Mets Go Quietly In 6-1 Loss To Marlins

The Mets had no offense in tonight’s crucial loss that may put them out of the playoffs. They had seven hits and nine men left on base. The one run they scored was on a fielders choice by Brian Schneider in the sixth. They just looked flat as a board and couldn’t have picked a worse time to lay an egg.

Mike Pelfrey appears to be running out of gas at the end of this long season. And the Marlins have had his number all season. As usual, the bullpen gave up three runs over the final three innings to make sure that the Mets would need a monstrous comeback to get back into the game. The capper was Aaron Heilman giving up a bases loaded walk in the seventh on a pitch in the dirt. That was very symbolic of his season.

The Phillies won tonight and the Brewers are on their way to a win over the Cubs. That leaves the Mets out of playoff position tonight.

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On Deck- September 26- Marlins at Mets [Game 1]

Florida Marlins (82-76 Road: 37-40) at New York Mets (88-71 Home: 47-31) 7:10pm

Chris Volstad (5-4 3.10) vs. Mike Pelfrey (13-10 3.70) 

TV: SNY  Radio: WFAN

What to watch: The Mets and Marlins start a three game series if the weather cooperates. This gives the chance for the Mets to get some payback for the Marlins ending their season in the last series of the year in 2007. Volstad has pitched really well since coming up so this won’t be an easy task.

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Mets Win 7-6 Over Cubs In Bottom Of Ninth

The Mets and Cubs played through the rain tonight to finish nine innings, and the Mets needed every one of them. Pedro Martinez was bad again giving up five runs over six innings, including two runs in the first inning.

Ricardo Rincon came in and gave up a first pitch homer to Micah Hoffpauir, his second homer of the night. It looked like the game and possibly the season was lost.

Surprisingly, the Mets fought back scoring runs in the seventh, eighth, and ninth innings. Carlos Beltran had the big RBI single in the ninth to score Jose Reyes with the winning run.

It’s a dramatic victory that showed this team isn’t dead yet.

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On Deck- September 25- Cubs at Mets [Game 4]

Chicago Cubs (96-61 Road: 41-35) at New York Mets (87-71 Home: 46-31) 7:10pm

Rich Harden (5-1 1.66) vs. Pedro Martinez (5-6 5.50) 

TV: SNY  Radio: WFAN

What to watch: This couldn’t be more of a critical game. The weather report is iffy and both teams really don’t want to see a postponement. Pedro has to be better than we’ve seen him lately to beat Harden.

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Mets Lose Critical Game To Cubs 9-6 In 10 Innings

The Mets lost a see-saw battle in 10 innings on an RBI single by Derrek Lee and a two-run homer by Aramis Ramirez off Luis Ayala.

The Mets had great momentum with a grand slam by Carlos Delgado in the 3rd inning and coming back to tie the game in the eighth on a bases loaded walk by Ramon Martinez. Martinez had a really nice game in the field and at the plate.

The Mets end up tied for the Wild Card lead with the Brewers and only have four games left. That was a really tough loss.

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