Mets drop back to back games to the Cubs
Mets drop fourth game in a row losing 5-3 last night to the Cubs. All the good feeling that came from the sweep of Baltimore has now gone away. It’s inexcusable to lose a series to a team around 25 games under .500. We could possibly get swept today.
The team just can’t hit with runners in scoring position. They lead the major leagues in runs with two outs but they do almost nothing before getting to two outs. They left runners on base all night long and never got the big hit.
Dillon Gee wasn’t great last night but the starting pitching is not the problem. We all know how awful the bullpen is but the hitting needs to pick it up. Outside of David Wright, there is no other regular in the lineup who really scares you.
Here is the lineup for today’s day game in Chicago courtesy of Metsblog.com:
New York Mets
1) Andres Torres CF
2) Ruben Tejada SS
3) David Wright 3B
4) Lucas Duda RF
5) Ike Davis 1B
6) Scott Hairston LF
7) Daniel Murphy 2B
8) Josh Thole C
9) Jon Niese LHP
Chicago Cubs
1) Joe Mather CF
2) Starlin Castro 2B
3) Anthony Rizzo 1B
4) Alfonso Soriano LF
5) Jeff Baker RF
6) Geovany Soto C
7) Darwin Barney 2B
8) Luis Valbuena 3B
9) Jeff Samardzija RHP
The team is now in third place one game behind Atlanta and 4.5 games behind the leading Washington Nationals. The team will fly out to Los Angeles to face the Dodgers after today’s game.
The team just can’t hit with runners in scoring position. They lead the major leagues in runs with two outs but they do almost nothing before getting to two outs. They left runners on base all night long and never got the big hit.
Dillon Gee wasn’t great last night but the starting pitching is not the problem. We all know how awful the bullpen is but the hitting needs to pick it up. Outside of David Wright, there is no other regular in the lineup who really scares you.
Here is the lineup for today’s day game in Chicago courtesy of Metsblog.com:
New York Mets
1) Andres Torres CF
2) Ruben Tejada SS
3) David Wright 3B
4) Lucas Duda RF
5) Ike Davis 1B
6) Scott Hairston LF
7) Daniel Murphy 2B
8) Josh Thole C
9) Jon Niese LHP
Chicago Cubs
1) Joe Mather CF
2) Starlin Castro 2B
3) Anthony Rizzo 1B
4) Alfonso Soriano LF
5) Jeff Baker RF
6) Geovany Soto C
7) Darwin Barney 2B
8) Luis Valbuena 3B
9) Jeff Samardzija RHP
The team is now in third place one game behind Atlanta and 4.5 games behind the leading Washington Nationals. The team will fly out to Los Angeles to face the Dodgers after today’s game.
