Mets-Astros Game 2 Recap

What a terrible classic Mets game. They gave us all the hope we could have wanted and eventually disappointed us. The game was both boring and disgusting, featuring plays that I didn’t think would be possible in major league baseball. I will first start with the plot of the game.

In the 2nd inning, Houston got on the board first. The first run of the game was scored on a wild pitch that Chris Johnson was able to score on. Whenever a run is scored on a wild pitch, you know the game is a joke. The Mets got on the board in the third with an RBI double by Beltran, who had 3 hits in the game. Jose had 4 hits and Daniel Murphy even had 3 hits (no, I can’t believe it either), so the Mets were able to put some good swings on the ball in this game, but in the end, it did not help them. In the 6th inning, with the Mets down 3-1, Daniel Murphy hit a 2 run homer right down the right field line to tie the score. However, it wasn’t before long that Hunter Pence won the game for Houston with a solo shot in the 8th. Mark Melancon (ew) got the win, R.A. got the loss, and Brandon “As strong as a” Lyon got the save. Unfortunately, fan favorite Chin Lung Hu did not make an appearance in this game. Hopefully we will see him tomorrow, when Raphi will bring his Nelkin posterboard if he isn’t too lazy. R.A. wasn’t terrible because he threw 8 innings, but he didn’t blow anybody away. Jason Isringhausen (oh boy) made an appearance in the 9th. Bud Norris gave up 10 hits to the Mets in 6 innings, but only 3 runs, and the Houston bullpen was good again.

Now on to the jokes of the game:

• The wild pitch that Houston scored on in the 3rd inning was awful. You just can’t throw terrible pitches with runners on third.
• Bud Norris looks like a fat frog. Right after I said this, he had a line drive RBI single. I think he heard me because of the lack of people at the game and he got mad enough to get a hit.
• The Mets’ Kiss Cam is sponsored by 1800flowers.com. Wow. They couldn’t have just chosen either the website or the phone number? They had to do both? This is typical Mets advertising, putting the most advertisements into as little a space as possible. And the kissers weren’t even good tonight.
• In one of Hunter Pence’s at bats, he got called out on strikes. There is a rule in baseball that if the ball hits the ground of the third strike, you are allowed to run to first. On a strike 3 looking call, Josh Thole, who sucks, dropped the ball and Hunter Pence was safe at first. You don’t see this every day because any catcher with a brain would not let this happen.
• In one of the boringest parts of the game, Angel Pagan had a 10 pitch at bat. It was torturous. He then grounded out.
• Willie Harris missed two bunts consecutively. This means he squared around to bunt two times in a row and failed both times.
• Today there was another peanut disaster under our chairs. The Shea maintenance staff are in for a long night. See below.
  

  Peanut Disaster

• In the 8th inning, the Mets had one of the worst double plays you will ever see. Pinch hitter Justin Turner struck out with a runner on third and one out. The pitch was in the dirt, so Angel Pagan decided to try to run home. He was promptly thrown out and the inning was over. The Mets were down by 1 run.
• In the 9th inning, the Mets had one of the worst double plays you will ever see. Josh Thole was up at the plate with Jose Reyes on first. The Mets had already popped up a bunt once tonight. Josh Thole then popped up the bunt while Jose was already dashing for second. Before Jose knew it, the ball was caught and he was picked off first. After a lead off single by Jose, fans had hope, but Josh Thole took away all the hope and cemented the loss.

Now I feel the need to go on a rant at the Mets. Mets. You are awful. You give your fans hope, just to take it away again. You make it so so so difficult to root for you and this is why you have lost fans every year since the year you made it to the NLCS. The next year, you had your typical Mets collapse at the end of the year. The year after was the same. After that, you just sucked. You had a random mix of former talented people and random white people and people from Latin America. You had no identity at all. Now, your fans know and accept that you suck and you aren’t doing anything to get better. You continue to not try and disappoint at every possible time. It is very hard not to root against you.

Now that that is out of my system, we look ahead to tomorrow. The pitching matchup feature Chris Cappuccino and J.A. Happ. Expect to see many runs scored and more terrible plays. On a high note, there were no actual errors in the game tonight. That will likely not be the case tomorrow. See you then!