Tonight was the first Subway Series game at CitiField in Queens, and following the hour rain delay the injury depleted Mets looked terrible.
We were treated to watching three errors (David 'Gold Glove winner' Wright, Alex 'the veteran' Cora, and Nick 'I'm never going to be a everyday starter' Evans) in the top of the 2nd inning.
Today's lineup only featured 2 everyday starters: David Wright, who can't carry the entire team's offensive load on his back, and Luis Castillo who has been getting standing ovations for every caught popup for the past 12 games.
Brett Gardner went 5-6 tonight for the Yanks, missing the cycle by a double. I just love watching the Mets give up 5 hits including a HR and a triple to a pesky spark plug leadoff hitter. He's a non-Hawaiian Shane Victorino.
Ughh... It was nice to see Patrick Misch lower his ERA from 8.31 to 6.35, then I realized I have no freakin' clue who Misch is.
(UPDATE: Misch is a 27-year-old lefty from Western Michigan. According to his ESPN profile his current 2009 salary is 0$. It is nice to see that people are starting to pity the Mets so much we're getting pro bono bullpen help.)
The crafty veteran Elmer Dessens had a stellar night as well: 1.1 innings pitched, 3 runs on 3 hits, including 2 HRs and a walk. I'm going to go out on a limb and say he'll be designated for assignment before the All-Star break.
The ageless Gary Sheffield was the lone bright spot for the Mets tonight, hitting his team-leading 9th home run off Yankees starter CC Sabathia, who was brilliant tonight going 7 innings and giving up only 3 hits. The Mets are currently one of only two MLB teams without a player with 10 or more HRs; the other being the Atlanta Braves.
Oh yea, I almost forgot Mets lost 9-1.
Tomorrow's pitching duel features A.J. Burnett for the Yankees and the current #3 starter for the Metropolitans Tim Redding (hahahahahaha)
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