UPDATE: Check out Big League Stew's take on the game. For those of you who didn't get to watch the game last night, listen to Scully giggling like a school girl (thanks to BLS for the link.)
Errors by Gold Glove center fielder Carlos Beltran and fill-in first baseman Jeremy Reed in the 11th inning cost the New York Mets, who had the go-ahead run taken away on an appeal play in the top of the inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers sneaked away with a 3-2 victory Monday night.It was all uphill from there as the Dodger quickly loaded the bases in the bottom of the eleventh, and watched the Mets, despite five infielders, literally throw the game away on an infield grounder to first base.
They are a major league-best 27-13 overall, and 14 games over .500 for the first time since finishing the 2006 season 88-74. New York blew a chance to take the lead in the 11th on a play that was right out of the Mets' 1962 playbook. Ryan Church singled with two outs against Ramon Troncoso and came all the way around on Angel Pagan's drive to the fence in right-center. But Church missed third base with his right foot and the Dodgers retired him on an appeal play.
A win is a win, even if it's ugly and embarrassing. Five errors is ugly, and intentionally walking Juan Pierre (two games in row no less) takes embarrassing to a new level.
Photo Courtesy of AP/ Gus Ruelas
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5 comments:
hehe, 5 errors. I can't wait this coming wed.! Go Dodgers!
What an ugly game by the Mets... almost (but still doesn't) make up for that playoff loss to the Mets where Drew and Kent got hosed at home plate on the same play.
Looked to me like everything went the Dodgers way last night.
When things like that start happening you just gotta believe it's going to be a special year.
Quite disappointed in Ethier and his everlasting slump here. It seems like w/o Manny he can't do a damn thing. While everybody stood at the stadium in the 9th when he had a shot to win it with a hit, I sat. I want to support him, but it was already an awful game for him and I was bitter. He promptly grounded out to the pitcher and was pulled from the game.
Andre's numbers since the Manny Incident (10 games):
.136 BA
.191 OBP
4:1 K/BB ratio
2 RBI's
0 HR's
Don't want to do the research, but I'm willing to bet those are the worst numbers of any regular starter over the 10 game stretch.
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