Epic tease by the Mets on Monday.
RA Dickey held the Astros hitless for five innings, then gave
up three runs in the sixth inning.
But our mostly homegrown Mets know how to battle back,
scratching out three runs of their own. Kudos to Kirk Nieuwenhuis, again, for
getting the big hit.
Kirk also had his first game in left field after Andres Torrres
saw game action for the first time since he gimped out of Opening Day.
Sadly, the Mets re-designed bullpen is still giving away
games. Manny Acosta made it through one inning, but couldn’t get through the
eighth. He wasn’t helped by Josh Thole bobbling a ball instead of shooting a
laser down to second to nail Jordan Schafer.
Instead, Schafer trotted home on a Jed Lowrie single and the
Mets, masters of the comeback in Colorado, were left on short side of the score
in Houston.
Interesting was Astros manager Brad Mills using a different
pitcher for seven Mets batters in a row. Somewhere in retirement, Tony LaRussa
is smiling.
The defeat means that the Gnome of Defeat comes out of hiding and taunts us from the Murray Van Wagoner Transportation Building in Lansing.