Entering tonight’s game between the Mets and Phillies, Philadelphia starting pitcher Aaron Nola was sporting an ERA just south of ten over his last six starts and had been mired in one of the worst seasons of his major league career. Meanwhile, the Mets had Nolan McLean on the mound, and he was enjoying a perfect 4-0 start to his major league career. With the Phillies lining up their three best (healthy) starters over the next three nights, this seemed like the Mets’ best shot at a win this week at Citizens Bank Park, and yet the end result was a demoralizing 1-0 loss.

As Kevin Malone said on The Office, “Why waste time say lot words, when few word do trick”. The Mets offense was bad in this one. Very bad. Going up against Nola and his 9.69 ERA in first innings, the Mets managed just a Ju

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