Bats, bullpen bail out Bad Ollie
This offseason, as the Mets ponder whether or not to make an offer -- a substantial one -- to pending free agent Oliver Perez, they'll be aware that while Perez is becoming a formidable presence on the mound, he will on occasion suck. Badly. Like he did Tuesday night against the Nationals.
Bad Ollie reared its ugly head and it took another fine performance by the bullpen and some serious slugging -- again powered by Carlos Delgado -- to overcome the Nats, 10-8.
Every Mets starter had a hit in the game and the top five in the lineup went a combined 11-for-21 with three walks and eight RBI. Delgado, of course, was the heavy hitter with his seventh multiple home run game of the season, tying one of my all-time favorites, Dave Kingman, for club record.
Carlos Beltran's homer was the biggest hit of the game; the two-run shot in the sixth gave the Mets a 9-8 lead, and one batter later, Delgado blasted his second of the game. He hit two out in his previous game and is so hot that manager Jerry Manuel compared his second-half play to that of Albert Belle, who hit 31 second-half homers in 1998.
Not to be lost were the two-hit games by David Wright and Jose Reyes, who have been slumping of late. Also big was the homer by Ryan Church, who drove in two runs and is looking more and more comfortable out there.
Brandon Knight allowed a run in the sixth but otherwise, the bullpen was -- again -- perfect, which was huge since Perez didn't make it out of the fourth. Figueroa, Knight, Smith, Schoeneweis and Stokes allowed just two hits before giving way to Luis Ayala, who threw 10 strikes on 13 pitches to get his sixth save of the season.
Mike Pelfrey goes Wednesday night as the Mets look for the two-game sweep and to extend their lead over the Phillies, who fell into a huge hole against the Marlins and lost, 10-8. The Phils are 2 1/2 games back, 3 back in the loss column.
Bad Ollie reared its ugly head and it took another fine performance by the bullpen and some serious slugging -- again powered by Carlos Delgado -- to overcome the Nats, 10-8.
Every Mets starter had a hit in the game and the top five in the lineup went a combined 11-for-21 with three walks and eight RBI. Delgado, of course, was the heavy hitter with his seventh multiple home run game of the season, tying one of my all-time favorites, Dave Kingman, for club record.
Carlos Beltran's homer was the biggest hit of the game; the two-run shot in the sixth gave the Mets a 9-8 lead, and one batter later, Delgado blasted his second of the game. He hit two out in his previous game and is so hot that manager Jerry Manuel compared his second-half play to that of Albert Belle, who hit 31 second-half homers in 1998.
Not to be lost were the two-hit games by David Wright and Jose Reyes, who have been slumping of late. Also big was the homer by Ryan Church, who drove in two runs and is looking more and more comfortable out there.
Brandon Knight allowed a run in the sixth but otherwise, the bullpen was -- again -- perfect, which was huge since Perez didn't make it out of the fourth. Figueroa, Knight, Smith, Schoeneweis and Stokes allowed just two hits before giving way to Luis Ayala, who threw 10 strikes on 13 pitches to get his sixth save of the season.
Mike Pelfrey goes Wednesday night as the Mets look for the two-game sweep and to extend their lead over the Phillies, who fell into a huge hole against the Marlins and lost, 10-8. The Phils are 2 1/2 games back, 3 back in the loss column.
posted by Gaspo @ 6:11 AM
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