postGame: Mets 7 Rockies 2

by Mike Nichols on June 21st, 2008 at 4:05 am

The Mets (36-36) defeated the Rockies (31-43) by a score of 7 to 2 tonight in Denver tonight.

For a complete recap, boxscore, stats, etc., go to SNY.tv.

However, in case you missed it, know that:

• John Maine settled down after a rocky first inning in which he allowed a two-run homerun to Jeff Baker to pitch 6.2 IP, allowing two runs on six hits and three walks while striking out six. Maine continues to run up high pitch counts that do not allow him to go farther into a game and looked visable upset being taken out in the seventh after walking Baker with two outs.
• Joe Smith followed Maine to get the Mets out of a two on-two out jam by getting the first batter he faced to line out to left. Smith has now retired the first batter he faces 30 of 34 times.
• Pedro Feliciano and Aaron Heilman each followed Smith to pitch a scoreless inning.
• The Mets took full advantage of mistakes by Aaron Cook in the second inning by scoring five runs, two on a Carlos Delgado homerun and the remaining three on consecituve RBI singles from Jose Reyes, Endy Chavez and David Wright. Good to see the Mets string hit together, especially those of the RBI verision. Those types of innings have been few and far between this season.
• The Mets had a base runner on in every inning, except the first.
• Trot Nixon also hit his first homerun as Met with a deep shot to right in the third inning.
• Tomorrow will be the first day of the rest of the season for the Mets, as they start from scratch after reaching the .500 mark for the first time since June 6.
• Since losing 5 straight games the Mets have won 5 of their last 8 and have cut the Phillies lead to 3 in the loss column.

The Mets continue their three-game series versus the Rockies tomorrow with Pedro Martinez taking the hill, starting at 8:05 pm.

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