Today is a very big game for the Mets. They've now lost three in a row, including two to the first place Washington Nationals. They need to get a victory this afternoon to get back on the right track and to prevent falling far out of first.
One of the biggest problems is that the Mets could have or should have won the last two games. Normally, in the past, we would all blame the bullpen and their shoddy work for losing games. This isn't the case this week. It's been the absolutely putrid and porous defense.
Booted balls, bad throws, balls through the legs. It's all happened the last two nights and the direct result is two loses. A damn shame.
What hurts is that the Mets are playing with their backup's backup shortstop. Does that even make sense? They are so hurt up the middle, it's almost as if stick figures are playing there.
The Mets were expecting to get Ruben Tejada back this weekend but he aggravated his thigh earlier this week in a rehab game, so that's now out of the question.
RA Dickey gets the ball today and the Mets desperately need him to be the same pitcher he was last Saturday, limiting the opposition to no runs.
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