Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Astros 4, Mets 3 - Everything Was Going So Well


Well, what started out looking like it could turn into a pretty rad night quickly got pretty lame as the Mets lost to the Astros of all teams on Monday.  St. Dickey had pitched five innings without allowing a hit, and I seriously believe the Mets will NEVER get a no-hitter as long as Gary Cohen is announcing, because he just cannot wait to tell the audience how many hits a pitcher has allowed.  No sooner had the words left his mouth on Monday than the leadoff hitter in the sixth inning poked a little flare over David Wright's head and THAT WAS THE BALLGAME, G'NIGHT FOLKS. 

Well, not really, but that was the inning where the Astros put up three runs, mostly due to a home run by Matt Downs, who I'm still not certain isn't a minor leaguer who showed up to the major league team by accident and nobody had the heart to tell him to go back to the AAA team and oh wow, he hit a home run.  



The Mets put up a little fight in the game, scoring three runs to tie in the top of the seventh and then Scott Hairston JUST missed a two-run homer that would have given the Mets a nice cushion, but it was caught on the warning track by some guy.  I feel like the Astros are just teeming with a bunch of regular dudes, especially on nights when Wandy Rodriguez isn't pitching and Carlos Lee is out of the lineup (as occurred tonight).   They are so bad that it is painful that the Mets won't be able to sweep them, and I am convinced this is the end of the season.  

Also, if I ask you to guess the losing pitcher and you tell me Manny Acosta, then it becomes clear that A) you have been reading Baseball Feelings all season and B) you pay close or almost no attention to baseball at all, since even people who don't know what baseball is know that Manny Acosta is horrible.

POSITIVES:  A multi-hit game from Ike Davis and Captain Kirk, and a solid start from Dickey help mitigate somewhat the stink of this loss to this putrid team.  Almost.  
Niese tomorrow though, perfect game please!

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