Thursday, May 17, 2012

Great game today!

Well, it wasn't pretty early, but we scored 5 in the 8th to win 9-4!

The good-
Wright went 2-2, and is now batting .411!
We had 12 hits
Dickey struck out 8 in 6
We were the first to score on A. Chapman this year

The bad-
We had 11 LOB
We were 3-15 with RISP
Nickeas had 2 PB


Next up: TORONTO! Battle of my two favorite teams.

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Game 33 Recap

Dickey picks up his 5th win in an offensive explosion!

Mets (19-13) 9, Marlins (17-16) 3

The good:
We had 9 runs and 16 hits
8 starters had a hit
Torres had a nice throw to nail Sanchez at third
Wright raised his average to above .400
6 players had an RBI
We had 6 hits with RISP

The bad:
We went 6-20 with RISP. 6 hits is good, but not for that many AB.
Dickey allowed 9 hits
Davis went 0-5

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Bring out the brooms!

3 game sweep!!

Mets 10, Phillies 6

The good:
We had a great offensive game
7 different players had hits
5-11 with RISP
Only 4 LOB
We were error free

The bad:
They had 15 hits
We GIDP 3 times


Next up, Miami!

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Game 30 Review

Mets (17-13) 7, Phillies (14-17) 4

The good:
Best offensive performance in awhile.
We had 5 hits with RISP
We had 7 unanswered runs to win
Bullpen was fantastic once again

The bad:
Batista was less than stellar
8 of our 9 hits came from 4 players
We had 2 errors
Thole was placed on the 7 day DL

Next up, Dillon Gee goes for the sweep!

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

More 9th Innings Heroics

Mets (16-13) 5, Phillies (14-16) 2

The good:
Valdespin got his first ML hit! A 3 run homer.
Our bullpen was fantastic.

The bad:
Thole left with injury
Nobody had two+ hits.

Once again, we find a way to win despite not getting that many people on base. But hey, a win is a win.

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Two straight wins!

What a great weekend!

Mets (14-13) 4, Diamondbacks (14-14) 3

The good:
Santana got his first win since 2010
We were 2-5 with RISP
Bullpen was fantastic

The bad:
Santana had more hits than Tejada, Wright, and Hairston combined
Santana gave up 9 hits


Mets (15-13) 3, Diamondbacks (14-15) 1

The good:
Dickey was outstanding
Bullpen was fantastic as well
We held them scoreless through 8

The bad:
Tejada left with injury
We only managed six hits.

One bad thing was we scored only 7 runs in two games. Thankfully we had our two best pitchers going.

Next up is last place Philadelphia.

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Game 26 Review

With yesterday's loss, we drop to 13-13.

Diamondbacks (14-13) 5, Mets (13-13) 4

The good:
We managed nine hits
Gee pitched fantastically

The bad:
Rauch blew his 2nd save
We had two errors leading to 1 UER
We left 7 on
We grounded into two DP

It has not been a good week (4 game L streak).

We are currently down 1-0 in the 3rd.