Once again, the Mets lose a series after winning the first game of it. The date in the title of the post is the last time, by my reckoning, that the Mets made a meaningful late game rally to win a game. That was when they scored five runs in the bottom of the ninth, all with one out, to defeat the Chicago Cubs (and give Lou Pinella yet another reason to get all hot and bothered under the collar). Of course, there was the game a couple of weeks later when the Mets rallied in the bottom of the twelfth inning with two runs to turn back the Giants 5-4, though one of those runs was due to two balks by the soon-to-be-unemployed-in-the-Bay-Area Armando Benitez, so the Mets had a little help in that one.
By any measure, the biggest failure of the Mets is to get the consistent timely clutch hits, not a good thing when combined with the implosion of some members of the bullpen, as well as the off-day by some of the starting pitchers.
Definitely tough times for Mets fans, even the failure of the Braves and Phillies to capitalize on this losing spell doesn't bring much comfort. Perhaps the arrival of the Oakland A's will be a sign, but the fact that they lead the American League in E.R.A. (with an astounding 3.36) might be a harbinger that runs might be tough to come by this weekend.
Ah hell, in for a penny, in for a pound, there's still no other team I'd root for in baseball. Let's Go Mets!
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