“Can’t anybody here play this game?” it was something Casey Stengel said about the infamous inaugural 1962 New York Mets. Last night it might have been something Mets manager was thinking as the Mets practically handed the Pirates the game on a silver platter. (Especially around the seventh inning.)
The left-handed Bailey Falter got the start for the Pirates as he went up against fellow lefty David Peterson, a single from Ke’Bryan Hayes was quickly nullified by a double play ball, two more runners reached but the Pirates couldn’t capitalize on them, something that would become a theme for most of this game.