Needing Consistency

The Mets played a good game yesterday. They actually looked like a major league team. At the start, it was obvious that Tony Armas Jr. did not have great stuff in his Mets debut. Still, he pitched well enough to keep the Mets in the game and the Mets came back quickly, they did to the Cards what other teams usually do to them.

The Cardinals scored two runs in the bottom of the first but the next half inning, the Mets scored a run to make it 2-1. The Cards came back with a run in the bottom of the second making it 3-1. While the Mets did not score in the top of the third, they did in the top of the fourth, and fifth, and sixth and Armas just got stronger.

Using four different pitchers in the last three innings, despite not giving up an earned run, is something I find frustrating but they did hold St. Louis.

I read some comments by Jerry Manual and he seems to feel the same way that many of us Met fans feel. He was reserved and said he has seen the Mets play like this before but now he needs to see it consistently. I agree, until the Mets have a long stretch of playing good ball, even when they loss, I do not believe this is for real.

Let’s Go Mets!