The fleeting thought after yesterday's doubleheader loss to the Braves was that maybe the Mets would charge out of the gate and take early control of the game. With the National League east being so balanced at this point of the season, that honestly didn't seem like much of a stretch to my mind.
Today's game started well enough in that Jose Reyes got on base his first two times at bat, stole a couple of bases, and scored the first run of the game in the top of the third on a David Wright single. So far so good. Then the Braves rally for 3 two-out runs in the bottom for the lead and the win, for all intents and purposes. I do believe that a lot of fans have lost a lot of confidence of this team, very few of their wins have been of the come-from-behind variety.
Combined with the erratic pitching, leaky defense and freaky injuries, these elements have truly produced a season so far filled with a lot of aggravation (the boos ringing loudly in Atlanta tonight in the nightmare seventh inning were a clear indication of that). The Mets did score three late cosmetic runs after the Braves were comfortably ahead, but the 11-4 final score was a barely adequate measuring stick of the awfulness of what happened on the field (the Mets could only get one run off of three Braves errors).
The good news is that the Mets are only 3.5 games out of first at this point, but with the recent woeful run of divisional rivals (one win in the last seven games), that may prove to be a mountain too high to climb if current trends continue. The optimist in me says that Johan Santana will stop the bleeding tomorrow, but seeing as how Tim Hudson is going for Atlanta, the Mets will need to score at least two runs to even have a shot to salvaging something from this miserable series. As always, the masochist in me will be tuning in. Err, Let's Go Mets!!!
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