Man, this is bitter sweet. The good news is, we’ve gone most of the season without a really effective Pedro and still finished with the best record in the National League. The bad news is, you knew he’d be money and a difference maker. Now that World Series win doesn’t seem as firmly in the grasp as most of us thought. The other odd thing is, the Mets still don’t know who’ll they’ll be playing in the post season. Could be any of potentially five teams still but it’ll likely be the Dodgers.
Oh yeah, and the Mets played the Braves this week. Tuesday’s game was pretty ugly. Oliver Perez was bombed as was Heath Bell out of the pen. Both gave up six runs. In the meantime, John Smoltz shut down the Mets offense and sent them packing with a six hit shutout.
Wednesday game could have been the toughest game of the year. Pedro was shelled. This isn’t how a World Series contender plays in their final week. Pedro gave up seven runs in less then three innings of work and it’s probably the final outing of the year for Pedro 2006. The lone Mets run came when Carlos Delgado scored on Shawn Green’s ground out.
Finally, the Mets snapped their skid yesterday. Orlando Hernandez gave us five solid innings and while the pen didn’t pitch well, they didn’t blow it either. Carlos Beltran hit homerun number 41 and Carlos Delgado drove in four runs in the 7-4 win.
The Mets finish up on the road in Washington. Hopefully nothing else bad happens.
