Arguably the two most consistent Mets this season have been Ryan Church and John Maine. Both brought their “A’’ games in beating Washington tonight.
The Mets are now 3-2 on this homestand, with two more to play before the series at Yankee Stadium this weekend. They still aren’t clicking on all cylinders, but they’ve lost games like this before.
IN A NUTSHELL (Mets 6, Washington 3)
Maine gave up two runs on two hits in six innings and Church drove in four runs.
IN THE CLUBHOUSE
Maine on hitting Felipe Lopez with the game’s first pitch: “It slipped,’’ he said with a smile.
Ryan Church on his approach: “I’m trying to stay back as long as I can, especially when they are throwing breaking balls.’’
Carlos Delgado on his bunt for a hit: “Maybe I’m selling myself short. Maybe I’m a great bunter.’’
ANALYSIS: I liked that Delgado bunted. We talked about that during the game, and Willie Randolph actually said it was a good thing and something he should have done more of earlier. … Where are the Mets without Church? Definitely below .500, and maybe in last place.
139 Comments
Steve C: Come on! Didn’t you get the memo issued to all MLB managers? A pitcher’s arm automatically drops off after 100 pitches.
DC9er: Didn’t take Mets fans long to start booing Jose Reyes, did it?
RYAN CHURCH IS THE MAN!!!!!!
Its time to go to CHURCH!
Where would this team be without Ryan Church???
Gil: yeah tell me. it makes me sick.
Josh: without a clutch hitter. though schneider has been ok ..
all our guys are slumping. feels like the 90’s all over again .
sigh
no heart. he should’ve bunted.
Showing emotion can be a good thing, but I have to say seeing Moises Alou throwing his bat all over the place after every time he makes an out (and even last night when his fly ball dropped in and he hustled to second for a double) is getting annoying.
Moises, you’re not gonna bat .800, dude. No one has and no one will.
he throws his bat because he;s upset with himeself. ya know. i like to see that they know they screwed up.
unlike reyes. rolling his eyes with the oh well attitude.
Millege would do it too. i dont like it.
be upset you effed up something you should have hit.
Steve C: Yeah, but even if Moises hits .341 again, like last year, it means that he’ll have “screwed up” 65.8 percent of the time. If he tosses his bat after every out he makes he’ll throw his arm out.
Sanchez was another over-rated pitcher…
they took maine out for this???
Gil: LMAO i hear ya buddy. i hear ya..
;-)
DS really likes ot cut it close. frustrating to watch. at least he doesnt fall apart like other pitchers. Just glad he pulled it off
Steve C: We’ve been in agreement all night—until your comment about Duaner. I swear he was our MVP in ‘06. He was the bext set-up guy we had since Turk Wendell.
Granted, he’s not the same as he was since THE ACCIDENT, but give him time and he’ll come around. It was good to see him hitting 90 on the gun in the last inning.
sloppy: dude just ignore the Gnat fan. talk to the rest of us.. he isnt worth it. booing hodges he probably doesnt even know where the bowling lane is located.. ;-]
If Dukes had put away his pom-poms, maybe he could’ve thrown out Schneider at second.
FOR THE LOVE OF THE LORDS OF KOBOL, PLEASE GET A HIT, JOSE. I’M FRIGGIN’ BEGGING YOU!!!!!!
i miss Turk so effin much dude!
and yeah it isnt DS’ fault .. them damned cabbies. :-(
YES!!!!!!!!!!
Jose redeems himself… and Milledge continues to suck!
Josh, like i said. its the extra base hits. it gets to his head. if he can learn to shrug off the go boost he would be great!
Anybody else out there like me and DVR-ing ESPN2’s NYU student-produced documentary on Bobby Valentine right now?
just 2 more outs.
Love how the ex-Yankee Aaron Boone gets extra boos at Shea!
You metsies were very lucky tonite…..
and thats all she wrote. good night all.
Good win for the mets. Maine looked good…of course I thought he could have went further than 6. Thank you Omar for Church…Wagner is nasty. Lets keep it rolling!
and the cherry on top: Barry Bonds up on 14 counts of perjury. .
Take away John’s first start:
5-1 2.25 ERA
Ace like.
2 more wins needed for 5-2 homestand against these butt ugly teams.
Glad to see Maine toss one on Nats eventhough Figgy should not have let the softball cheers get to him.
Do Mets lead league in runs allowed in the oponents next at bat after they score? A sign of being very tight to me.
You can tell w/Reyes that he is very tight in those rbi situations. He must lead the league in least # of picthes per at bat w/runners in scoring position; swinging at everything.
I think every player is tight as a drum in those situations except Church (b/c he was not here last yr). I’m now convinced that last yr is still in their heads (tight in rbi situations). Maybe a good series against Yanks will knock them loose.
Now 18-1 when leading after 7, but 0-16 when losing after 7.
One of the Mets biggest faults is that when they fall behind in the middle innings, the pen can’t hold the lead and lets the game get away.
The Mets were down by 3 in the 5th but then Sosa gave up 4 and they were quickly down by 7.
John, you seriously think we’d be worse then the Nats right now without Church? I mean, really? He’s been a huge help, but I don’t think we’d be that bad.
“Where are the Mets without Church?”
Where are any of us without church? Down in the muck and mire, baby. Repent, I tell you!!
Tonite the latest installment of LimaTime….let’s hope not.
does anyone know david wright’s at bat music?
I know one is breath by fabolous
what about the other 3?
The Good Life by Kayne West is another he walks up to
Now for the real breaking news of the evening … David Wright’s batter’s box song selections, always among the most talked about on Surfing the Mets, are in. The tunes are:
Kanye West – Good Life
Beastie Boys – In 3’s
Roy Jones Jr. – Can’t be Touched
Fabulous – Breathe
Clipse – Grindin’
As for some other Mets …
Carlos Beltran says he plans to stick with David and Abraham’s Christian-themed Él Está AquÃ, noting with a laugh: “I’m boring.â€
Ryan Church will go with Ozzy Osbourne’s Crazy Train, plus a selection from Korn’s new CD.
Carlos Delgado is waiting for his personal DJ, Jose Reyes, to make his selections.
Oliver Perez plans for “something Mexican.â€
Brian Schneider plans on letting the Shea DJ have his choice.
Angel Pagan said: “Maybe a salsa†… and then salsa-ed as he walked away.
And, finally, Reyes says his staple “Chacarron†is staying, with some new tunes mixed in.