He was due to falter.
The Baltimore Orioles (29-37) beat the New York Mets (33-31) by a score of 5-4.
Livan Hernandez did it again. Another strong start, keeping the Mets in the game. Seven innings, Hernandez scattered eight hits and allowed only two earned runs. Hernandez walked one and struck out four.
How good has Hernandez been this year? I had no hopes of him doing anything for the Mets this year. Boy, was I wrong.
Pedro Feliciano and Sean Green split the 8th inning, allowing one run to score on two hits. Francisco Rodriguez entered for the 9th inning with a one run lead. A ledoff double, walk and fielders choice that didn’t get anyone out left the bases loaded and no outs with Adam Jones at the plate. K-Rod walked him in to tie the game, then struck out Nick Markakis to bring Aubrey Huff to the plate.
Huff promptly singled to right field, ending the game with a win for the O’s.
The overuse of Feliciano and K-Rod is starting to show. I can’t rail on K-Rod. Everyone has a off day.
The Mets bats were held off the board until the 6th inning by rookie Jason Berken. They finally broke through with a sacrifice fly off the bat of David Wright. Later in the inning, Ryan Church singled off the wall in right field, plating another run.
The next inning, Daniel Murphy and Carlos Beltran picked up RBI hits.
The Mets could have plated a few more, but nothing came to fruition. Thankfully the Toronto Blue Jays swept the Philadelphia Phillies.
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