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Close But No Cigar: Nationals 4, Mets 3

This play was the Mets' game in microcosm.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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This play was the Mets' game in microcosm. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Not a terrible game for Mike Pelfrey. Nine baserunners in seven innings, three runs and just one walk. His groundball rate -- 13-to-6 -- was very strong. As others have pointed out, his season hasn't been as altogether awful as his superficial numbers -- wins, losses, ERA -- might have you believe. He has hardly been superb, but randomness -- and its bullying offspring, bad luck -- has done Pelfrey in with exceeding regularity. This isn't to say that he can't improve himself on his own, but a swing of luck in his favor this season and we'd have far fewer people carping about how disappointing he has been.

In other news, if Carlos Beltran is still injured it doesn't seem to have manifested itself in his on-field performance since his return. I'm not sure if I'm ready to hand him another long-term contract just yet, but his outlook for 2010 has to be considered sunny.

Haiku by Howard Megdal

When bases loaded
kills rallies, grounders booted,
throws sail- time to stop

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I watched the 9th inning of this one

20 bucks says Elijah Dukes wouldn’t have gotten to that last shot if was coming off of Chase Utley’s bat. Angels would have guided it just out of his reach or something. I think David Wright needs to sacrifice some chickens or something this offseason.

"[The Giants] beat us down. We were beat by a grown-man team, a team we want to be like one day. They came in here and took it to us. Out-manned us, out-gunned us. ... It wasn't even close." - Raheem Morris, 9/27/09

by cjmulrain on Sep 30, 2009 3:44 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

This game

was more entertaining than last night’s IMO. At least I got to see the Mets with a 3-0 lead. Lifetime in games when I attend, the Mets are now 1-5.

by deadspy3 on Sep 30, 2009 9:59 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Heh

I have consciously avoided going to this series so as not to mess up my personal streak of Mets wins in DC, which currently stands at 7 and goes back to 2006. And I even have free coupons to any weeknight game. I ain’t putting that streak on the line with this crap team.

by dcmetsfan on Sep 30, 2009 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice

if I didn’t live 3000 miles away and have to take my MLB chances when they come, I would stop going! I’m probably going this afternoon – free Nats fleece blanket! – and then I’m up to NY for the Astros series this w/e. So, I predict that my record will be 2-8 by Sunday night.

by deadspy3 on Sep 30, 2009 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was wondering

what brings you over to this side of the pond?

"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Sep 30, 2009 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have a

three-month scholarship at the Library of Congress as part of my PhD so I am living in DC till Christmas

by deadspy3 on Sep 30, 2009 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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