I feel like I've written this before.
Pitching Performance
If I was Oliver Perez, I would not be happy. If I was any starting pitcher on the Mets, I wouldn't be happy.
Perez threw seven innings, allowing only four hits and three earned walks. Two earned runs crossed the plate with Perez on the mound, and he struck out eight over that same span.
Perez let in runs in the top of the first and the top of the third, but other than that, looked pretty good all day long. He needed 111 pitches to get through the seven innings.
And it all went for naught. There has got to be bad blood between the starters and the bullpen.
Scott Schoeneweis got into a bit of trouble in the eight, but Joe Smith was able to come in and strike out two batters to work out of a jam.
Dodged bullet #1.
Luis Ayala came in to try and close it out for the Mets...and failed horribly. He let up three hits and three earned runs, all coming on a pinch-hit home run from Greg Norton.
Did not dodge bullet #2. Give someone else a chance to close. It looks like Ayala's magic has run dry.
Pedro Feliciano came in to try and keep it close, but ended up allowing an two earned runs, one while he was in the game, and another when Brian Stokes took over, which was charged to him.
And did not dodge bullet #3. Things went from bad to worse. Terrible.
And let the talk of 2007 repeating begin, but replace the Marlins with the Braves for the role of spoiler.
Offensive Output
Today was the day of David Wright.
He tied up the game in the bottom of the first, cracking a solo home run to deep right field.
I love when he goes to the opposite field. He hit that dinger off the end of his bat, and he simply powered it out.
Wright added to tally, cracking a long two-run home run over the bleachers in right field, plating Daniel Murphy.
It's late September, it's time for wright to heat up.
The Mets were able to add one more in the fourth, when Murphy grounded into a fielders choice, and an error allowed Perez to score all the way from second base.
And the Mets had more and more chances, even getting the first two runners on in the bottom of the ninth inning, but were unable to tally any more and it came back to hurt them.
The Rest of the Story
Wright: 4-5, 2 runs, 3 RBI.
The Mets outhit the Braves 13-11.
Jose Reyes swiped his 50th base of the season.
The New York Post jinxed this game for the Mets.
Game Ball: David Wright.
