Wow. Nothing good to say, really. Eddie Kunz pitched a scoreless inning in his big league debut, so that was nice. The Mets' offense actually did a solid job of getting on base and and a downright pitiful job of getting those runners in. Eleven runners left on base as a team; twenty-four left on individually. Twenty-four! The Mets' top four hitters reached base ten times and had zero runs to show for it.

The Mets went 1-5 on their road trip through Florida and Houston and are just 7-9 since the All-Star break. They've gone from first place to third in that time, and the bullpen has completely fallen apart. As I write this, the Phillies just took a 5-2 lead over the Cardinals and are a couple of innings away from a three-game lead over the Mets.

Happy off-day!

Big winners: Carlos Delgado, +10.2% WPA
Big losers: Everybody else
Teh aw3s0mest play: Nothing, who cares
Teh sux0rest play: Pence RBI double in fourth, -10.4% WPA
Total pitcher WPA: -13.6%
Total batter WPA: -36.4%

Game Thread Roll Call

Nice job by BobbyV_Incognito; his effort in the game thread embiggens us all.