 | 8.5 |
| Mets | 25 | 39 | .391 | 13.5 |
| Marlins | 21 | 47 | .309 | 19.5 |
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I KNEW IT.. someone else was gonna get the blame on the mets recap for david wright.. stinson blows game.. nice title.. wow.. just wow.. what kind of recap is this?? the man mets fans adore and basically worship CHOKES not once but TWICE and all we get it,”he made an error and tough 2 days for david??” when is this man gonna get the accountability he deserves for the failures in big spots? i mean, i know the season is over with, but yesterday’s game had a little meaning, is the 9/11 ceremony, the stadium is full, a chance for new yorkers to cheer up about a mets game and what does he do? CHOKES AGAIN AND AGAIN!!!
sean kenny, you are usually spot on on your recaps, but let’s be more critical of everyone ok, the other day you KILL nick evens and duda for going 0-8 combined, yet wright’s get a HUGE pass on this recap?? funny how the cubs think LUCAS DUDA is more fearsome than david wright at this point, that is just sad. is amazing how unclutch this guy is yet he gets a pass from everyone, starting with cohen.. wow.. just wow..
While Wright did not win the game, he also did not lose the game. Stinson letting up 4 (FOUR!) runs without recording an out is about as landslide as you can get for winning the goat award. Bad game by Wright. Worse by Stinson.
had david wright come trough in the clutch as he was supposed to maybe stinson wouldn’t even had to pitch don’t you think???? we’re blaming a rookie, a ROOKIE for god’s sake for the failure of our CAPTAIN!!!!!!!!!!!! people, please, stop this smoochfest with the guy, is ok, he’s human he is not perfect, he fails, ok, but stop defending him and blame someone else for the job he failed MISERABLE at!!!!! wtf is going on!!!!
Your hate for Wright and Alderson is almost comical. I can see you, all Sam Kinison like, screaming at your computer as you type this stuff.
not at all.. i don’t hate alderson or wright, i just hate the smoochfest these 2 have.. they get a pass like noone else, had minaya have the offseason alderson had he would’ve been murder in this site, and had beltran failed miserably as wright did last night.. forget it..
best s*** i’ve ssen was the metsblog sxcuse for wright… HE LOOKS ANXIOUS!!! lmao.. that is comical
Wright should absolutely get the horns for his defense. He’s an established big league player and needs to field his position competently or be moved. The throws to me are especially troubling. 3B can get some very difficult chances even though most of them get handled instinctively but the throwing errors? Those outs have to be recorded. Every single time or your just another liability out there ready to blow up at an inopportune moment.
Stinson wasn’t good but I can live with a rookie in his second big league appearance getting drilled, what I can’t live with are the guys you count on not making the routine plays, and then some.
Every day players can pick up the pitcher once in a while too you know.
wright should be blame for yest loss.. not a rookie with 2 app. not only on the erros, but with his UNCLUTCHNESS..
I wonder if all the news that Wright sees that he might be traded has got to him and effected his playing. 3 errors in two games 0-5 at the plate last night. He is a shell of himself for previous years.
I’m realizing more and more how unbelievable it is how Wright gets a pass from fans and some writers on this site. First he’s Man Of The Year on a team that had Carlos Beltran and Jose Reyes carry it most of the year in a season that is not one of Wright’s better one and he was out a couple months too. Carlos Beltran has a foundation too that helps out young people and he contributed MORE to the Mets this season than Wright so why isn’t Carlos Beltran nominated for Man of the Year? Because he doesn’t “LOOK” like the all-american hero people here like this writer have Wright pegged out to be?
More and more I’m starting to believe there is maybe something more to it after all. Maybe it is Carlos’ background, maybe it is Wright smile and his appearance that people prefer. Never mind the actual production.
This is a horrendous write up. I can’t blame a kid just up to the majors for giving up those runs but i CAN blame a guy who time and time again has failed this team when they needed him the most both at the plate and on the field. I can create an angle too where on September 11th last night’s game was the Anti-Piazza game of post 9/11 back in 2001. That’s where Piazza rose to the occasion but in eerily similar chances last night – AND THREE TIMES TOO! – David Wright failed. Sure Bay, Tejada, & Pridie all had chances to win the game also but they’re not the story. They are not this false buddha that people here and some writers pretend or WISH that Wright was, and why? Because of the way he looks? And not his ability?
