Mets Make a Bunch of Errors and Lose, But Young Guys Hit

The Mets fell apart in the late innings and ended up losing 9-5 to the Braves earlier today.  You can check out the box score from the game, here...

Eddie Kunz had a horrible outting, and put up one of the worst stat lines I have ever seen in a game: 1/3 of an inning pitched, 2 hits, 3 walks, 4 runs and an ERA of 108.00.  Kunz was one out away from his ERA being a symbol, and not a number.  I must admit, I kind of like it when that happens.  Apparently, he looked terrible.  It's one thing to look like you are throwing hard and putting up bad numbers, but another to look bad and get bad results.  I'm not very excited about this kid anymore, the way I was when the Mets first drafted him.  He's officially off my radar...

Also on the not-so-positive front, both Ike Davis and Josh Thole made errors today, which is probably why Murphy looks to start the season at first and the Mets signed Barajas.  Young players make mistake, I'm okay with it.  I just wish Thole's wasn't on a toss back to the pitcher...

On the positive side, F-Mart went 2-3 with an RBI triple, while Ike Davis went 1-2, Thole went 1-2 with an RBI and Russ Adams went 2-2 and continues his hot start to spring training (2 games in hitting 1.000).  Even Rod Barajas got into the action a bit.  After grounding into a double-play in his first at bat, he came back and got a hit in his other AB.  It's nice to see the team hit a bit, even if it was off of some double-A pitching...

This is only the second game, nothing to get excited about, BUT, it is nice to see the young guys hitting.  Mental mistakes and errors will happen, but the hitting is nice to see...