Last night, despite the best efforts of Dickey, Thole and Pagan the Mets lost their second straight to the D'Backs 3-2 (box score/wrap). The worst part of this whole mess is that now they could potentially get swept by one of the worst teams in baseball, and in order to avoid it, they'll have to beat Dan Haren. Needless to say, Haren is a much better pitcher than Barry Enright, and he held the Mets to one run in 8 innings of work. This is starting to get ugly quick...
The only real offense to speak of last night came off solo shots from Josh Thole and Angel Pagan, respectively. Barry Enright? Really? The Mets offense looks awful right now, even with the "shot in the arm" it was supposed to have gotten from Beltran and Castillo.
Dickey continued his string of pitching well enough to win, and then not winning. He went 7 innings giving up 3 runs. Unfortunately for Dickey, the D'backs decided to test Beltran's range and speed last night by hitting balls into the gap, which CLEARLY still isn't where it was because of the injury. He's just not getting to the balls in the gap, and behind him, the way he used to and it makes it tough to watch, especially when you think about who's playing right field for the Mets...
Tonight the Mets look to avoid the sweep by sending Jon Niese to the hill against Dan Haren. The offense better wake up, because even if Niese tosses up zeroes all game, it won't be crap until they start scoring...
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