This writer also has the audacity to not even mention the biggest story of the game and that’s the Cubs intentionally walking Duda to get to Wright. THEY INTENTIONALLY WALKED DUDA!!!!! and TO GET TO WRIGHT!!! and it gets NO MENTION??? Are you kidding me? This is an absolutely TERRIBLE, one-sided, pro-Wright game recap and an insult to any fan on this site that appreciates baseball for the game it is instead of the people who THEY LIKE who play it.
The story of this game is (for the 2nd night in a row) is the failures of David Wright (again) and not a rookie who just got called up.
bayonne,
you know that the CORE… SALUTES YOU!!!
Reyes and Beltran carried a team that never was over .500 for any length of time. WOW Yet you are SO twisted because he was nominated for an award that has NOTHING to do with stats.
What did Reyes do to win the game last night?
What about Daniel Murphy who carried the team when Wright was out.
Wright has exaggerated platoon splits and has been ice cold for the last week. Garcia kills RH hitters and gets killed by Lefty’s.
The move makes complete sense but has more to do with Garcia then Wright or Duda, and in a tie game bottom of the 10th and only one guy left in your pen what are you going to do with a ROOGY? Let him pitch to a LH hitter? With the game on the line? In the 10th inning? Men on base? What are you nuts? Garcia gets ROCKED by LH hitters. ROCKED!
I would think that was the reason there was no mention of the IBB to Duda in the short recap of last nights game. Just a humdrum common sense managerial move he probably knew he would have to make when he brought Garcia in, in the first place, because Garcia can’t get a lefty out anymore.
Hardly room in the game recap to mention every no brainer move made by either manager.
tlagge.. ok, but this is not the first time someone ahead of david wright was walked to pitch to wright only for him to fail.. miserably. i mean, i remember ALEX CORA getting a walk from the braves i think, to pitch to wright, a career 244 hitter was intentionally walked to pitch to wright, and he also failed!! come on man..
The WALKED Duda to get to Wright.
That’s all there is to it. Stop trying to rationalize. They WALKED Duda to get to Wright irregardless of the details.
They walked a newbie to get to the seasoned vet.
They walked a lefty because the pitcher gets killed by lefty’s.
KILLED.
HAMMERED.
NAILED.
Quadry walks ANY LH hitter because he cannot let his pitcher pitch to one in that situation. The fact that Wright’s platoon splits make the move even more appropriate only makes the decision that much easier to make.
Even Jerry Manuel isn’t going to let Ortiz pitch to a LH hitter in a game winning situation. Get real.
Hmmm. Game on the line do I want opponents hitting .327 or .203 against my pitcher? Slugging .633 or .305?
A classic no brainer if there ever was one with the winning run a base hit away.
agee, that was one at bat..
bottom of the ninth, men on 1st and 2nd… NO OUTS… what does he do?? weak ground out to 3rd. against a righty samardsjiza, idk where the lefty conv came up..
bottom of the tenth, ramon ortiz, another righty walked duda to face wright with the bases loaded… weakly fly out to LF..
BALONEY,
They walked DUDA to get to WRIGHT. They walked the newbie to get to a seasoned vet who’s been through the wars.
I don’t care what any splits are you pitch to the kid in that huge spot, not walk the kid to get to one of the team’s “alleged” best hitters no matter if he’s cold or not.
This is baseball 101 boys. 4-4 10th inning winning run at 2B, you give up a hit you lose. Your also running out of pitchers in your pen and the pitcher you have in there gets crushed by LH hitters and here comes a LH hitter.
Conversally on deck there is a RH hitter who’s own platoon splits coincidentally work in your favor too.
So, what you do? LH hitters rip Ortiz to the tune of .327 BA and a .633 SLG. RH hitters hit .203 with a .305 SLG and strike out quite often as well.
When one play can win or lose the game for you these sort of moves get made. No different than bringing the OF in when a SAC fly can cost you the game.
