Mets in Pittsburgh, 6/1-6/4

Who did they bring up to replace Pagan?

 

2 runs from 6-7-8 in this lineup is like getting 10 runs in a normal lineup

 

The DP hurts, but I'm glad LH wasn't bunting with two strikes.

To restate the obvious, this lineup sucks. Pretty surprising that it's averaging two runs an inning, although Snell does suck.

I still don't get why easily the best hitter in the lineup is batting fifth. If you have one quality hitter, shouldn't you bat him in the top four?

 

Nice to see Reed-Valdez-Schneider do the job, but Livan's at bat ticks me off. First of all, it is inexcusable to me how pitchers don't know how to bunt, and secondly, it was stupid to take the bunt off anyway - what were the chances that Hernandez would do anything good swinging away?

Edit: obviously Yisman and I disagree about the bunt. I am no fan of it in general, but Hernandez has had 4 seasons with at least 10 sacrifices, so I would not have had him swing away.

 

Is Sheffield hurt now too? How do you not score on that ball?

 

Bunting with two strikes should not be done unless the guy cannot hit at all.

LH is a .230 career hitter. Hell, he's a better hitter than Ramon Hernandez or Wilson Valdez. Why bunt with two strikes, especially if he's not a great bunter?

 

wow, snell is horrible

 

Blowing a 5-0 lead to the Pirates would be pretty disastrous.

 

God, Putz is absolutely horrible.

 

Same old Mets?

 

Fuck you JJ Putz

 

And Putz succeeds in blowing the lead on an 0-2 pitch. Absolutely pathetic.

 

what is it going to take to get the ball out this shitheads hands?

 

Jesus fucking Christ

 

And now they lose the game.

Will you finally stop using him in the 8th inning, Jerry?

 

what is it about pittsburgh and horrible latei nning collapses

 

wilson valdez, defensive wizard

 

This is what you call having the wheels fall off.

The key thing at this point is that the Mets have to win the next three games of this series.