Phillies 3, Mets 1: Kendrick Orders Code Red Of Mets' Lineup

Boring games such as this one are even worse when the Mets lose. The lineup customarily failed, against one of the worst starting pitchers maintaining a job in MLB, Kyle Kendrick. No runs against Roy Halladay? Understandable. One run against a pitcher with the fourth worst FIP in the league? Unacceptable. A Misch-esque start from Mike Pelfrey went to waste (seven innings, three runs, one strikeout, no walks). Via fxcarden and ESPN, I present your 2010 Mets offense:

The Mets are now 10 games behind the NL East leading Braves and eight games behind the Wild Card leading Phillies and Giants. They head to Houston this week for a four game set with the 'Stros. Monday's pitching match-up is Jon Niese vs. Wandy Rodriguez.

Poem by Howard Megdal

Scoring once and winning is awfully tricky
When the man on the mound is not R.A. Dickey

SB Nation Coverage

* Traditional Recap
* Boxscore
* Amazin' Avenue Gamethread
* The Good Phight Gamethread

Win Probability Added

Big winners: Luis Castillo +4.6%, Hisanori Takahashi +1.6%
Big losers: Ike Davis -13.4%, Angel Pagan -11.8%
Teh aw3s0mest play: Jose Reyes home run +12.4%
Teh sux0rest play: Placido Polanco RBI single -13.8%
Total pitcher WPA: -1.8%
Total batter WPA: -48.2%
GWRBI!: Shane Victorino

Game Thread Roll Call

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