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Last Night's Action: Mets' Pain Continues

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Photograph of Nelson Figueroa hitting a two-run triple by Kathy Willens/AP
  • Mets 9, Cardinals 0: Yes, the Mets won, but they lost Jon Niese for the season. The starter suffered a "complete tear of the right upper hamstring" -- ouch! -- and will have surgery. Gary Sheffield also appeared to tweak his hamstring injury. Off the field, the Mets announced Jose Reyes has scar tissue behind his knee. Don't expect him back anytime soon. The good news came from Nelson Figueroa, who pitched 4 1/3 scoreless innings and also tripled in two runs. The bad news -- the Mets are 51-56 and going nowhere.

  • Yankees 8, Blue Jays 4: Some strong relief pitching picked up a shaky Sergio Mitre, who can't be long for the rotation, can he? Alfredo Aceves got the win in relief. With the Rays' win over the Red Sox, the Yankees enter the series 2 1/2 games up. That means they'll only trail by 1 1/2 by the end of the series. The Yankees are 0-8 against the Red Sox this season.

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By Tom Boorstein in on August 6, 2009 12:01 AM

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  • whitecastlerock

    Poor Niese-he already looked hurt when he split himself like a wishbone at first base... Then they allow him to take a warm up toss? Ouch that is so freakin painful. I hope his recovery is a smooth one...

  • jaycjay

    And they allowed Sheffield to play probably before he was recovered, and he re-injured his hamstring.



    Some of this injury stuff with the Mets is reminding me of two years ago, when the Yankees started the season with a bunch of hamstring injuries. They fired their strength and conditioning coach. Maybe the Mets should be reviewing the medical staff.

  • jaycjay

    "Sergio Mitre, who can't be long for the rotation, can he?"



    Yes he can. And likely will. And should.



    Because he's providing good value as a number 5 starter. To expect him to perform as if he belongs at the top of a rotation shows a lack of understanding of the simple realities of the game. No team has a shutdown fifth starter. There aren't enough good pitchers in baseball for it to happen, and it wouldn't make sense to pay a guy who could be someone's #3, for example, to be your #5. Even if you could find a pitcher who'd agree to do it.



    Mitre's providing what's hoped for from a number 5 starter. He's keeping the team in games (as evidenced by the Yankees being 3-1 in the four games he's started), and he's not costing much money, being on a minor league contract.



    Other than getting rocked against Chicago, he's pitched into the fifth or sixth inning in each other start, and the team has won each of those games. Certainly he's not providing superstar performances, but no one expects that from the back of the rotation. The fact is, though, the Yankees record in Mitre's starts is better than it is in games he didn't start. He is not hurting the team.

  • Chakal

    Plus, he's just coming back after Tommy Johns surgery.... his arm strength is going to get stronger through the season.

  • kad2105

    Perhaps we give them reason: The Yankees are heading into a four-game series with the Sawx and would thus have a 6.5 game lead should they sweep. Head in the game, guys.

  • aa77

    Booooo!



    The Yankees will actually have a 5.5 game lead after this series, thank you very much.



    And, I don't even care about being 0-8 against Boston so far in the season, that won't mean anything to us when we beat them in August, September and October.

  • DanielJ

    Amen, brother. One of our only really good hometown teams gets way too much hate/ scorn from the commenters and editors of this site.

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