the Mets have Brooks Pounders in the bullpen now<\/a>. We’ll be fine! Come get us!<\/p>\nFinally, the Mets were lucky to win this. After Syndergaard’s five runs (two of them inherited and given up by Robert Gsellman), Gsellman’s one run, and Lugo’s Houdini act in the eighth, Edwin Diaz was once again trusted with a two run lead against the Cardinals in the ninth. And once again, he was dancing with a choke job until Jack Flaherty cut in. Yadier Molina drove in Paul DeJong with a single to make it 8-7 when Flaherty, a pitcher, pinch ran for him.<\/p>\nJun 15, 2019; New York City, NY, USA; St. Louis Cardinals pinch runner Jack Flaherty (22) is tagged out at home plate by New York Mets catcher Wilson Ramos (40) attempting to score on a base hit during the ninth inning at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Andy Marlin-USA TODAY Sports<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nKolten Wong came into some luck with a bloop hit that found grass between Jeff McNeil and Michael Conforto. Much like the Cardinals did with Wong on Thursday night in the rain, they sent Flaherty home all the way from first base to try to score the tying run. This time, McNeil made a perfect throw and Flaherty was out by a good margin. But two things about that as you saw the iso replay on Flaherty:<\/p>\n
\nFlaherty is looking over his shoulder at the pop up. If he puts his head down and runs hard, the play at the plate is a lot closer.<\/li>\n Flaherty also slipped and stumbled a bit as he was between third and home.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nSo the Mets were the ones who got the luck in the end. If Flaherty puts his head down and doesn’t look back at the play, Diaz blows his second two run lead of the game. (Yeah, Flaherty is a pitcher and doesn’t know any better. All the more reason he should just put his head down and watch his coaches. Where have all the baserunning fundamentals gone?) With the way Diaz was going lately, this was an important outing for him. It was a little uneven but he should thank his lucky stars that Mike Shildt had no other pinch runners left.<\/p>\n
And he’s lucky to have Jeff McNeil on his side.<\/p>\n
Today’s Hate List<\/h3>\n\nPaul DeJong<\/li>\n Matt Carpenter<\/li>\n Yadier Molina<\/li>\n Giovanny Gallegos<\/li>\n John Brebbia<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"So there’s three main points that I want to make about the Mets’ 8-7 victory on Saturday, a win where…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":187,"featured_media":910447,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[547148942],"tags":[1839747,1441448,610259143,610259289,27689241,27689335,37655261,128510862,671990231,108740363,177709051,224739],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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