postGame: Mets 6 Cubs 2
The Mets (87–70) defeated the Cubs (95–61) by the score of 6 to 2 in Shea Stadium tonight.
For a recap, boxscore, and stats, click here.
Johan Santana, Jose Reyes and David Wright 
are arguably the three biggest stars on the Mets, they are the three men who we expect to carry this ball club during times of struggle, and tonight they pushed their team to a much, much-needed win.
Santana pitched eight innings, struck out 10 of the 33 batters he faced, let up seven hits and just two runs, while throwing 125 pitches. He even got a hit in the fifth inning, on a broken-bat single that could have been an inning-ending double play, until the ball ricocheted off the end of the broken bat and slipped by the shortstop letting the inning continue.
The Mets are 10–3 in Johan Santana’s 13 starts in the second half of this season, during which he is 6–0 with 2.38 ERA.
Later in the inning, with Mets down two runs, and with two outs and the bases loaded, Wright shortened his swing, pulled the ball for a single and tied the game. I’m no professional statistician, but I call believe this is known as ‘clutch.’
Lastly, after Santana ran hard out of the box to beat out a potential double play, Reyes hit a bases-clearing triple to give the team a lead it would never relinquish. Reyes let out a series of claps, points and fist pumps as he pulled up in to third base.
By the way, the Phillies lost tonight – meaning the Mets are just one loss back of first place in the NL East with five games left in the season. Hey, Ya Gotta Believe.
Okay, exhale. This is a big win, there is no getting around it.
I look forward to a long night of sleep.
I think we have all earned it.
The Mets continue their four-game series against the Cubs tomorrow night, starting at 7 pm, with Oliver Perez (10–7, 4.10 ERA) taking on Carlos Zambrano (14–6, 3.77 ERA).
