It's really remarkable how they find ways to disappoint at this juncture, but the Dodgers have dropped another series to a sub-.500 team after a 3-0 loss to the Pirates, and they're in major danger of being swept tomorrow. More frustrating is the way it happened, as they went 0-for-7 with RISP. They stranded the bases loaded with nobody out in the 2nd, the bases loaded again with two outs in the 3rd,
Senga allowed five runs (four earned) and six hits with two walks and four strikeouts in five innings, and the Mets, whose offense has been clicking of late, drew within one in the sixth before squandering a bases-loaded, one-out situation. The Mets, who have consistently been one of the worst teams in baseball with runners in scoring position, actually came into the game on an upswing. They were batting .352 in those situations in the first 16 games of the month, with eight doubles, seven homers and 61 RBIs.