defeat valiantly rescued from the jaws of victory
Defeat rescued from certain doom
by brave men in orange and blue.
Up 6-4 in the bottom of the ninth, and dangerously close to bringing home a "W" for new acquisition Pedro Martinez, the Mets pooled their efforts and managed to wrestle defeat from the open waiting maw of victory.
After giving up a three-run jack to Adam Dunn in the first inning, Martinez was lights out, striking out the side twice and only giving up one baserunner, in the form of a walk to Reds second baseman D'Angelo Jimenez. Martinez finished up with 12 Ks over six innings, and with his team up 6-3.
Relief pitcher heroically gave up a run in the seventh, but the Reds free-swinging bats held fast, striking out twice.
In the eighth, Korean import Dae Sung Koo, perhaps battling the language barrier, pitched a perfect inning, striking out two in the process and inducing a weak ground ball from Ken Griffey, Jr.
This left the duties of pissing away a victory solely on the shoulders of Mets closer Braden Looper, who mustered a herculean effort to blow the save. Looper surrendered a single to Austin Kearns, a two-run homer to Dunn and followed up with serving up a juicy gopher ball to third baseman Joe Randa to end the game in the bottom of the ninth. Looper didn't retire a single batter to record his first blown save of the season. Reds win 7-6.
Welcome to the Queens, Pedro.
After giving up a three-run jack to Adam Dunn in the first inning, Martinez was lights out, striking out the side twice and only giving up one baserunner, in the form of a walk to Reds second baseman D'Angelo Jimenez. Martinez finished up with 12 Ks over six innings, and with his team up 6-3.
Relief pitcher heroically gave up a run in the seventh, but the Reds free-swinging bats held fast, striking out twice.
In the eighth, Korean import Dae Sung Koo, perhaps battling the language barrier, pitched a perfect inning, striking out two in the process and inducing a weak ground ball from Ken Griffey, Jr.
This left the duties of pissing away a victory solely on the shoulders of Mets closer Braden Looper, who mustered a herculean effort to blow the save. Looper surrendered a single to Austin Kearns, a two-run homer to Dunn and followed up with serving up a juicy gopher ball to third baseman Joe Randa to end the game in the bottom of the ninth. Looper didn't retire a single batter to record his first blown save of the season. Reds win 7-6.
Welcome to the Queens, Pedro.
2 comments:
As a Cubs fan I can only gloat early in the year. If at all. The Cubs scored 16 yesterday, topping the 15 they scored on opening day against the Mets two years ago.
you can gloat all you want...as long as kerry wood stays healthy and has a good year. he's on my fantasy team.
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