AAA International League: Buffalo 6/12/0, Louisville 4/14/0 in 10 innings. Dillon Gee was very uneven today, he surrendered 10 hits and a walk in 6.2 innings, but held Louisville to just 2 runs, getting a ND. John Lujan, despite giving up 2 runs in the top of the 10th inning, picked up the win after heroics by Mike Hessman and Chris Carter. Hessman, who’d earlier in the game hit a 2 run homer to tie [...]

Gary Matthews Jr. who is batting .156 and slugging .219 in 16 games is starting in centerfield and worse yet leading off tonight. Even if you could make a case for batting GMJ over Angel Pagan, why would you bat him first? Ike Davis is also riding the pine tonight against left hander Jamie Moyer, even though he is batting .571 against southpaws. Fernando Tatis will be playing first base tonight instead. Does Jerry Manuel look at [...]

5 – Losing 10-0 looks a lot worse then it actually is.  Remember, it still only counts as one in the loss column.  It is probably better to lose 10-0 then 10-7, and save some runs for upcoming games.  Some run support for Santana tomorrow would be nice. 4 – Pelfrey was going to give up runs eventually.  Against a lineup like the Phillies, along with poor defense – it was bound to happen.  If [...]

You can’t win them all, and so the Mets streak ends at eight after an ill-fated fourth inning that saw the Phillies open the flood gates on the heels of two dropped pop-ups by Jose Reyes and Alex Cora. It went all down hill for the Mets and Mike Pelfrey after that as those cheesy bums anihilated the Mets 10-0. Game Notes Mike Pelfrey started today for the Mets, and things were going pretty good through the first [...]

Jeff Francoeur, who was struck on the left elbow by a pitch in the seventh inning last night, will be in the lineup this afternoon. Francoeur, who put on a personal one-man highlight reel against the Phillies, was later removed from the game, taken for x-rays and was diagnosed with a contusion on his elbow. He was expected to get a few days off, however, the gamer that he is asked in this morning, and refused to sit on the [...]

AAA International League: Buffalo 1/7/0, Louisville 0/4/0 The Bisons were held to a run on 7 hits, but that was enough on this day, as Bobby Livingston scattered 3 hits over 8 innings for his first win. Fernando and Thole each had one of the hits, while Ruben Tejada took an 0-fer, as did Russ Adams (0 for 3, .283). cf Jason Pridie 1 for 4, K, .292 lf Jesus Feliciano 1 for 4, run, [...]

Ahh… Is there anything more satisfying than waking up the morning after a satisfying victory over a division rival, especially a 9-1 pounding like we gave the Phillies last night… So many things are just working so well for the Mets right now. When will all of this good fortune come to an end? I mean it has to right? Isn’t that our lot as Mets fans? Maybe not… Yesterday I stated my reasons as [...]

You gotta love New York fans.  When their team is stinking it up and can’t even hit their way out of a paper bag, they’re giving up.  Yet, when their same team turns it all around and goes worst to first in a matter of days, they’re “jumping the gun” for being excited. Let’s face it, Mets fans … there’s just no pleasing us.  It’s how we were raised – both as New Yorkers and [...]

The Mets came out of the gate playing with some fire in their bellies, helping Jon Niese pick up his first win of the season as they crushed the Phillies 9-1 to extend their winning streak to eight games. Game Notes Jonathon Niese looked lights-out all night going seven innings – giving up four hits, walking one and tying a career high with seven strikeouts. Niese was in control from the second inning on, not allowing a [...]