Custer’s troops battled, too.
The Mets can battle, scrape and claw all they want, but unless they start winning games in a hurry, manager Jerry Manuel will be staring at his own Little Big Horn.
With yesterday’s 10-8 loss to the Marlins at Sun Life Stadium, the Mets put an exclamation point on a week of futility, losing their fifth straight, which included the embarrassment of getting swept in four games here.
“It’s good that we continue to fight back,” said David Wright, whose Mets (18-20) fell into a seven-run hole before making it a game. “But it doesn’t do us a lot of good in the win-loss column. We’ve got to start winning some close ones.”
The Mets’ immediate concern is for Jon Niese, who left the game in the third inning with an aggravated right proximal hamstring. The lefty is headed back to New York for further evaluation, leaving another question mark in the rotation beyond the identity of Oliver Perez’s replacement for Wednesday. Continue
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