Rizzo's Debut

Went out to the game last night to see Rizzo's debut.  Above is a photo I took as he approached the plate for the first time as a Cub.

Rizzo had a good night, a single, a double, a hard hit out in four tries.  He may have been the recipient of somewhat generous official scorer's decisions.  The ground ball in the first was hard hit, but clearly misplayed by the Mets shortstop, who, incidentally, has misplayed nearly as many chances as he has successfully fielded.  The double also was a bit of a gift from the scorer, as he would not have made second had the Mets center-fielder thrown to the right base.  Still, he hit the ball hard and played well defensively.

So far this series has been a clinic on how not to play the game, especially from the Mets point-of-view.  On Monday night, they played two pop-ups into triples as well as muffing several chances in the field.  Last night, although they were charged with only one error, they really messed up quite a few plays.  Maybe they are in a funk right now, but you kind of wonder how they are still over .500 in the NL East and actually sort of in contention.

The Cubs were kind of lucky to win Tuesday's game.  I'm not sure what has happened to Randy Wells.  He just seems to have lost all confidence and command.  The first three innings plus were agonizing.  I read this morning that he had been DFAed, which is a shame.  He looked really good his rookie year and his peripheral numbers were just as good in his second, but since then things have turned sour.  You wonder whether he may have come back too soon from the injury at the start of 2011.