postGame: Mets 4 Phillies 3
The Mets (4–4) defeated the Phillies (4–6) by the score of 4 to 3 in 12 innings tonight at Shea Stadium.
For a recap and boxscore, go to SNY.
…now that felt good, didn’t it…that’s what this team has been missing…a bit of drama, some good luck, and fun…
…with the game tied in the 12th inning, and two outs, Jose Reyes ripped a ball to the wall in the gap…reyes pulled in to second with a big clap and an even bigger smile…he looked alive for the first time in months…Angel Pagan then hit a ground ball up the middle and reyes rounded third…a strong throw from Jayson Werth, who was strategically playing shallow in center, reached home at the exact time as reyes, who slide in to home, right in to the shin guard of the catcher, who did his best to block the plate, but the umpire ruled reyes safe and the Mets won…
…the team rushed from the dugout, smiling, hi-fiving and mobbing pagan and reyes, while Taking Care of Business blared from the stadium’s speakers…
…for the first time in a long, long while, i had fun watching this team…and i miss that…and from the looks on the player’s faces, so did they…
…on the final play of the game, reyes may actually have been out, but, wow, it was close…it was a bang-bang play…the umpire was between reyes and the backstop, with the catcher on the other side, so if he did tag reyes on the back – before touching home – then the ump would not have known anyway…nevertheless, he was called safe, so he was safe…
…in the 10th inning, Carlos Beltran struck out to end the inning with the winning run on base…before walking off the field, beltran swung his bat over his head and slammed it in to the ground…don’t tell me this team is not interested in winning, which has always been a silly premise…
…welcome back, John Maine, who allowed just one run and five hits while walking five and striking out one in six innings…
…pagan gets a game ball, but so does Pedro Feliciano, Billy Wagner, Joe Smith, Scott Schoeneweis and Jorge Sosa, who threw five innings of no-run relief…
…more or less all of them faced a tough spot, with runners on base, but they battled through it and won out, particularly schoeneweis, who actually got booed while entering the game to face Chase Utley with two runners on and two outs…but, he got the double play, just like he did during the home opener, but this time his defense turned it to get out of the inning…in fact, scott’s fist pump was quite telling…
…i have no idea if it’ll continue, but pagan is playing with a ton of confidence and he looks great so far…keep it going, man…we’re all behind you…
…speaking of the bullpen, today is not the day to discuss Aaron Heilman, who is totally out of sorts right now…suffice to say, drinks better have been on heilman’s tab last night…
…so, the Mets had fight tonight, stamina and toughness, and it was rewarded with a smile and win…
