Giants 4 - Mets 3
In Angel Pagan’s first game back to Citi Field since being
traded to San Francisco he took Jon Niese deep to left center in his second at
bat. When asked if he felt the new dimensions aided his long ball Angel quickly
replied; “Absoulutly. I found Jon’s new nose far less distracting and that made it easier to pick up the ball. I owe Beltran a steak.”
Despite a poor outing by Niese the Mets were able to keep
the game close with solo home runs by Kirk “The Capitan” Nieuwenhuis and Jason
Bay. Yes, the Blob said BAY. Great work by the pen and fantastic defensive
plays by Nieuwenhuis and Daniel Murphy also helped keep the Mets within
striking distance. Yes, the Blob said MURPHY.
With the Giants up 3-2 in the bottom of the 9th
the Mets tied the game on a Josh Thole single that scored Jason Bay who lead
off the 9th with a single. Yes, the Blob said BAY.
In the 10th a lead off walk and a possible bit of
over managing by Terry Collins lead to the Giants going up 4-3. Terry was
clearly influenced by watching Bruce Bochy over manage all night with his San
Francisco Giant infantile gym ball of head that the Blob fears is harboring a
retired and drunk Tony LaRussa.
In the bottom of the 10th Murphy and David Wright lead of the
inning by each drilling back to back singles. Ike Davis grounded out for the 1st
out advancing Murphy and Wright to second and third. With one out Jason Bay
went back to his normal form of making no contact and struck out. A decent fly
ball would have tied the game. The Mets last chance was up to Lucas Duda who
originally had the night off but pinch-hit late in the game. Duda battled at
the plate but finally flew out to center to end the game and gave the Giants
the victory. The Mets have now dropped 4 of the last 5 games.
