Okay, losing 5-2 yesterday to the worst team in the major leagues, with the majority of the winning runs coming from an unlikely grand slam home run from a pitcher not accustomed to batting in the first place, may have been just another step back after the encouraging signs from the Colorado series. However, the totally ineffectual showing against a career spot starter who entered the season with a grand total of 16 wins in four plus seasons with the Texas Rangers certainly proved without a doubt that the Mets do not possess the ability to produce an offense capable of challenging anybody on any given day. The weak showing against the Mariners relievers after Felix Hernandez went down with an ankle sprain yesterday has had most Mets fans in a testy mood, but there certainly seemed to be little fire up the Mets tonight in another vain attempt to come back from an early deficit, save the fourth inning ejections of manager Jerry Manuel and outfielder Carlos Beltran for arguing a strike call.
Other factors that might be remembered from this game is that David Wright sat out for the first time this year and that the Mariners had a balanced offensive attack as Mets starer Oliver Perez had another 'off' night by giving up two more home runs.
Considering that the Mets are still only four games out of first place at this point of the season with a sub .500 record just goes to show the relative parity of baseball these days; the general consensus of Mets fans is that if the team can't get it together against the celler-dwelling Mariners, how will they manage against teams that hit the ball better, such as the Philadelphia Phillies?
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