Tough Day
Click here for a recap of last night’s game.
As I predicted yesterday, Tom Glavine pitched well enough to win (7 IP, 9 H, 2 ER). Unfortunately fate had other plans.
In the bottom of the 7th inning Carlos Beltran and Mike Cameron dived at the same ball in right center and collided with each other heads first. Beltran walked off the field under his own power and suffered relatively minor injuries with a sore shoulder and a cut on his face. But Cameron was taken away on a stretcher. It was later announced that Cameron had a broken nose and several breaks in both cheekbones as well as a concussion. Both men were in the hospital over night last night for observation. Beltran is expected to play again soon, however Cameron was put on the DL with an unknown time table for his return. (VÃctor DÃaz was recalled to take Cameron’s spot on the roster.)
On the play the batter, David Ross, made the heads up play of continuing to run the bases. He was safe at third and scored the winning run on a Joe Randa single.
The Mets third starting outfielder, Cliff Floyd, was hit on the knee by a pitched ball from Akinori Otsuka an inning later. Today’s Post says Floyd thought it was on purpose. He probably did think that but I believe that’s just an outlet for his anger over his teammates going down. Roberto Hernandez was hit in the pitching hand by a batted ball. Both players are expected to play through the injuries though I think Hernandez will take a couple of days off.
All in all this was not a good day for the Mets. Cameron is lost for a while (maybe the rest of the season) and it remains to be seen how long Beltran will be out. Floyd will be playing with a bad knee. These events will have repercussions for this team for quite a while and puts Omar Minaya on the hot seat to get a deal done by the waiver trade deadline.
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