Jul
28
2012

Niese Shelled As Mets Stumble 11-5 To D-Backs

An article by Former Writers

The Mets tried to keep the wins coming, but Jon Niese was no Matt Harvey out there. Despite two Mets homeruns, they were decimated in a 11-5 loss to the Arizona D-Backs

Jonathon Niese with one horrific inning, put up several unwanted numbers in his line tonight. The second inning started with a simple 6-3 ground out. That quickly turned to bases loaded with just the one out. Niese then walks former Met, Henry Blanco, for the first run, which was followed by an RBI single and then three runs scoring on the throwing error from Niese. After all the dust settled, six runs came across to score against Niese, and that inning would later become the difference in the game. A run in both the fourth and fifth inning, gave the D-Backs extra insurance as well. Niese ends the night with eight runs, only six earned, on nine hits and one walk in six innings of work. Niese also struck out five, in his lengthy 113 pitch start.

The Mets bullpen didn’t fare much better in the name of Elvin Ramirez. One inning of relief, allowing three runs on four hits that really put the Mets away. Newly recalled Manny Acosta pitched a one-two-three inning with a strikeout.

Mets had more offense than they are used to this second half with the big blow coming from a three-run homerun from David Wright in the third inning. His sixteenth of the season with 70 RBIs on the season.

Ike Davis also had a homerun in the second inning, a solo shot to right field. His seventeenth of the season, and he now has 57 RBIs, despite just a .207 average.

The only two-hit night from the Mets, belongs to the hot bat of Ruben Tejada.

Jason Bay and Josh Thole had the only 0-fers, combining 0-for-8 on the night.

Notes

David Wright now with 795 career RBIs, tying J.D. Drew on MLB’s all-time list.

Game Ball

David Wright who doesn’t ever seem to give up.

Up Next

Chris Young tries to prevent another lost series as he faces the Diamondbacks’ Ian Kennedy. First pitch set for 8:10 PM.

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12 Comments + Add Comment

kymets July 28, 2012 at 12:59 am

dont worry bay just had 125 at bat so hes about to start hittin
- Mike2829 July 28, 2012 at 1:09 am
  
  .125 B.A. too
  - kymets July 28, 2012 at 1:38 am
    
    lol well that’s what TC said
jdon July 28, 2012 at 9:14 am

Niese is an enigma. He may have just been flat last night but we have seen a fair number of these types of innings over the years. We have also seen Second Half Jon Niese–something I hope is not reoccuring. He has great stuff, but I suspect he has a 2 cent brain. He needs a smart catcher to call his game and a smarter pitching coach than Dan Warthen. Niese was cutter crazy last year. He really shoul d be using that tailing fastball more, and that plus curveball of his. He has never had much of a change-up, and I wonder why. The guy has tools out the yin yang.
larman July 28, 2012 at 9:36 am

This is all wrong, the manager lost foucs, the players lost focus, the coaches lost focus. What else is new, keep playing bay like he’s really goona hit. The mets need to make thr right moves now in order to save this season and beyond, but the mets brass who are jerks simply just don’t care About our team, only people coming in to pay, to pay what their salaries, that’s all they care about, assisant gm, sandy gm, and the wilpons are really a bunch of jerks, that’s right jerks. We need for them all to go, cuase as long as these owners are here we will never be a team to compete for years to come, like the yankees as much as i hate to say that, cus this hurts me as a true mets fan. Wake up you jerks.
tlagee July 28, 2012 at 9:39 am

you wrote:

“Niese ends the night with eight runs, only six earned…”

ONLY six earned?
- Met Maniac July 28, 2012 at 12:21 pm
  
  Yes, because six earned makes everything so much better, lol. He should have gotten all eight runs earned if it were up to me. It was his own error that led to the two unearned runs.
86mets July 28, 2012 at 10:04 am

The good news for Niese is that he is still ahead of Jason Bay in batting average (.197 to .170) and on base percentage (.324 to .246)! Maybe Collins should bat Bay 9th and all the starting pitchers in the 6th spot. They might actually get some production that way.
Metsie July 28, 2012 at 12:13 pm

Due to that lovely little storm that hit upstate NY I missed Harvey’s Gem and Niese’s Germ but I think I know enough to say…

Whoever is the Pitching Coach in Buffalo should get put on the next Buffalo Shuffle and replace Warthen.

Harvey is going to need him and the rest of our Pitchers probably could too!
Who knows he might even fix the Bullpen when he gets here!
- srt July 28, 2012 at 1:59 pm
  
  Isn’t that pitching coach Frank Viola? Or is he in AA? I thought it was AAA but I could be wrong.
  - srt July 28, 2012 at 2:00 pm
    
    Never mind. He’s in single A for the Mets.
    - Metsie July 28, 2012 at 2:18 pm
      
      Yep he’s in Brooklyn.

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