postGame: Mets 8 Nats 4
The Mets (84–67) defeated the Nationals (68–84) by the score of 8 to 4 in DC tonight.
For a recap and boxscore, go to Yahoo! Sports.
…okay, everyone now, deep breath, and exhale…
…Mike Pelfrey looked great in the first inning, got sloppy in the second, allowed two runs on two slap singles and a broken bat dinker, but then settled down, began working in his slider, worked well, then got in to trouble during the sixth…in came Jorge Sosa, with a runner on third and first, one out and me with an upset stomach…seriously, the mere thought of the bullpen was making me sick…but, sosa proved me wrong…he struck out a batter looking on three pitches, and on the fourth pitch he threw he got an inning-ending double play…
…in the end, he did his job, and allowed three runs and nine hits, while walking three and striking out four, through five innings…
…in the top of the seventh, Shawn Green, who entered the game in a double switch with sosa, hit a single, advanced to second on a sacrifice, then scored on a bad throw past first base, off a dribbler from Luis Castillo, who scored on a double by David Wright, who scored on a single by Moises Alou…go…go…score…pile it on…the more the merrier…so great to see…
…speaking of alou, he is slow…with this sore quad, he is John-Olerud slow…
…speaking of worrying about the bullpen, Aaron Heilman looked good again, as well…
…early in the game, Jose Reyes hit a double off the wall, umm, check that, he hit a double in to the wall, literally, i mean, it actually got stuck in the padding, and so he was forced to stop at second…of course, he scored on a perfect hit and run, as he took off for third, while David Wright hit an an opposite-field single…b…e…aggressive…
…oh, and hat’s off to Gary Cohen, who, without skipping a beat, immediately knew that when a ball gets stuck in the padding it is a ground-rule double…nice, buddy…
…by the way, i must give credit to Paul Lo Duca, and i would think Rick Peterson, as well, as pelfrey was pitching with a plan, and it was execute with near perfection…
…in the fifth, Moises Alou advanced to third on a sac-bunt by Jeff Conine, so he could score with ease on a sac-fly from Paul Lo Duca…nice teamwork, team…
…speaking of lo duca, he left the game with a right wrist injury…
…who was that mystery man pitching in the ninth…what is he some sort of closer or something…interesting…he was good…i hope to see him more often…
…nice win, guys…now, if you don’t mind, i’m going to go exhale, and get some much needed sleep, which i may actually be successful at tonight…
