L Millz Saves The Day

Thank god for Lastings Milledge. If not for his two-out, RBI single to drive in Shawn Green with the go-ahead run in the 8th inning of last night's 2-1 Mets victory over the Reds, his squad might have failed embarassingly to get Tom Glavine win no. 298 on a night when Glavine gave up just a solo home run and one other hit over 8 innings. If not for Milledge's two-out, RBI single, the Mets might have failed embarassingly to win, period, on a night when they honored an icon of their 46-year history.

Long before Gary, Ron, and Keith there was Ralph, Bob, and Lindsay

Speaking of L Millz, when he does an interview he certainly doesn't sound like the rap album-producing, Ron Artest-imitating thug that he of course must be because 5 New York newspaper columnists said so. In fact, he almost kind of sounds like a clean-cut, respectable athlete. Wonder how he puts on the act.

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A few excerpts from last night's box score:

(the box score from the game where the Mets scored one run in 7 innings off of Matt Belisle, 5-6 with a 5.28 ERA coming into action last night for the worst team in the National League)

- no. 3 hitter Carlos Beltran went 1-3 with 2 runners left on base.

- no. 4 hitter David Wright went 2-4 with 4 runners left on base; one in scoring position with two outs.

- no. 5 hitter Carlos Delgado went 0-4 with 5 runners left on base; two in scoring position with two outs.

- That means Beltran, Wright, and Delgado were responsible for every Mets runner left on base last night (11).

- Both Mets RBIs on the night were with 2 outs. One came from the no. 7 hitter, (Shawn Green) one from the no. 8 hitter (Milledge).

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A quick dip into the 2007 statbook:

- Carlos Beltran with runners in scoring position: .250
Carlos Beltran with runners in scoring position and 2 outs: .125

- David Wright with RISP: .268
Wright with RISP and two outs: .167

- Carlos Delgado with RISP: .211
RISP and two outs: .182

11 of Beltran's 16 home runs this year have been solo shots.
Beltran has 0 home runs with runners in scoring position.

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What's wrong with the Mets' offense, again?

(Picture courtesy baseball-almanac.com. Stats courtesy CBSsportsline.com)