Well, the dream of a perfect season ended in Flushing last night, as the Mets fell to the Marlins 7-6 in 10 innings. On the bright side, the Mets rallied from a 6-1 deficit to tie the game in the 7th and 8th innings. On the down side, they really didn't do much except walk to the plate and fall asleep on their feet as the Marlins bullpen issued 6 walks, hit a batter, and let the tying run score on a bases loaded balk. To be fair to Leo Nunez, the game-tying balk was a bullshit call, but that might have just been the umpire punishing him for refusing to throw strikes.
For me the highlight of the game was Jason Bay's nice running catch in left field putting to rest for at least one night the fear he couldn't handle Citi Field's cavernous outfield. He ran a long fucking way to track that sucker down. The lowlight was easily Fernando Tatis getting thrown out at home trying to score on a passed ball with the bases loaded and two outs. David Wright was at the plate with a chance to give the Mets the lead. I guess he was just trying to save David the embarrassment of failing to come through in the clutch. Uh, thanks?
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