Lost Weekend

Well, the bats woke up at least. The pitching alas, caught the suckitude virus and crapped the bed Saturday and Sunday.

On the heels of Jorge Sosa seeing how bad the bullpen was last week and saying "Fuck it, I'm going 8" we had our two big guys, Perez and Glavine going Saturday and Sunday. Both sucked. There is no other way to put it. Ollie got hit early and often on Saturday, Glavine got smacked around yesterday. Face it, the Tigers are a damn good team. They can hit. They have good pitching. And they have a real DH. Injuries have left the Mets shorthanded, and it hurt this weekend when PLD had to DH, instead of perhaps Moises, or even Green. Thankfully, Green is due back possibly as early as tonight against the Dodgers.

The pen blew up this weekend as well. Yesterday, Sele and Smith got blown up, giving up 2 and 4 runs respectively. On Saturday, Mota was the culprit. About the only good news from Saturday was Heilman pitching 2 scoreless innings, allowing only 1 hit. He HAS to get back to form. Forget Molina, just pitch.

The other good news from the weekend was David Wright, who has now homered in 4 straight games, and has a little hitting streak going. You know things are bad when Ricky Ledee is starting in your outfield. Easley played yesterday, Stache is back. The lineup has clicked. Now, we need the pitching to get back to where it was.

Here are the matchups for the Dodgers series.

El Duque vs. Wolf

Maine vs. Kuo

Sosa vs. Penny

Wolf and Penny have had good years. Kuo, not so much. Grady, lefties don't scare the Mets this year. Thanks for that.

Don't panic fans. We went through a bad stretch like this last year, remember the Boston Series?

That being said, I want things fixed, starting tonight.