postGame: Mets 9 Nationals 7
OK Mets Nation … E-X-H-A-L-E …
It was just another wild night of September baseball as the Mets (84-67) snapped their losing streak with a 9-7 win over the Nationals (57–95) in Washington, D.C.
For a recap, boxscore, stats, etc., click here.
The bats did indeed wake up right away in the 1st inning with a lead-off home run by Jose Reyes followed by a one-handed solo bomb by Carlos Delgado.
After the Nationals scored one in the top of the 3rd frame (thanks to a blown call by the 1st base umpire), the Mets tacked on four more runs highlighted by Carlos Beltran‘s two-run home run, seconds after he got his eye cleaned out by trainer Ray Ramirez.
At times Brandon Knight looked sharp with late life on his fastball and a sharp breaking slider, however he ran out of gas in the 4th inning but battled through and finished the 5th inning to earn his first career win.
Seven relief pitchers and five Nationals’ runs later, we are biting our nails right down to our knuckles before Luis Ayala finally closed the door.
Let’s try to forget about the bullpen woes or David Wright‘s putrid night for a second and talk about the biggest star of the game: Beltran.
Beltran homered from both sides of the plate, drove in three runs and covered all 1,000 yards of the Nationals Park outfield.
With the Phillies win, the Mets remain a half game behind the division lead.
And by the way Keith, I am not doing very well but thanks for asking!
The Mets go for the series split tomorrow night at 7pm with Johan Santana (13-7, 2.70) taking the mound against Tim Redding (10-9, 4.54).
