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.
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