Watching the Mets Jonathan Niese give up the grand slam HR to his pitching counterpart Jason Marquis in the 4th inning of last night game, was like taking a punch to the stomach. It was a reminder of last season when the Mets and their bullpen would go on to lose everthing on the last day of the season. One does not easily forget and watching last night game the memories were still very fresh.
This was not what I wanted to see from the Mets especially when your getting ready for a big series vs the NL best and the season on the line.
The Mets had an early lead of 2 to 1, but then everything came crashing down In the
4th as the Mets fell behind big 8 to 2. You could feel the energy leave Shea soon after the Marquiss bomb.
At the same time, the Phillies where playing the Braves, with a chance to pull
away 2 and a half games ahead of the Mets, a big win for sure if your the Phillies.
Then in the 8th inning, the Braves led off the inning with a leadoff triple, but they wound not score. The very next inning, the Phillies would erupt for 4 runs, as the rally towels were out in full force in Philadelphia, as the signs where negative for the Mets.
The Night would eventually end with the Mets losing 9 to 5, falling 2 and a half games back to the Phillies, as their Wild card lead is now a single game on the Brewers.
In the game, Carlos Beltran goes down with a possible injury when he crashed into the center field wall when making a nice running catch. Hopefully for the Mets, Beltran will not lose any time.
Now the Mets find themselves in a must win situation tomorrow night as the Mets will now give the ball to Santana in hopes to stop the 3 game losing streak, and prevent the pressure from building up. And it will not be easy, look for Lou Pinealla to have all his horses against Santana, just like he had against the rookie Niese.
I for sure, will pretty much take this game as a must win or it can all snowball into what we already know are the possibilities.
Lets go Mets!!!
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