Final score: Orioles 11, Mets 2—Means to the end

Michael Wacha was awful, Robert Gsellman wasn’t much better in relief and ultimately the game with an injury, and the Orioles defeated the Mets easily in an 11-2 blowout tonight at Citi Field. Wacha gave up five runs, four of them earned, in just four innings of work before Gsellman gave up six runs in three-and-two-thirds innings before leaving the game.

Despite the fact that Orioles starter John Means entered the game with an 8.10 ERA, the Mets’ right-handed-heavy lineup did very little. Jake Marisnick hit a solo home run in the second, and Jeff McNeil hit a solo home run in the bottom of the eighth.

Whatever hopes the Mets had for making the vastly-expanded playoffs this year are very quickly evaporating.

Full recap to follow.

GameThread Roll Call

Nice job by stickguy; his effort in the GameThread embiggens us all.

1. stickguy: 131
2. MetsFan4Decades: 84
3. deegie: 54
4. JR and the Off-Balance Shots: 44
5. AnneInFlushing: 33
6. The Glider: 25
7. Kepler: 23
8. LaRomaBella: 21
9. A$$InTheJackpot: 21
10. doctor prancer: 19