PostGame, Mets 6 Rockies 7 F/10

New York Mets(2 -6)


Colorado Rockies(5 -3)





WP: Randy Flores(1-0)


LP: Jenrry Mejia(0-1)





Starters:



NYM-- Jon Niese


5.0 IP, 9 Hits, 5 Earned Runs, 1 Walk, 2 K,


1 Home Run Allowed





COL-- Aaron Cook


6.0 IP, 4 hits, 3 Earned Runs, 4 Walks, 4 K,


2 Home Run Allowed





Pitching:


Jon Niese was not half bad in the first inning of the ball game, but then it got rough for Niese towards the 2nd, 3rd, & 4th inning. In the second the Rockies scored on an RBI Double by Clint Barmes . In the 3rd, Colorado scored 3 runs on a three run home run by outfielder Ryan Spilborghs, his first of the season. In the 4th the Rockies scored their 5th run, on an RBI single by Dexter Fowler to score the pitcher Aaron Cook. Now this was a strange play, with Aaron Cook on second Fowler ripped a single to right, and Cook was expected to be held up at third, but the cut off man Mike Jacobs did not look towards third base and threw to second as Fowler was trying to turn it into a double, on the throw Cook advanced home and they did not even get Fowler out at second. Now once again tonight the bullpen which was thought to be full of question marks coming into the season, was stellar again. Following Jon Niese, Rual Valdes, Fernando Nieve, Pedro Feliciano, & Ryota Igarashi all threw scoreless innings of relief. For some odd reason Jerry Manuel stuck 20 year old Jenrry Mejia in the biggest spot of the game & Chris Iannetta hit a bomb off a Mejia fastball.





Offense:


The Mets offense looked good early on, and early on in this ball game it looked as if the winning team was going to need 10 runs to win the ball game, that was not the case. In the top of the second the hottest hitter in the Mets lineup, Jeff Francoeur smacked his third home run. An inning after Francoeur's, in the third inning David Wright hit his 3rd home run of the season a two run show which gave them a 3-1 lead. The other two runs for the Mets came on a RBI single by Rod Barajas in the 8th & a RBI sac fly by Luis Castillo first pitch swinging in the 9th to drive Gary Matthews JR in to tie up the ball game. 5 runs may seem like a good amount excpet this team is just not hitting and cannot hit with runners in scoring position, tonight they were 1 for 12 with runners in scoring position & are 15th in the NL with RISP AVG. Now this also is kind of on the part Jerry Manuel as well, for instance why do you pinch run Fernando Tatis for Mike Jacobs, and just save Tatis's bat opposed to what Manuel went with and had Alex Cora up against a lefty. My other problem with Jerry Manuel was why not stick another reliever in their except Mejia, he has NEVER been in that big of a spot, i guess it was just another one of Jerry's experiments.

BEST CASE SCENARIO IS WE GO HOME 6-6 WITH A SERIES FINALE WIN OVER THE ROCKIES & A SWEEP OF THE CARDINALS--HAHA GOOD LUCK--

Offensive Box Score:





1. SS Jose Reyes, 0-5, 1 K, 1 SB(1)


2. 2B Luis Castillo, 1-3, 1 RUN, 1 WALK, 1 RBI(3)


3. 3B David Wright, 1-5, 1 RUN, 3 K, 2 RBI(6), 1 HOME RUN(3)


4. LF Jason Bay, 1-5, 1 RUN, 2 K, 1 SB(1)


5. 1B Mike Jacobs, 1-3, 2 WALKS


6. RF Jeff Francoeur, 1-3, 1 RUN, 2 WALKS, 1 RBI(7), 1 HOME RUN(3)


7. C Rod Barajas, 2-5, 1 RBI(6)


8. CF Angel Pagan, 0-3


9. SP Jon Niese, 0-2





The Mets will try not to get swept tomorrow as Mike Pelfrey will take the hill starting at 3:00 PM tomorrow as he will be opposed by another hard start in Jorge De La Rosa.