I described to a friend of mine today that a two-run Met lead is really more like a one run lead at best. "Or", he said, "Is it sort of like they are actually DOWN two runs?" I said that things weren't that bad, but when the Mets 4-2 7th inning lead became a 7-4 deficit by the end of the 8th, I am all too unhappy to concede that my friend was probably right. Another bullpen disaster had crushed the Mets today, reducing their lead of the the Brewers to 1.5 games for the National League wild card. A two run homer by Carlos Delgado in the top of the 9th cut the Braves lead to 7-6 but went for naught when Carlos Beltran and Damion Easley struck out back to back to end the game. So, 10 games into their final 17, the Mets record in those games now stands at:
4 Wins
6 Losses
Mets head home now, staring at 7 tough games to close out the season. 4 against the Cubs starting Monday night and finishing up with a weekend season against the Marlins. Brewers will be hosting the woeful Pirates and then finish with the Cubs. It will be interesting to see how the Cubs set up their pitching rotation for each series and how well they play as they bide their time before the first round of the playoffs. Mets best chance at hanging on and making the playoffs is that the Brewers are playing even worse than they are now. That could change early this week, though, and that would spell big trouble for the Metropolitans.
Good grief.
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Home record: 45-29
Road record: 41-40
Not too shabby.
Also, Team ERA Home: 3.67.
Team ERA Road 4.37.
Lastly,
Remaining home games: 7
Remaining road games: 0.
Santana goes twice before the playoffs, by the way.
Projection, last 7 games: 4-3. Since 3 of those games are against Florida, who are 36-38 on the road, and are basically shut down at this point, I'd say chances are pretty good that the Mets could lose 3 out of 4 against the Cubbies and still make the playoffs. No way is Milwaukee sweeping the Cubs at home...
Now, the playoffs, that's another story.
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