The Mets lost their second straight to the Dodgers tonight by a 5-4 score. Check out the entire box score at MLB.com

The story tonight was too many wasted opportunities like Willie Randolph said in the post game report on SNY “we left too many ducks on the pond.” In the first five innings they left 10 men on base and were 2-for-14 with men in scoring position.

Sure the starting pitching wasn’t stellar, Nelson Figueroa pitched 5 innings gave up 8 hits, walked 4 while allowing 5 ER’s but you have to win some 8-6 and 10-7 games. Carlos Beltran, who struck out when called upon to pinch hit for Heilman leading off the eighth, sat out tonight with flu like symptoms but the Mets had plenty of chances to add to the four runs they put on the board.

Things looked good early when the Mets took a lead on Ryan Church’s fifth homer of the season. Then in the third inning Moises Alou stole home on a delayed double steal, yes Alou, that wasn’t a typo, that gave the Mets a 4-1 lead. But the offense was then stimied by Dodger reliever Hung-Chih Kuo who dominated them striking out eight in 3 2/3 innings. The Mets relievers were solid. Aaron Heilman pitched two innings of one hit ball and the combo of Pedro Feliciano and Joe Smith didn’t allow a run in the combined inning that they pitched. The Mets did make the ninth inning interesting. After two were out Angel Pagan singled followed by a Brian Schneider single but Luis Castillo struck out looking and once again ducks left on the pond. Story of the night.