It was a tough game to watch tonight at Citi Field, as the Mets were shutout by the Yankees 5-0.
Alex Cora’s single in the sixth inning was the only hit the Mets had tonight, as the Yankees came so close to pitching the first no-hitter at Citi Field… For the second day in a row!
What I found most puzzling is that after getting shutout by Burnett at Yankee Stadium on June 16th, I expected the Mets to come out swinging, and instead they were still clueless and inept even after they got a good long look at his stuff a week ago.
Read it and weep…
| NY Mets | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| Cora, SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .257 |
| Reyes, A, 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 |
| Wright, D, 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .346 |
| Church, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .267 |
| Sheffield, LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .273 |
| Murphy, Dn, 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .248 |
| Reed, CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .286 |
| Schneider, C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .237 |
| Redding, P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .091 |
| Stokes, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Misch, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| a-Martinez, F, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .164 |
| Dessens, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | |
| a-Grounded out for Misch in the 8th. | ||||||||
| BATTING TB: Cora. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Schneider. Team RISP: 0-for-1. Team LOB: 4. |
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The Mets lineup featured four players hitting below .250. Gary Cohen mentioned in the broadcast that the Mets starting lineup had a combined 21 homeruns, while the Yankees had 76. We are clearly overmatched by them.
In the last three games against the Yankees, the Mets have been outscored 29-1.
Sadly, Omar Minaya reiterated before the game that they will not be making a deal for a big bat.
Tim Redding started the game and he did battle Burnett for five innings after allowing a solo homerun to Nick Swisher, but it all came crashing down in the sixth inning when Redding allowed four hits on four consecutive pitches with the back-breaker being a three-run homer by Jorge Posada.
Not only did the Yankees maul us, but the Yankee fans mauled us too. This idiotic Yankee fan not only interfered with what looked like a certain catch by Wright, but he pounded his chest and taunted Wright after the ball was deflected to the ground. Yankee fans have no class…
The Mets are now 1 1/2 games out of first as the Phillies won 10-0 tonight.
Livan Hernandez will be on the mound as the Mets look to salvage the last game of the series tomorrow.
Okay here goes… Lets Go Mets!
There… I said it…
