Mets swept by Padres

Well, first the good news..at least the Mets didn't lose 2-1 again. That score was getting old. No, today the Mets decided instead of showing they could lose a game with a strong pitching performance by not hitting, they would hit and just display lousy pitching! That was the story today. The Mets lost to the San Diego Padres 8-6.

Mets starter Pedro Martinez didn't have his best stuff. Yet the Mets still had a  6-4  lead  in the  bottom of the eight. Duaner Sanchez was pulled with two out and two on in the inning. On came Mets closer Billy Wagner. Wagner quickly turned a 6-4 lead into an 8-6 deficit. Wagner has been solid this year for the most part, but for all his bashing of teammates (sometimes rightly so), it looks bad to have this kind of performance. I know there will be some second guessing of Willie Randolph for this move, ("why didn't Sanchez finish the inning?...etc"). I didn't love it (at least before Wagner imploded), but it wasn't a terrible move. As has happened often this season, the Mets players just didn't perform. 

The Mets now limp out of town having been swept by a last place team. Any positive feelings  the Mets garnered  during their recent run was quickly wiped away after the lost weekend in San Diego. The team is now 7.5 back of the Phillies and reeling. The best news for Willie Randolph and the Mets players is that they are on the West Coast, far away from the angry fans at Shea Stadium.

As I have stated many times, hoping to be proven wrong, I just think the Mets are a mediocre team right now. Sadly, they  keep proving me correct.

This is for you, Mets fans....(it couldn't hurt):