The Mets lost to the Giants today, 6-5. They fell behind 4-0 when starting pitcher Oliver Perez walked 7 and hit one while throwing 98 pitches in 3 1/3 innings. Way to go Ollie! (Actually, he only gave up two hits. The Giants were smart enough to not swing at the crap he was tossing up there. They got four more walks--and another hit batsman off the Mets relievers.)
The Mets actually came back to lead 5-4 in the seventh. They also got 10 hits on the day...which isn't that bad. Problem is that once they had men on base, they struck out--14 times including the last five outs of the game. That's way too many Ks.
The Mets' loss was the first in Citi Field since April 21. They had won ten straight at home. They get a chance to start a new streak tomorrow night when the square off against the Washington Nationals.
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The 30-35 mph wind gusts whipped papers around the field and helped the winning home run )a two-run shot by Aaron Rowand) get over the fence in New York. The wind also blew a steady 20-25 mph here at the Aerie. And the sun never showed up until the stratus clouds started to show breaks around 4 PM. Those breaks weren't large or numerous until much later--around 7 PM they became cumulonimbus--but those gaps allowed enough sunlight through for the temperature to "jump" all the way up to 42 degrees.
Now that the sun is setting and the clouds have pretty much disappeared, I'm bracing for a very cold night. The record low according to weather.com is 25 degrees. They are forecasting 27 as tonight's low. Of course, they also said it might reach 50 degrees once the clouds cleared around noon....
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