That's why your sluggers don't bunt
As tempting as the overshift was to Carlos Delgado, it's a good thing he couldn't get a bunt down on the first pitch of his eighth-inning at-bat.
With no outs and David Wright on first, Delgado squared to bunt against the shift but the ball was high and tight. Sure enough, with the count 2-2, Delgado blasted a two-run homer to right (landing in a section of Mets fans - there were plenty of them at Dolphins Stadium) to give the Mets a 4-1 lead and the win.
We've seen Carlos Beltran bunt runners over and it is maddening. Middle-of-the-order hitters are there to drive in runs, not move runners around. Hopefully, Beltran took notes last night.
Nick Evans, getting the start in left field, had two hits and scored the first two Mets runs. Doesn't he look like Dave Magadan?
Ollie Perez threw six strong innings for the win, allowing five hits and three walks with five strikeouts. Aaron Heilman came up huge in relief with two scoreless innings, allowing one hit while walking two. With Duaner Sanchez having issues recently, you wonder if Heilman has worked his way back into the eighth-inning mix. Billy Wagner struck out two in the ninth for his 27th save of the season.
Meanwhile, the results of John Maine's MRI showed that he has a mild strain of the rotator cuff and he will likely skip his turn in the rotation and see how it goes. Gary Cohen announced the news ominously during an at-bat. "We have the results of John Maine's MRI," he said, pausing to describe the action on the field while Mets fans held their collective breath at home.
It's all about the drama, Gary.
With no outs and David Wright on first, Delgado squared to bunt against the shift but the ball was high and tight. Sure enough, with the count 2-2, Delgado blasted a two-run homer to right (landing in a section of Mets fans - there were plenty of them at Dolphins Stadium) to give the Mets a 4-1 lead and the win.
We've seen Carlos Beltran bunt runners over and it is maddening. Middle-of-the-order hitters are there to drive in runs, not move runners around. Hopefully, Beltran took notes last night.
Nick Evans, getting the start in left field, had two hits and scored the first two Mets runs. Doesn't he look like Dave Magadan?
Ollie Perez threw six strong innings for the win, allowing five hits and three walks with five strikeouts. Aaron Heilman came up huge in relief with two scoreless innings, allowing one hit while walking two. With Duaner Sanchez having issues recently, you wonder if Heilman has worked his way back into the eighth-inning mix. Billy Wagner struck out two in the ninth for his 27th save of the season.
Meanwhile, the results of John Maine's MRI showed that he has a mild strain of the rotator cuff and he will likely skip his turn in the rotation and see how it goes. Gary Cohen announced the news ominously during an at-bat. "We have the results of John Maine's MRI," he said, pausing to describe the action on the field while Mets fans held their collective breath at home.
It's all about the drama, Gary.
posted by Gaspo @ 6:43 AM
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