First Place Mets Two Much For Dodgers
The Happy Recap: Mets 4, Dodgers 0 (Game 1); Mets 10, Dodgers 5 (Game 2)
Johan Santana, Jason Bay, David Wright and a huge effort by the bullpen helped the Mets sweep the Dodgers for the first time since 1971, and it was their first doubleheader sweep since the Phillies in 2007.
THE GOOD: In game one, Jason Bay finally hit his first dinger as a Met, a solo shot in the fourth. And with Luis Castillo's RBI single, he has quietly reached base in 16 of 17 games this season. The team only scored 4 runs, but it was a steady attack with the first six hitters in the lineup having had a hit apiece in the game. Johan Santana wasn't great, but he still pitched shutout ball for 6 innings, after which the bullpen of Fernando Nieve and Pedro Feliciano shut them down to get Santana his 3rd win of the year.
In game two, it was all David Wright, who went 3 for 3 with a triple and drove in 4 runs, He also reached a milestone with his 1,000 career hit and stopped his strikeout-a-game streak at 12. Hopefully he's showing signs of breaking out of his season long doldrums.
Ike Davis also came up big with a 1 for 2 night, including a walk, a double, and three RBI. And you just can't say enough about Hisanori Takahashi, who was outstanding once again in the bullpen, going 3 plus innings allowing just 1 run while K'ing 5 and getting his 2nd win of the season. (perhaps a 5th starter for this team at the expense of Perez or Maine?)
THE BAD: The Dodger defense is bad. Plus, Oliver Perez allowed 3 runs in just over 3 innings and clearly didn't have it. His ERA somehow is only 4.35 however. Besides that, if you have to criticize the Mets for something after a day like this, it's that the pitching staff sure allows a lot of men to reach base. Add 5 walks to the 5 Dodger hits in game 1, plus 6 walks in game 2, and eventually it's going to catch up with you. But Met pitchers seem to always pitch out of trouble, so despite walks are bad, it's all good right now.
THE UGLY: All this talk about doubleheaders takes me back to the good old days - when doubleheaders were doubleheaders. You bought a ticket and stayed for both games and if you were lucky enough, it was Banner Day and you got to walk on the field. Today, you go to the first game, then they clear out the stadium for different fans to attend the next game. You should be able to watch two at the ballpark if it's really a doubleheader. Anything else is just plain ugly.
THE PULSE of GAME 1
THE PULSE of GAME 2
Johan Santana, Jason Bay, David Wright and a huge effort by the bullpen helped the Mets sweep the Dodgers for the first time since 1971, and it was their first doubleheader sweep since the Phillies in 2007.
THE GOOD: In game one, Jason Bay finally hit his first dinger as a Met, a solo shot in the fourth. And with Luis Castillo's RBI single, he has quietly reached base in 16 of 17 games this season. The team only scored 4 runs, but it was a steady attack with the first six hitters in the lineup having had a hit apiece in the game. Johan Santana wasn't great, but he still pitched shutout ball for 6 innings, after which the bullpen of Fernando Nieve and Pedro Feliciano shut them down to get Santana his 3rd win of the year.In game two, it was all David Wright, who went 3 for 3 with a triple and drove in 4 runs, He also reached a milestone with his 1,000 career hit and stopped his strikeout-a-game streak at 12. Hopefully he's showing signs of breaking out of his season long doldrums.
Ike Davis also came up big with a 1 for 2 night, including a walk, a double, and three RBI. And you just can't say enough about Hisanori Takahashi, who was outstanding once again in the bullpen, going 3 plus innings allowing just 1 run while K'ing 5 and getting his 2nd win of the season. (perhaps a 5th starter for this team at the expense of Perez or Maine?)THE BAD: The Dodger defense is bad. Plus, Oliver Perez allowed 3 runs in just over 3 innings and clearly didn't have it. His ERA somehow is only 4.35 however. Besides that, if you have to criticize the Mets for something after a day like this, it's that the pitching staff sure allows a lot of men to reach base. Add 5 walks to the 5 Dodger hits in game 1, plus 6 walks in game 2, and eventually it's going to catch up with you. But Met pitchers seem to always pitch out of trouble, so despite walks are bad, it's all good right now.
THE UGLY: All this talk about doubleheaders takes me back to the good old days - when doubleheaders were doubleheaders. You bought a ticket and stayed for both games and if you were lucky enough, it was Banner Day and you got to walk on the field. Today, you go to the first game, then they clear out the stadium for different fans to attend the next game. You should be able to watch two at the ballpark if it's really a doubleheader. Anything else is just plain ugly.
THE PULSE of GAME 1
THE PULSE of GAME 2
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