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Well the Mets took a rare close game tonight as the bullpen actually got six outs in a row to finish the game.  Really it shouldn’t be a story when the bullpen goes two scoreless innings against the worst team in baseball, but it is tonight.

The Mets got off to a great start thanks to some early clutch runs by the Carloses.  Beltran has been getting a little better lately, pushing his average over .275.  If only he can get the power going a little bit.

Then the offense basically took the rest of the night off.  Sure they got a run in the 8th but that was due more to the Nationals’ lousy pitching than the Mets’ hitting.  Damion Easley got hit in the head with a pitch with bases loaded and a 1-2 count for the game winner.  The lack of tack-on runs is really killing this team.

Johan Santana wasn’t great tonight, but he was good enough to get his 10th win of the year.  Even when he doesn’t have his terrific stuff going, he manages to give his team a chance to win just about every single game…which is what an ace is supposed to do.

And finally, Joe Smith and Pedro Feliciano were very good tonight, striking out four during their two innings of duty.  About time this ‘pen got the job done.

John Maine makes his return off the DL tomorrow against Mets killer Jason Bergmann.  Don’t be shocked if Bergmann has another ridiculous game.  I hope I’m wrong.

Ted has said it right a number of times.  They don’t call them the Amazins for nothing.  I feel like a broken record, but this loss is probably the worst of the season for a number of reasons.

Yes, they’ve blown a four-run lead six times now…guess how many times they’ve come back from a four-run deficit?  0!  That’s right…a six game swing right there.  But besides that, this Pirates team is so atrocious on so many levels, there’s really no excuse to give up more than a couple of runs to them.  Absolutely pathetic.

The Mets had 11 hits and three walks and the Pirates had three errors.   So I believe that means the Mets had 17 baserunners…and they could only muster five runs.  Four of those runs came on two swings of the bat too.  I mean the offense deserves some of the blame but let’s get real here.

We need a new word in the dictionary to describe how awful the Mets bullpen has been lately.  They’re singlehandedly costing this team a spot in the playoffs.  I’ve never seen anything quite like this ever in my entire life.  I was actually reading a story about how the closer position is completely overrated.  Something like no matter who you have in the ninth inning, there’s about a 95% chance you’ll win the game when leading after 8.  Well the Mets percentage is barely above 80%…that’s how bad it’s gotten.

There isn’t much more to say that hasn’t been said.  The bullpen is almost solely responsible for today’s loss and I don’t know what the solution is.  I’m just in a state of shock right now.