Better late than never - Make it 10
More adventures in DVRing: I set the DVR to record until 10:30 p.m., figuring 3 1/2 hours was plenty of time to get the game in, and there was a good chance I'd catch up to live TV anyway.
So imagine my disappointment when the recording stopped in the bottom of the eighth inning last night. Wha? Oh, well, after Schoeneweis gave up the three-run double, the prospects looked pretty grim.
Imagine my joy, then, when I quickly discovered the Mets actually won the damn thing, scoring four in the ninth -- on six straight hits -- off Reds closer Francisco Cordero, including a two-run homer by David Wright (who's becoming Mr. Clutch) to tie the game. But it didn't stop there. Beltran, single. Easley, single. Delgado, single, Beltran scores. Tatis, double, Easley scores -- all of this with one out in the top of the ninth.
Enter Sandman, and Wagner tosses the 1-2-3 ninth for the save, the All-Star game just a bad memory.
Make that 10 in a row now for Los Mets Nuevos, who are now tied for first place with the Phillies.
Delgado hit one out of the stadium to give the Mets the early 2-0 lead, but Santana was not on his game. He gave up back-to-back jacks to tie the score, and then allowed a double and a triple for three more runs, all of this in the fourth inning, his last. The five earned runs were the most Santana has allowed this season.
But the Mets battled. A pinch-hit single by Nick Evans and a walk to Schneider set up Wright with two outs in the top of the fifth and he delivered, with a two-run single that cut the gap to one. One inning later, Tatis -- say what you want, the guy is white-hot right now -- somehow lined a two-run homer to the opposite field to put the Mets ahead.
Carlos Muniz and Pedro Feliciano kept the Reds off the board, but Heilman faltered in the seventh after retiring the first two batters. He loaded the bases, Schoeneweis came in, and Javier Valentin made him pay. When the Mets couldn't get anything off David "I was done three years ago" Weathers, it looked bleak.
But these are the New Mets, under New Management, and they look pretty formidable, don't they? Sure, Pedro needed a cortisone shot for his groin and will have his start pushed back, and El Duque's foot still hurts, and Church isn't back yet, but with the whole roster contributing, the team at least is one you can root for again.
And the winning ain't bad, either.
So imagine my disappointment when the recording stopped in the bottom of the eighth inning last night. Wha? Oh, well, after Schoeneweis gave up the three-run double, the prospects looked pretty grim.
Imagine my joy, then, when I quickly discovered the Mets actually won the damn thing, scoring four in the ninth -- on six straight hits -- off Reds closer Francisco Cordero, including a two-run homer by David Wright (who's becoming Mr. Clutch) to tie the game. But it didn't stop there. Beltran, single. Easley, single. Delgado, single, Beltran scores. Tatis, double, Easley scores -- all of this with one out in the top of the ninth.
Enter Sandman, and Wagner tosses the 1-2-3 ninth for the save, the All-Star game just a bad memory.
Make that 10 in a row now for Los Mets Nuevos, who are now tied for first place with the Phillies.
Delgado hit one out of the stadium to give the Mets the early 2-0 lead, but Santana was not on his game. He gave up back-to-back jacks to tie the score, and then allowed a double and a triple for three more runs, all of this in the fourth inning, his last. The five earned runs were the most Santana has allowed this season.
But the Mets battled. A pinch-hit single by Nick Evans and a walk to Schneider set up Wright with two outs in the top of the fifth and he delivered, with a two-run single that cut the gap to one. One inning later, Tatis -- say what you want, the guy is white-hot right now -- somehow lined a two-run homer to the opposite field to put the Mets ahead.
Carlos Muniz and Pedro Feliciano kept the Reds off the board, but Heilman faltered in the seventh after retiring the first two batters. He loaded the bases, Schoeneweis came in, and Javier Valentin made him pay. When the Mets couldn't get anything off David "I was done three years ago" Weathers, it looked bleak.
But these are the New Mets, under New Management, and they look pretty formidable, don't they? Sure, Pedro needed a cortisone shot for his groin and will have his start pushed back, and El Duque's foot still hurts, and Church isn't back yet, but with the whole roster contributing, the team at least is one you can root for again.
And the winning ain't bad, either.
posted by Gaspo @ 6:16 AM
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