Duda’s proven he can hit the ball so your going to give Duda the chance to go with his strengths against your pitchers very glaring weakness and hope for the best? Or are you going to get the one out you need by walking Duda and facing a RH?
Of course your doing that. Quadry would have been killed for getting beat by letting Ortiz pitch to a lefty.
Jeez. This is so elementary it can only be attributed to the rush to bash Wright any way, for any reason.
Hey bash Wright for not getting that run in all you want. He should plate those runs but the fact that Quadry took the bat out of Duda’s hands was a simple no brainer.
When you have a relief pitcher that gets lit up against LH hitters you do not let that pitcher pitch to a LH hitter with the game winning run on 2B in the 10th inning on the road.
Ever.
Well if you’re that afraid of a rookie when you have David Wright up next than walk the rookie to face Wright.
I would have done it too and you know why? And I would have done it if Wright was hot too and you know why? Because I would have PUT THE PRESSURE ON WRIGHT and we all know Wright STINKS under pressure
So you can spin it any way you want (and excuse making is your forte as we all know) and look at any statistic you want the Cubs walked a rook to get to Wright.
And I would have done it too.
They certainly ain’t gonna do that with Beltran on deck, they certainly ain’t gonna make that move if Reyes was on deck and don’t be surprised if they chose to pitch to Duda with a hot Bay on deck either. I would have pitched to Duda if even MURPHY was on deck.
But the Cubs walked Duda to get to Wright. Case closed.
Beltran and Reyes aren’t appropriate examples because their switch hitters. They’ll just hit from the other side.
Again baseball 101.
The only way Duda gets pitched to by Ortiz with the winning run on 2B is if there was another LH coming up afterwards but in that case Quadrey doesn’t allow Ortiz to pitch to anyone. He yanks him and gets the last guy left in the pen who CAN get a LH hitter out.
Ortiz can’t. That’s why Quadrey had him walk the lefty. Baseball 101. Shift the odds in your favor. Happens with lots of different moves every game.
When one hit can cost you the game you have to shift the odds as much as possible. .327 or .203 BA against. Doesn’t take a rocket scientist.
As for the excuse making tag that’s your forte. Injuries, bad luck, ect ect. on and on but nice job trying to change the subject spin meister.
Even Jerry Manuel would have recognized that situation and exploited it to get the one out he needed and take his chances in the 11th.
No,
Beltran and Reyes ARE appropriate examples. Bay and Murphy are good examples too – you selectively left them out.
I don’t care WHAT side of the plate you’re hitting from OR throwing from the fact remains…
They walked Lucas Duda to get to David Wright.
Oh and I don’t know what Jerry Manuel would have done – we’re not talking about him. And YOU don’t know what he or any other manager would have done either.
Lucas Duda was walked to pitch to David Wright.
Oh and injuries to your star players DO MATTER. And it’s been that way for the Mets for the last 3 years. But that’s not what we’re talking about, we’re talking about the fact that the Cubs walked Lucas Duda to get to David Wright with the game on the line. I don’t care what splits exist or who threw from what side against what batter.
How could Reyes and Beltran be appropriate examples? If their on deck Ortiz is facing a LH hitter, then Quadry has to yank him. Same with Murphy. It’s a bad matchup for Ortiz because lefty’s kill him. When one base hit costs you the game and, all things being equal, you improve your chances by 15% of getting that out you do it. Your managing to win the game. You got one guy left in the pen and the game could go 14 for all you know but what you do know is if you give up a base hit, games over.
That’s the benefit of having a LH hitter on the bench. Murphy would have been perfect. Go ahead and walk Duda I’ll pinch hit Murphy for Wright and let him hit against your guy who can’t get out lefty’s or maybe just having Murphy on the bench makes Quadry bring in his last remaining pitcher in the 10th inning of a tied game.
Unfortunately the bench was emptied of LH hitters long before Ortiz even warmed up. Guess Quadry’s seen enough of Ortiz against them this year huh? Thole, Pridie, Harris, Baxter, all gone from the bench. Pridie as a pinch runner and Collins even used Capuano too but once that bench was emptied of LH hitters Quadry knew he could bring in Ortiz even if it meant working around a LH hitter or two so that’s what he did.
