Last night was as frustrating as the come. The Mets were fresh off an amazing series in Arizona and it was as if a completely different team showed up in Dodgertown. Perez struggled again, and I don't see an end for it because of what the Mets bats do when he is out on the mound. The bats go silent! If Perez has to think that he needs to go 7 innings and allow 0 runs every outing, he is going to continue to mess up. I am not removing blame from Perez because 3 homers is unacceptable. For him to show that it really is the offense that is causing him to lose games, then he needs to at least make some quality starts.
I guess the real frustrating thing is that for first few games this season, Perez was really good. His ERA was 0.00, and he was making strikes and was on a roll. He has to get out of this flunk, now.
Back to the Mets offense. Remember the article I posted not to long ago that showed generally, the winning team leaves more runners on base? Well last night was the frustrating exception to that rule. The Mets left over 3 times the amount of runners on base than the Dodgers did (Dodgers left 2, the Mets left 7). For the Mets to get to the playoffs this year, they are going to need to figure out this hitting with runners in scoring position problem. The numbers in the pregame did not lie about last night. They said that Church would struggle, based on his 0-4 past with Billingsley. That is exactly what happened as he went 0-3 last night bring his history with Billingsley to 0-7.
The bright spots on the night were Sosa and Schoenweis who at least pitched 2 effective innings out of the pen. It was also nice to see Beltran get two hits. Maybe he can separate himself from the Mendoza line.
Lets hope for a better outcome tonight.
