Mets Collapse in Grand Fashion

The sliding Mets lost another one Tuesday night, this time 12 to 7. The Amazings blew a 7-4 lead and eventually lost in the 10th after a Mark DeRosa hit by pitch with the bases load followed by an Albert Pujols grand slam.

Game Notes:
-Pujols went 3-4 including his fifth slam of the season, tying him for 2nd place on the list for most grand slams in a season.
-Luis Castillo, surprisingly one of the 4 position players from the Mets opening day roster who has not seen DL time (along with Wright, Murphy, and Reed)- slipped trying to avoid a glove on the dugout steps after he grounded out in the 7th, and sprained his ankle. Thankfully for New York fans, X-rays were negative, otherwise they may have had to see Argenis Reyes at 2nd again.
-Johan Santana pitched a season-high 8 innings, but gave up 5 earned runs off of 9 hits.
-K-Rod blew his 4th save of the season, giving up 2 earned runs off of a Julio Lugo RBI double and a Skip Schumaker RBI single to tie the game at 7 in the 9th.
-Pedro Feliciano and Sean Green combined to give up 5 earned runs in 2/3 innings in the 10th.
-The only positive coming out of another Mets debacle is that the offense was on fire, scoring 7 runs off of 15 hits. Wright went 2-3, Sheffield went 2-4 with 2 RBIs, Murphy went 2-4 with an RBI, Cora went 2-5 with an RBI, Santos went 2-4, and Santana went 1-3 with 2 RBIs.
- The Mets have now lost 3 straight, and 5 of 6.

For a full boxscore of this game, click here.
(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)