What do you think, only hitters have platoon splits? Ortiz has one of the biggest platoon splits I’ve ever seen.
Like I said, total no brainer. Quadrey would have been killed if he let Ortiz get beat by a lefty.
Your just turning a total no brainer managerial move into something against Wright because of some sort of hatred you have for him.
look, you can dance all over the place like Fred Astaire the fact remains:
They walked the rook to get to Wright with the game on the line. Yeah, it’s a no brainer because the realized Wright sucks under pressure not the dilly dally (which you’re famous for) scenarios that you brought up. And the Cubs have done it before.
“That was more about my guy on the mound, I don’t relish walking somebody to get to David,” Quade said. “But I’ll take my chances right-on-right in that situation, plus I have confidence in [Ortiz] throwing strikes.”
Please, what does Quade know about baseball? All he does is manage a major league team.
Oh sure we all know that players and coaches ALWAYS say honestly what is on their minds.
They WALKED a rook to get to WRIGHT. CASE CLOSED>
Just out of curiosity, what would have happened had Wright gotten a hit in either of those situations to win the game? Would those hating on him today and crying over his “Man of the Year” nomination be giving him props for “coming through in the clutch”?
Or would they deem this situation not very clutch because, standings wise, it was a pretty meaningless game?
Funny you ask,
I thought about that AT THE TIME and would have responded “It’s about time”. That’s it.
But it still would not have compensated for his legacy of choking in big spots on the field and at bat. He would have had to become a perennial big time big spot hitter to accomplish that. And it can be done because Alex Rodriguez turned his reputation around regardless of his numbers. And make no mistake about it – it was known the world over that he had a reputation as a choker before 2009 REGARDLESS of his HOF numbers.
The world over? Is there some temple in Viet Nam with a statue of Alex Rodriguez called máy bị nghẹt lớn ? (Google translate for the win!)
same thing that would’ve happen IF beltran had gotten a hit in the 2006 NLCS to tie the game.. we would’ve been happy and joyful.. and btw, if you consider meaningless game a 9/11 ceremony, full of new yorkers, then you my friend are clueless.. he felt the pressure and of course, we’ve all seen how he performs when the pressure is really on.. this was a game for new yorkers to be happy about, to celebrate a victory at the place the 9/11 ceremony was held, yet what does he do?? FOLDS LIKE A CHEAP SUIT
“and btw, if you consider meaningless game a 9/11 ceremony, full of new yorkers, then you my friend are clueless..”
Another comment by you that shows your lack of reading comprehension…….he didn’t say that, but go ahead……….
Well in this one game I will admit Wright AND Bay both let the team down.
They walked Lucas Duda TWICE to get to Wright and Bay which says to me it’s time to put Wright back into the #3 hole and make Duda the Cleanup hitter.
As for Stinson – I think the Kid just didn’t have it last night and Terry should have pulled him a little quicker. I understand he wanted to build the kids confidence but by leaving him in it probably had the opposite affect!
Stinson had done quite well before this and It seemd to me like maybe we asked him to dip into the well one too many times.
This is a game they clearly should have won and there is lots of blame to go around here.
But you can’t win them all as they say!
On a day of remembrance 10 years after 9/11 there was so much to watch that even with a DVR you was bound to miss watching something. Trying last night to watch both the Mets and Jets proved rather difficult bouncing back n forth between the 2. The Mets ceremonies were well done and if anyone saw at 7:30 the ESPN segment talking about the family that was at the game to see Piazza’s HR that when the segment concluded showed Piazza sitting with a tissue wiping tears away as he was very emotionally moved watching that segment needing a moment to compose himself that said all that needed to be said about Piazza’s heart.
The Jets pregame was nice as well seeing them unwrap the flag covering the entire field is just beautiful.
As far as the game goes, simply put Wright failed to deliver when the opportunity presented itself. It would of been nice to say the least to see him drive in the winning run but he didn’t.
The Jets on the other hand gave NY a nice comeback victory beating a Cowboys team that handled them pretty well for most of the game who I think have never lost a game when they led by 14 points in the 4th quarter.