Not Again!!!

The Mets went out and got Billy Wagner, over the winter, to save those close games that Braden Looper could not do last year. Well last night, he let one get away. Wagner came into the ninth with a lead and left with the game tied 4-4. Mets eventually lost in the 10th inning 9-5.

Brian Bannister started his first Major League game and pitched a gem. He had a no-hitter going into the 6th inning. He was not overpowering, but he made the right pitches at the right time. By the sixth inning, Bannister ran out of gas. He walked the first batter, then hit the next and then served up a 3 run home run to Nick Johnson. At this point the game was Mets 4 -3. He struck out the last batter to end the sixth and walked off to a standing ovation. Not bad for a rookie that most critics felt that should not have taken over Araon Heilman's spot in the rotation.

Carlos Delgado broke out yesterday and hit his first homer as a Met and for the season, and also added a double. Xavier Nady, continued his hot hitting by homering to left field, to extend his hit streak to 6 straight at bats. He nearly extended it to 7 at bats, but lined out to Ryan Zimmerman, the Nationals third baseman.

Wagner recorded his first blown save of the year. When he enters, the Mets feel like they have already won the game, but last night they didn't. They will hope that he will bounce back when he is given the opportunity again. Yesterday, was just one of those games.