The Mets lost their third game of the season today by the score of 4-3. They have now lost three games this season, and, in total, they have lost by 4 runs (two games by one run, one game by two runs). In contrast, they have won two games by a combined core of 15-3, or winning by an average of 6 runs.
Anyway Perez wasn't as bad as his stats suggest. He was good, then in the second inning he allowed 2, then he was good, then in the forth he allowed 2. It was typical in the sense that it seemed as if there were two pitchers on the mound at the same time. Once again, the Mets bullpen was able to hold down the fort after the starter left (including another nice outing by Mejia).
Reyes was back today (as you know by now) and was not a major factor in the game until the ninth inning where he got his first hit of the season, was bunted over to second and then moved over to third thanks to a pair of walks. The Mets almost had it in the ninth when Barajas hit a hard ball to right, but it was snagged in a nice diving play by Harris that sealed the game (had that ball dropped, it would have been a Mets win).
Besides that the offense was in general hit and miss today. Their were moments that were real good but the Mets were quite able to seal the deal. A pivotal moment was with the bases loaded, Jeff Francoeur scraped the ball in his swing and had it go about 6 inches, which led to a double play (but honestly, that was about the only bad thing Frenchy did today as he had another 2-4 day and he got his third walk of the year).
So that puts the Mets in the position they were in earlier this week, where they will need to win the rubber game in order to win the series. The Mets will face Livan Hernandez tomorrow and they will counter with Johan Santana.
