10 games out, 10 games south of the border, the Mets needed a win last night against the 1st place Braves. If they lose this series it may be time to break out the golf clubs.
Daisuke Matsuzaka worked out of jams in nearly all 7 of his scoreless innings. Offensively, to put it kindly, the Mets were efficient. Through 7 innings we had 2 runs on 2 hits- and RBI double by Travis d'Arnaud and a solo shot by David Wright had the Mets up 2-0. Then the eighth inning came and the bullpen came and 3 pitchers later it was Atalanta 3 New York 2. Despite the presence of Wilpon's signature on the checks, the Braves own the Mets.
But in the bottom of the inning, Curtis Granderson sent a shot deep to right to tie it up. That homer gave the team hope, and with a little help from the umpires, they almost won in regulation. Since this game is baseball and not horeshoes, almost doesn't count. So the fans were treated to a little bonus baseball- no extra charge. Two innings later, Juan Lagares legged out a one out double. He took third on a deep fly by d'Arnaud which had followed an intentional walk to Lucas Duda.
Ruben Tejada, who had the game winning hit the last time the Mets had a walk-off win came to the plate and replicated the feat. This team is going to drive me to drink.
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