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Well the Mets were bound to lose in a blowout eventually.  These losses are easier to take than when the bullpen completely blows it…but there’s still some things that worry me about this game.

First of all, John Maine hasn’t looked good in a while.  He had a great nine-pitch first inning, but he looked bad after that.  The starting rotation has been incredible lately and Maine is the biggest question mark.  I would consider moving him to the ‘pen soon because he’s probably going to the bullpen when the playoffs start anyway.  Why not get him accustomed to the role before October?

The offense continued to struggle tonight.  Brian Schneider has oddly been the only offensive spark lately.  It’s great to see him lighting it up, but obviously the Mets will need someone else to step it up.

Not much else to say about this one.  Hopefully Ollie Perez can get us a series win tomorrow afternoon.  It’s going to be tough against Mets-killer Randy Wolf.  Maybe the offense can get it going a little.

Make sure you listen to the show because I don’t want to post and spoil my rant on the commercial but here is the commercial in case you haven’t seen it.

The Verizon guy looks so much like John Maine!  Check it out…they could be brothers.  And a point for my dad for figuring out the cable guy looks like a fat Wade Boggs.

The similarities are uncanny….

Wade Boggs is applauding our look-alike skills.

I know the Mets just won six in a row, but today’s game was a complete giveaway.  The Pirates are just playing out their season and there’s really no reason why the Mets should have lost this game.  Let’s start with the bullpen.

Can these guys finish off a close game for crying out loud!?  I mean come on.  It’s tough to kill one area of the team, but like I said last night, if this bullpen was just OK the Mets would have a similar record to the Cubs.  They’re absolutely killing this team, day in and day out.  It’s unreal.

John Maine probably had the worst five shutout innings I’ve ever seen.  He looked terrible all afternoon and was very fortunate to be facing an awful lineup.  The Pirates basically were giving the Mets this game but they refused to take it.

The offense certainly deserves a chunk of the blame today.  So many chances to score more runs and they failed to do so.

It’s tough to get too upset about a 6-1 road trip, but the Mets had a real good chance to stomp on the Pirates today and open up a 2.5 game lead in the NL East.  Yes, I know the Mets are in great shape to win the division…but as we all know from last year, any game could make the difference.  If the Mets lose the division by a couple of games, today is one of those days where they’ll look back and realize it should have been a W and not a L.

Well there’s the dominating performance I’ve been waiting to see for a long time.  Like Gary and Keith have said, you jump on a second division team late in the season like this and they’ll likely roll over.  The Mets finally did that tonight.

The offense was very sold tonight.  They scored 12 runs and eight in the third, but some of those runs came on National errors and terrible walks…but they did get some clutch hits as well.

Daniel Murphy looked awesome again tonight.  That home run to the opposite field was not on an easy pitch…slider down and away.  He might be the X factor for the season right now.  I know he hasn’t played a lot, but in all honesty he could be the reason if the Mets make the playoffs or not.

John Maine looked very good tonight too in his first start off the DL.  His stuff was crisp and he struck out six through five.  If he can remain healthy and get back to where he was early in the season, the Mets rotation is probably the deepest in the league.

Brian Stokes also looked great tonight.  It’s funny in a 12-0 game someone could get a save, but that’s exactly what Stokes did tonight.  He was throwing strikes and was really in the zone in his four innings of work.  He didn’t walk anyone and struck out three.

Gotta go for the throats tomorrow and get a sweep.  Also, keep an eye on the Phillies tonight because if they lose the Mets and Phils will be in a tie for first….could be an exciting night.