Mets Lose to Nats Once Again

Who would have guessed that Mike Pelfrey and Craig Stammen would take part in a pitcher's duel. Well, the Mets lost to the Nationals tonight 3-1. Stammen picked up his 3rd victory of the year and Pelfrey with his 6th loss. The Nationals struck first on a Ronnie Belliard sacrifice fly. Angel Pagan responded with a triple, then scored on a throwing error by Cristian Guzman, and a nice defensive play. Mike Pelfrey then gave in and allowed a game winning 2-run-homer by Josh Willingham. Pelf pitched 7 innings. The Mets fall to 44-60 on the season, and are still 10 games behind the Phillies. This is the first time the Mets are 6 games below .500 since 2004. On another note, Luis Castillo was ejected for the first time in his 13 year career for arguing with second base umpire, Hunter Wendelstedt. It is only a matter of days before the Met faithful lose hope in the team. Get ready for an empty Citi Field come September.

Mets vs. Nationals Game 3 Preview

The Mets (44-49) play the rubber game of a 3 game series with the Nationals (27-66) tonight. Mike Pelfrey (7-5) takes the mound for the Amazin's against Craig Stammen (2-5) for Washington. The Mets look to bounce back from yesterday's loss as Mike Pelfrey also looks to bounce back from his worst outing of the year in Atlanta.

Starting Lineup:
CF. Angel Pagan
2B. Luis Castillo
1B. Daniel Murphy
3B. David Wright
RF. Jeff Francoeur
LF. Cory Sullivan
SS. Angel Berroa
C. Brian Schneider
P. Mike Pelfrey

Tony Bernazard Tirade

According to Adam Rubin of the Daily News, Mets vice president Tony Bernazard ripped off his shirt and challenged Double A players to a fight. The reason was said to be due to poor actions both on and off the field. To me, I read a new thing about this guy everyday, and none of them have been positive. The Mets need to fire him and get someone who actually knows how to manage a farm system.

Roy Halladay Rumors

John Heyman of SI.com has reported that the Mets had rejected a trade offer from Toronto for Roy Halladay in return for RHP Bobby Parnell, LHP Jon Niese, OF Fernando Martinez and SS Ruben Tejada. Omar Minaya refused to comment on the trade talks afterwards. However, the next morning, the possible offer was shot down by numerous reporters including someone who once worked with J.P. Ricciardi (Blue Jays GM). To me, Toronto could be using the Mets to up the anti from Philadelphia or to get more teams involved. But, if the deal was really offered, I would have accepted immediately.

Mets Shutout by Nationals

The Mets were shutout by the Nats and John Lannan tonight. The final score being 4-0. Lannan pitched a complete game, giving up just 7 hits. Oliver Perez took the mound for the Mets and started strong, but got hit hard in the 4th and 5th inning, giving up the 4 runs. Oliver pitched 6 innings with 4 hits, 4 runs and 4 strikeouts. He still struggled with control, walking 6 batters. Stokes and Parnell followed with shutout innnings. On the bright side, Jeff Francoeur continued surging with two more hits. The Mets fall to 44-49 on the season and sit in 4th place. The Mets chances at catching red hot Philadelphia seem slim, as they wait to get healthy.