Mets Shut Down Santana For the Season

After his start on Friday night, Johan Santana felt discomfort in his lower back. Santana then went for an MRI on his lowe back, which showed inflammation in his lower back. The Mets then decided to shut him down for the remainder of the season.

This has been an up and down season for Johan Santana. On June 1st, Santana thew the first no-hitter in Mets history, but after that, he has struggled. Johan is 3-7 with a 8.27 ERA since the no-hitter. Although Santana became the first Met ever to throw a no-hitter, he also became the first Mets ever to allow six or more runs in five consecutive starts. The Mets are confident that they'll have Santana back for the begining of the 2013 season. Collin McHugh was called up from triple-A to replace Santana for the remainder of the season.

Jon Niese Struggles In Loss To Marlins

Last night, the Mets lost to the Marlins 4-2, and all of the Marlins' runs came in the 4th inning off Jon Niese. In the 4th inning, Jose Reyes reached on an infield single, as he extended hos hitting streak to 25 games. In the bottom of the 5th inning, the score was 4-2, and the Mets left Jon Niese to bat with the bases loaded and two outs. Niese ended up striking out looking to end the inning. They should have called up a pinch hitter, because they were a hit away from tying the game.

After the game, Terry Collins said: "Early in the game I thought we had a lot more at bats coming up and I already had burned Ike Davis. We were down a guy with Rob Johnson questionable, and Jon Niese swings the bat as good as anyone else in our staff. So I thought we could get a few more innings out of him, and it didn't work." After last night's loss, the Mets are 14 games behind the 1st place Nationals, and they're 9.5 games behind the Braves, who lead the wild cart.