Not Quite Stellar

10-4. That was the score of today's game. It's also a very good representation of it. Nelson Figuerroa did not pitch well. The most optimistic person will look at the stats, and note that Nelson gave up 4 Earned Runs in 5 innings. Never mind that of the two Mets errors, one was made by him. Never mind that he walked more men than he struck out. There are no two ways to look at it - Nelson was ineffective.

On the other hand, he wasn't terrible. Even with all his walks, hit-by-pitches and hits given up, he still limited the Nationals to 6 runs (4 earned). The man who lost the game is Jorge Sosa. Sosa once again proved himself inadequate of handling major-league pitching. He gave up 4 runs in just an inning rasing his ERA to an astronomic 7.06. Sanchez, Smith and Wagner each contributed a scoreless inning; Wagner retaines a pristine ERA of 0.00!

The hitting was on tonight: Reyes, Beltran and Alou had multi-hit games, as did super-sub Damion Easley. Wright and Easley homered. The only thing that the Mets lacked was clutch-hitting.

David Wright is currently 3rd in the league in RBI with 32.

The Mets are currently in third place at 19-17, 1/2 a game behind the Phillies and 3 games behind the Marlins.