only half the story

there's no denying that the met bullpen is terrible and has been so most of the season. night after night, they collapse almost on cue. even last night, after a huge 9th inning grand slam to take a comfortable 3-run lead, they tried their best to blow it but barely missed out. tonight, 4 walks in the bottom of the ninth in a tie game (ok, two were intentional, but still...) were painful to witness.

not receiving enough of the blame however is the offense- almost automatic in the first 3 innings but non-existent in the last 3. last night's 9th inning 4-spot was an anomaly. tonight, runners left on base in each of the last 4 innings, including one in scoring position in the 7th and 9th. most of the times the bullpen has blown leads, they've been able to because the offense has not been able to pick up their share of the slack towards the end. earlier this week, when the mets blew a 7-run lead to lose to the phils 8-7 in 13, it was partly because after jumping to a 7-0 lead after 4 innings, the offense put nothing across over the next 9.

1 game up with 26 left to play. not much breathing room. at least there's no chance of a blowout like last season, because with this bullpen, there's no chance we'll be up more than a few games at any point for the rest of this year (if we're lucky). here's hoping we can hold on.