Walking Giles & other Padres

Tough one. All of a sudden Scott Schoenweiss looks all too shaky. He was solid right up until this road trip.

I wonder what it is that made it impossible for the Mets' pitchers to throw strikes to Brian Giles. It's a killer walking him in front of Adrian Gonzalez. You can only get away with that so many times before he's going to get you. He is, by far, the most dangerous hitter in the San Diego line-up.

The Mets didn't hit the ball and that's what cost them last night. San Diego's not a hitter's park, but you've gotta get more than 1 run to win.

I wasn't happy with Willie's decision to start the 9th with Schoenweiss. As Howie pointed out, Schoenweiss has asked Willie to use him exclusively against lefties. I do think Schoenweiss has to be able to get righties out, but I'm not sure if the 9th inning of a tie game is the place to make that point. And, of course, he walked Giles after walking Hairston and then hit McAnulty to end the game.

Schoenweiss pitched himself into trouble, but he couldn't get out of it unlike Pelfrey, who seemed to be in trouble nearly every inning. He wasn't great, but maybe more importantly he seemed tough. Getting Gonzalez to pop out with the bases loaded and one out in the 4th (? I think). Anyway, the Mets walked 7 in total and add Schoenweiss's HBP on McAnulty and, well, that's not a winning formula against a team that can't hit.

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The Mets finally put Wayne Hagin on the DL. Eddie Coleman came off the bench for Hagin. Wow, is Eddie stiff in the play-by-play role. And, he gets a little garbled when things are happening quickly. Such as "around second is Carlin the slide ... not in time". What's 'not in time'? The slide?