Last night's game was another disappointing loss in a string of many at this point, but Jerry Manuel is back to serve some Kool-Aid in our stead to reassure us once more that all teams lose and sometimes you can't help it. After the game, Jerry had this to say:“Maybe the young pitcher had something to do with it, too,” Manuel said. “He threw some sharp breaking balls for strikes that we didn’t seem to have a good feel for it. I believe that this lineup can get it done."
So not to worry Metropolitan fans, this is not an issue of under-performance by our club against a terrible ball club with a losing record, but really just an unfortunate coincidence of running into a young pitcher that they've never faced before. To Barry Enright's credit, he's done pretty well in his 4 career starts, but last night seemed to be his breakout game going longer than 5.2 innings for the first time with a career high 8 K's. How can you expect the Mets to win against a guy like that?
Hopefully tonight, the Mets will be able to salvage another series by preventing a road sweep as they did in San Francisco over the weekend. Tonight they face off against Dan Haren. While Haren is generally one of the top pitchers in the league, he's struggled a bit this season. On top of that, the Mets should feel some confidence as, unlike the situation with Enright last night, the Mets have faced Haren 5 times (4 of which were starts). Haren has a 1-0 record but a career 3.77 ERA against the Mets. They should be very comfortable hitting against him and get the win before they move onto LA where a probable sweep is in store to even out the series and put the Mets on a roll before heading home...you didn't think we'd let Jerry pour the only Kool-Aid today did you? Drink it up!
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