7/19--Atlanta,GA. One night after Johan Santana's great performance against the braves to earn a win, the Mets became they're usual selves again falling to the Braves 7-1. It all began in the very first inning when the Mets could not get Angel Pagan in from third with less than 2 outs. You got the feeling just from that what kind of night it was going to be.
Fernando Nieve was carted off the field in the second inning with a right quad strain. And the injuries continue to pile up for the Mets. What else is new lately?
Philadelphia defeated Florida tonight putting the Mets even farther in a hole.
The other night, Gary Cohen mentioned that even though the 1993 Mets lost 110 games, most of those losses were in close games. The 2009 team has been blown out more than the '93 team already. Weather this team loses 110 is yet to be seen. This is very alarming but also indicative of the "Murphy's Law" -esque season that the Mets are suffering through this year.
Eddie Murray had the best offensive season of any Met that year. He hit 27 home runs and drove in 100 runs. He had a .285 average to go along with those production numbers. Bobby Bonilla had the next most run production that year with 34 home runs and 87 RBIs with a .265 batting average.
So far, no Met this year looks like they will match the numbers of those two guys that played on a bad team. Right now, Gary Sheffield leads the Mets with 10 home runs and at 40 years old, it is not certain he will reach Bonilla's 1993 total. In fact, it is probably unlikely that he will do so.
On the other hand, Johan Santana looks like he will put up better numbers than the 1993 ace, Dwight Gooden. This year, Santana is 11-7 with a 2.92 ERA and 117 strikeouts to 39 walks. Gooden, in 1993, went 12-15 with a 3.45 ERA. He struck out 149 and walked 61.
John Franco led the Mets that year with 10 saves and had 29 strikeouts. Francisco Rodriguez has already obliterated those totals.
Pete Schourek lead all Mets relievers with 5 wins (and 12 losses). He struck out 72 batters (41 games). He sported a 5.26 ERA. In 45 games this year, Bobby Parnell has 31 strikeouts and 17 walks with a 4.37 ERA so far. Parnell's 2009 is shaping up to be similar to Schourek's 1993. Parnell should end up with a better win/loss record than Schourek did in '93.
Meanwhile, in the Bronx, the Yankees capped off a 3 game sweep of Detroit today with a 2-1 victory. Joba Chamberlain piched 6.2 strong innings allowing only 1 run on 3 hits. Joba struck out 8 and walked 3. Mariano Rivera continued his great pitching as well, picking up save number 26. Rivera picked up saves 24 and 25 in games 1 and 2 in the series as well.
The Yankees remain 1 game behind Boston in the AL East.
At this rate, the Yankees look like they will be making a playoff appearance this year after not doing so last year.
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