Bumbling Mets Continue To Stumble
BREWERS 6
Buffoonery is now the Mets new identitiy. For the team that can't shoot straight, things went from sublime to utterly ridiculous on Tuesday as the depleted Mets lost again, this time to a tune of 6-3 to the Milwaukee Brewers.
With New York up 2-1, things went from bad to worse. First, Johan Santana walked pitcher Mike Burns with one out. Walking a pitcher is now an art crafted specifically by the Mets, i.e. Mariano Rivera's bases loaded walk by K-Rod on Sunday delivering the closer his first career RBI.
Anyway, to get back to the game. With Burns on first, Corey Hart doubled to center to move Burns to third. Next, J.J. Hardy drew a walk to load them up. Then, the newest addition to the bloopers reel happened.
Ryan Braun popped the ball up to deep center field. Fernando Martinez tried to his best to get over and catch the ball, but the center fielder slipped and did a swan dive onto his face into the outfield dirt. The ball fell right next to him. I thought something like that only happened in a Bugs Bunny cartoon. Nope, only the Mets.
As a result, Burns, Hardy and Hart all came in to score. Gary Sheffield's relay throw to the plate bounced on a hop to the backstop. Santana, who was backing up the play, picked the ball up and threw it over David Wright's head while Braun was advancing to third. The ball slid down the left field line, allowing a stunned Braun to get up and scamper home with the fourth run of the inning.
The Mets never responded offensively, and how could they with a lineup that features Martinez, Nick Evans, Dan Murphy, Alex Cora, and Luis Castillo as the main threats. As for Santana, he was seen screaming at his teammates after the four run debacle in the fourth inning. Hey Johan; nobody told you to pick up a baseball and throw it like a shot put!
The bumbling Mets are in need of some help (understatement of the year) as they now fall to 37-39 on the season, the lowest point they have been in since April. Box Score.
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