Mets 7, Pirates 3: Luck Fails Charlie Morton

Nobody died.

Lame!

BRANDON WOOD NEEDS TO GO! PLAY HARRISON UNTIL PEDRO IS BACK HE CANT POSSIBLY DO ANY WORSE THEN FUCKING WOOD! HE HAS TO BE THE WORST PLAYER IN THE MAJORS, I COULD STRIKE HIM OUT AND I HAVENT PITCHED IN 4 YEARS!

sometimes the ball just finds openings in the defense

some good plays by the mets and some terrible defense by the buccos. there was the hit and run where neil went to cover second and they put the ball right past him, thats the way it works. good play by the mets. it simply wasn’t charlie’s night.

can we get rid of ascanio yet? he has shown me nothing, and its just hard to watch him at this point.

its also really unlucky for the pirates that their two best options at 3rd are on the DL. wood is just terrible right now. i wonder if it would be a good idea to bring up D’Arond and reshuffle the infield with either D’Arond at 3rd or at 2nd and have neil move back to 3rd. he couldn’t possibly be any worse with the bat that ciriaco or wood at this point.

he showed he was able to pitch under pressure, it wasn’t his best game, but he had ZERO help from the defense & the way the Mets weak hits found holes was absolutely ridiculous.

I’m very concerned by our offense though, there is a lotta frustration to see so much strike out. We made a decent pitcher looking like a all-stars.

1. J Jurrjens ATL 7W 1L 1.51ERA 9GS 65.2IP

2. J Johnson FLA 3W 1L 1.64ERA 9GS 60.1IP

3. K Lohse STL 7W 2L 2.13ERA 11GS 80.1IP

4. T Lincecum SF 5W 4L 2.22ERA 11GS 77.0IP

5. C Morton PIT 5W 2L 2.51ERA 10GS 68.0IP

6. R Halladay PHI 7W 3L 2.56ERA 12GS 91.1IP

Hot damn. Charlie will be our all-star rep, no doubt about it. And Lohse doing well goes to show you that attacking the strike zone and limiting walks can do wonders for even a mediocre pitcher.

I live in Brooklyn, so I was at this one. Troggs was too, although unfortunately we didn’t have time to connect. I was cutting it a little close due to NYC transit variability.

First of all, let me just say that Citi Field is a great place to see a game. This was my second time there, and both experiences have been top-notch. Last time I was in LF, this time we got much better seats on the 1B side, about halfway between the base and the RF foul pole, 20 rows back. View was awesome. We were in the sun for just the first inning, and then it went behind the upper deck and a really nice breeze picked up for the rest of the game.

Also want to give the Mets props for doing some nice Memorial Day stuff. They had an impressive flyover with two fighter jets, and brought in the USO Liberty Belles to perform some patriotic tunes. They also set up a video link between some NYC soldiers currently serving in Afghanistan and their families, who were down on the field. The connection seemed to be pretty spotty and it seemed like no one was really sure when to talk, but it was still a really nice gesture and obviously much appreciated. They had lots of other little military-themed touches — for instance, when the Mets lineup was introduced, they had soldiers stationed at each position (much like the Bucs do on Sunday with kids).

There was a decent crowd there, but lots of empty seats. My friends & I got a bit of heckling for our Bucs gear, but nothing I wouldn’t expect. The Citi Field staff is also really friendly and good-natured. If you go, the food is kind of broken up into two sections. Behind the 1B and 3B side are all your basics — burgers, dogs, peanuts, crackerjack — but not much else. However, if you walk out to the CF grandstand, they have all sorts of specialized grub: a seafood place, a BBQ joint, good NYC pizza, a Shake Shack, etc. etc.

As far as the game goes, have to agree with Charlie’s assessment. I was extremely excited to watch Morton pitch, but it was a frustrating outing as a fan. He never seemed to be in complete control, but he also really wasn’t getting hit hard. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen such an unfortunate collection of squibs, bloops, and seeing-eye singles in one game before, and you could tell that having to battle with two guys on almost every game was wearing on him.

Murphy definitely had Morton’s number (but he’s also on a ridiculous tear, hitting .400something over the last week or so). Honestly, the hardest hit ball (besides Snyder’s HR) was probably Neil’s line drive down to third that Harris made a great leaping catch on. That’s an easy double if he doesn’t come down with that.

At the end of the day though, tough to get much going when the top of your lineup can’t do anything. GFJ looked absolutely lost at the plate. Cutch looked locked in but couldn’t manage more than a walk. Hopefully we can get things going again tonight.