IGT 06/12, Mets at Dodgers

[Guest Kid Carsey]

Reyes ss
Green rf
Beltran cf
Wright 3b
Delgado 1b
Lo Duca c
Valentin 2b
Gomez lf
Maine p

Furcal ss
Pierre cf
Garciaparra 1b
Kent 2b
Gonzalez lf
Martin c
Betemit 3b
Kemp rf
Kuo p

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

The last Kuo-Maine matchup turned on an error by Wright and Reyes getting caught stealing 3rd in the first inning. Oh and Maine allowed a few HRs. Crappy night.

http://www.getalifealready.com/cpf/archives/4500/f14_t4569.shtml

[Gwreck]

Wright's 500th hit.

Wonder who was the fastest to 500 as a Met. (Wright took 445 games).

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

As buttly as we've been playing recently it's really satisfying to see Wright doing things well. Nice hit, great steal, good read and we lead.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Wright has been the Mets only consistent offensive performer the past week or two. He can't do it by himself as the Mets record of late proves.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

For the love of Ed Glynn...

Meltdown

[Guest OlerudOwned]

That was...interesting.

[Batty31]

Un-freaking-believable

[Gwreck]

Gee, John, thanks for keeping that first pitch to Furball in the park.

[nymr83]

7-8-9 homer against the Mets... FUCK

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

The pitcher?????

Can we blame the SI cover jinx?

[metirish]

That's fucked up,and all big blows....no cheapies...

[Gwreck]

Last opposing pitcher HR vs. the Mets was Willis' grand slam against Lima, I think.

[Batty31]

I'm all for blaming the SI cover curse.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

someone remind Cargo who bunts are for.

[Valadius]

Hey, we're facing Kid Pro Kuo!

[Guest vtmet]

The trend continues...Mets haven't won a game with LoDuca catching since May 31st...Luckily, tomorrow is a Sosa start, which should mean that Shrek catches (both June victories were with Castro catching)...

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

I still would like to see LoDuca hit in the second spot for a few games. Willie seems tdetermined to bat everybody (and anybody) other than LoDuca there.

Of course, I like to see the two Carloses get their bats going.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Vin Scully is amazing.

[Frayed Knot]

WOULD SOMEONE GET A FUCKING HIT?!?!?

[TransMonk]

Edgy DC wrote: Vin Scully is amazing.

Word. He's the only reason I stayed up and watched the whole game last night.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Who in the world works the TV booth alone? Just Vin.

He's clearly been prepped and has a ton of notes in front of him, but he's so sincere that he's rattling off the human interest sidebar stories like they've changed his life. While never missing a beat from the game, but also never letting the game break the dramatic arc of the sidebar.

[Gwreck]

This is as bad as it gets, right? Right?

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Gwreck wrote: This is as bad as it gets, right? Right?

No reason to think we've hit a floor.

[metirish]

I'm hoping that in a few weeks this little stretch will be a distant memory,did we go through such a stretch last season,I'm sure we did,I know in 05 we lost a bunch of series in a row,but later in the year.

A win tonight and things will feel a bit better.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

The worst stretch I can remember last season was in late June when the Mets were swept in a humiliating fashion at Fenway and the team seemed to take a while to right themselves.*


*I looked it up on Ultimate Mets Database. The Mets went 2-7 in a stretch between 6/2406 and 7/3/06. The Mets were outscored 66 - 35 during that tailspin.