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It's just one game, it's just one game. That's what Willie Randolph, the Mets, and all Mets fans have to be thinking right now. That or, "this season is going to be a disaster." After yesterday's heartbreaking 7-6 loss, the questions about the Mets' bullpen will only get louder. Pedro Martinez had a strong performance, three runs in six innings of work with twelve strikeouts, waisted, when Braden Looper gave up a game winning home run in the 9th.
Offensively, the Mets provided Martinez and the bullpen with a three run lead, but that wasn't enough. When Looper came in to "close" the game, the lead was already trimmed to two, but he quickly gave up not only the lead, but the game. Newsday has it right, calling it a 1-2-3 inning - a single for Austin Kearns, a home run for Adam Dunn, a game winning home run for Joe Randa.
Looking past the end of the game, the Mets have a lot to be positive about. Martinez's twelve K's were a Mets record for opening day and excluding the three run first inning, he looked dominant. Carlos Beltran was 3-5 with a home run and 3 RBI. Just two days ago, people were questioning the middle relief more than the closer, now there might be worries in the whole bullpen. Just one game, just one game.
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Um, don't you mean "inauspicious"?
Seems to me that the game was an inauspicious start for the Mets' pen.
whoops. chalk it up to anger upon hearing the way they lost that game.
Look - Braden Looper may have blown a save in spectacular fashion, but it's premature to say he's the new Armando Benitez (he's not nearly fat and grumpy enough, and so far as I know, doesn't have gout). The Mets, by hook and crook, actually reached the series with Benitez, who was the very epitome of flappable (he was great until he had baserunners, then fell apart immediately), so one awful outing by Looper shouldn't make us worry too much. After all, Pedro looked good, the offense looked good, and Mike Piazza's first throw to second, although late and in the dirt, didn't go into the outfield. What more can a Mets fan hope for?
i'm not calling him armando yet either, but the numbers that newsday says looper has aren't really that comforting - "75 career saves but 26 blown chances". then again, those numbers are misleading, in a way, since he wasn't a closer for all those chances.
and armando had gout?
Go Cubs!
That was so gut-wrenching. I can't recall a season where Mets fans were not on the edge of their seat for every game. I'll tell you, if you want to take a couple of years of your life, watch at least 2/3 of the season.
I see an Ugi Urbina in the Met's near future.
Looper is worse than Benitez, and the Mets will pay the price for keeping him this season.
how bout them Reds!