The sweep we've all been waiting for
It's become the mantra for the Mets as we head down the stretch: Beat the bad teams. And a team like Washington, which is downright awful, should be swept, even on the road.
Well, the Mets finally did it, and swept a pathetic team when it beat the Nationals, 9-3, Thursday night in Washington. And thanks go out once again to the Dodgers, who beat the Phillies to give the Mets sole possession of first place in the NL East. LA swept the Phillies in their four-game set, and Philly has now lost five of their last seven.
Ollie Perez shut out the Nats for six innings before allowing three runs in the seventh to make it 5-3, which made any Mets fan nervous. But the Mets piled on in the ninth, scoring four runs, two on a CLUTCH pinch-hit single by Damion Easley, and then two more when Carlos Delgado reached on a throwing error by second baseman Emilio Bonifacio.
Joe Smith came on to retire the pesky Rafael Belliard to end the Nats' threat in the seventh, but he walked two in the eighth with one out, giving way to Duaner Sanchez, who is starting to get back on the beam. Sanchez got two outs to end the inning, and Aaron Heilman mopped up with a six-run lead.
Brian Schneider hit his third homer of the season and got the faux silent treatment from his teammates in the dugout, and Delgado hit his 26th of the year, a liner over the wall in left. So Delgado, who was all but run out of town before the All-Star break, could end up hitting 30-plus homers and 90-plus RBI, with an average around .265.
Do the Mets keep him next season and pay a premium? Let's worry about that later.
For now, it's off to Pittsburgh for four games against another club playing out the string. Can we win three, please?
Well, the Mets finally did it, and swept a pathetic team when it beat the Nationals, 9-3, Thursday night in Washington. And thanks go out once again to the Dodgers, who beat the Phillies to give the Mets sole possession of first place in the NL East. LA swept the Phillies in their four-game set, and Philly has now lost five of their last seven.
Ollie Perez shut out the Nats for six innings before allowing three runs in the seventh to make it 5-3, which made any Mets fan nervous. But the Mets piled on in the ninth, scoring four runs, two on a CLUTCH pinch-hit single by Damion Easley, and then two more when Carlos Delgado reached on a throwing error by second baseman Emilio Bonifacio.
Joe Smith came on to retire the pesky Rafael Belliard to end the Nats' threat in the seventh, but he walked two in the eighth with one out, giving way to Duaner Sanchez, who is starting to get back on the beam. Sanchez got two outs to end the inning, and Aaron Heilman mopped up with a six-run lead.
Brian Schneider hit his third homer of the season and got the faux silent treatment from his teammates in the dugout, and Delgado hit his 26th of the year, a liner over the wall in left. So Delgado, who was all but run out of town before the All-Star break, could end up hitting 30-plus homers and 90-plus RBI, with an average around .265.
Do the Mets keep him next season and pay a premium? Let's worry about that later.
For now, it's off to Pittsburgh for four games against another club playing out the string. Can we win three, please?
posted by Gaspo @ 6:26 AM
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