Hey, everyone but Aaron Heilman pitched really well last night!

Unfortunately, Aaron Heilman also pitched, yielding the hits and runs that ultimately led to the Mets 5-3 defeat at the hands of the lowly Washington Nationals. But I say let us not sling shit in the direction of Mr Heilman! Let's be positive, and fling shit in the direction of the bats! No offense to Tim Redding, but any halfway decent division III college baseball team should be able to muster more than one run against the Nationals starter. Ok, maybe that's a little offensive to Tim Redding. That being said, Redding is bad, the bullpen is worse, and the Mets could only score thrice including a home run from light-hitting catcher Brian Schneider. It turns out that one of the pivotal moments in the game game in the bottom of the fifth inning when Moises Alou was ejected after a called third strike for apparently using a naughty word. Alou's spot in the order game up in the bottom of the eighth inning with the tying runs on base but unfortunately for the Mets, defensive wizard Endy Chavez was batting instead of Alou. Regardless, Heilman gave up a couple of seeing-eye singles and a hard shot from Christian Guzman while Willie watched stoically from the dugout. The four runs (the first was charged to spot starter Claudio Vargas) provided all the offense the Nationals would need to overcome the Mets anemic bats.