That looked familiar

Not even a second after thinking to myself, “Wow, Manny Acosta reminds me of Guillermo Mota a whole lot” Laynce Nix homered to win the game in the 11th. Like Mota, Acosta is tall, lanky and has great stuff, yet he stinks.

So another night and another devastating loss for the Mets. You really have to wonder about this team’s psyche after tonight. They were certainly frustrated after this weekend’s poor performance and maybe it was just me but they looked more focused tonight. At the same time, they looked very, very tight…especially in clutch situations. The Mets were 2-10 with RISP and blew some golden opportunities to score runs.

Besides Acosta, the pitching staff looked good tonight. Ollie Perez had a solid outing, giving up two runs in six innings. Of course for the third straight day, after the opposing pitcher gets on, he scores. The Mets really need to focus against the other teams’ pitchers. I remember writing and talking about this in years’ past too. But all in all, a solid outing for Ollie. Jose Reyes should have made that play on Joey Votto’s single anyway.

Mejia, Nieve and Feliciano were awesome. You really have to feel good about the bullpen. I can’t believe I’m saying that and a month from now I might feel the exact opposite, but for now the ‘pen is getting the job done for the most part.

If only the offense could pick it up. They had a good three days in a row, but besides that they’ve been brutal. Even during the eight-game streak, they only scored some runs in the last three of the streak.

Tomorrow night it’s Bronson Arroyo for the Reds. The guy is not very good but to no one’s surprise he destroys the Mets. Since 2007, Arroyo is 4-1 with a 2.61 ERA against the Mets.

We’ll see what the offense can do. I actually feel confident John Maine is going to be solid. The Mets can ill afford to go through a four-game slide after the nice winning streak.