Mets Drop into 2nd after Loss

The Mets need bullpen help badly, and hopefully it'll come with tomorrow's trade deadline. The Mets dropped the rubber game of a three game series tonight against the Marlins, and have moved into second place, one half game behind Philadelphia.

The Mets fell behind big tonight 5-1 after Mike Pelfrey gave up five runs in the bottom of the fourth. The five runs came courtesy of a single by Third Baseman Jorge Cantu that scored Right Fielder Jeremy Hermida who tripled, a triple by Center Fielder Cody Ross that scored Cantu and Left Fielder Josh Willingham who singled, a double by Catcher John Baker that scored Ross, and then a double by the Pitcher Josh Johnson that scored Baker. (The lone Mets run up to that point came courtesy of a David Wright ground out that scored Jose Reyes who singled, and then moved to third on a single by Argenis Reyes.)

The Mets cut the lead to 5-4 after Damion Easley hit a pitch hit three-run homer in the top of the eighth off of Johnson, but in the bottom half, Second Baseman Dan Uggla hit a two run homer for the Marlins off of Mets reliever Joe Smith to put the Marlins up 7-4. The Mets then got the go-ahead run up in the top of the ninth in the person of Jose Reyes, after a Ramon Castro single scored Marlon Anderson who reached on an infield single, but he flied out to left to end the ball game, and give the Marlins a 7-5 victory.

Pedro Martinez makes his return to the mound Friday night against the Astros in Houston, but before that happens, the trade deadline comes at 4 P.M. EST. Since the bullpen lost 2 out of 3 against the Marlins, I hope that they address that situation more than their outfield situation. We'll see if they do that.