| Game 1: Mets 1 PIT 3 Game 2: Mets 1 PIT 3 |
Ahoy matey! Yesterday was a classic double header, two games for the price of one. Mets were visiting the Pittsburgh Pirates at the beautiful PNC Park. The weather was gorgeous but after a rained out game the day before it was time to have "all hands hoay" for some Mets baseball. The matchup was supposed to be the return of Neil Walker to his native home where he grew up and played all his career before being traded to the Mets for pitcher Jonathan Niese. Grumpy Niese bad mouthed the team throughout the offseason, and many Mets fans were looking to defeat this "scallywag" and have the team "Scuttle". Things did not pan out that way as; instead, the Pirates kicked our "dungbies." The Mets scored only one run in each game going out like "seadogs". Both games finished with the same score of 3-1! The Mets bats have quietly become "shark bait", and this team needs to "feed the fish" for the Washington Nationals who are in first place are gaining a lot of ground.
If this team does not start to hit soon, I fear that our hitting coach will be "walking" the plank. Jonathan Niese pitched seven innings of scoreless baseball defeating his former team. I am sure he is smiling this morning after being a "son of biscuit" all winter long. The bright spot is that the Mets pitching has been superb as Steven Matz the young kid from Long Island gave up only two runs in 5 innings with eight strikeouts. Jacob Degrom, the following game, gave up three runs with nine strikeouts. Pitching was spectacular however the main issue is the lack of run support from the anemic offense. The year started off with home runs galore; however it seems relying on only the home run does not always lead to winning. Our leadoff batter hit the Home run in the first game off hitter Curtis Granderson. It proved to be the only scoring. In game two Kevin Plawecki, who couldn't hit the side of a barn, hit a single to center field scoring the only run of that game. Sigh...This team needs to loosen up maybe and "heave ho" into their offensive preparations.
If this team does not start to hit soon, I fear that our hitting coach will be "walking" the plank. Jonathan Niese pitched seven innings of scoreless baseball defeating his former team. I am sure he is smiling this morning after being a "son of biscuit" all winter long. The bright spot is that the Mets pitching has been superb as Steven Matz the young kid from Long Island gave up only two runs in 5 innings with eight strikeouts. Jacob Degrom, the following game, gave up three runs with nine strikeouts. Pitching was spectacular however the main issue is the lack of run support from the anemic offense. The year started off with home runs galore; however it seems relying on only the home run does not always lead to winning. Our leadoff batter hit the Home run in the first game off hitter Curtis Granderson. It proved to be the only scoring. In game two Kevin Plawecki, who couldn't hit the side of a barn, hit a single to center field scoring the only run of that game. Sigh...This team needs to loosen up maybe and "heave ho" into their offensive preparations.
In watching the game I wanted to be "three sheets to the wind." I kept pacing back and forth arguing with my television. When the game was finally over I was left in contemplation, I just sat on my couch wondering why this seems to happen every year. The Mets slump as a team on a yearly base, however, the Mets always get out of it, and we quickly forget. It's like the team gets together and decides to forget how to hit. Every year we get new players, but they get infected with this strikeout virus maybe it's the zika virus from the mosquitoes out in Miami last weekend who knows.
"YO HO HO" but there is hope because we have "Thor" (Noah Syndergaard) on the mound tonight. Sending a Viking as a:"man-of-war" to defeat these "Buccaneers" for a win is the goal for this evening's "booty". Noah is armed with his hammer, and he will "batten down the hatches!"... let’s just pray the bats wake up because "blimey"...it’s pathetic. ARRRRR LETS GO METS!
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