Francoeur's Double Puts Mets at .500 and Ahead of Dog-gone Braves
The Happy Recap: Mets 3, Braves 1
Jeff Francoeur's having a very streaky season so far, but his rbi double in the seventh inning and his throwing arm in the fifth were all the Mets and KRod needed to hold off the Braves for the third straight game.
THE GOOD: Jon Niese turned in a wild but effective 5 innings, but Manny Acosta won the game instead, his first game as a Met and first since he beat the Mets as a member of the Braves last year. And even though KRod recorded his third save of the year, it was really Jose Reyes that saved the game with a leaping backhanded nab of Brian McCann's liner to end the eighth inning with 2 runners on. A nice group effort from the Mets bullpen coupled with Jason Bay's 3 for 4 day plus Henry Blanco's first stolen base in nine years made for a nice day for Mets baseball. After a bad start, the Mets are now at .500 and have a shot at a 4-game sweep of the hated Braves with Mike Pelfrey on the hill next.
THE BAD: Other than David Wright having struck out for the 11th straight game, the Braves bad baserunning skills were on full display in the fifth inning. Troy Glaus hit a sharp liner to right with runners on 2nd and 3rd and 1 out. The Braves Yunel Escobar, perhaps afraid of Jeff Francoeur's strong arm, failed to tag up at third, but Martin Prado (the runner at second) decided to tag to advance to third and got caught in a run-down play. He was quickly tagged out, failing to give Escobar time to score and running the Braves out of the inning. It's nice to be on the good side of bad plays every once in a while.
THE UGLY: Yesterday was "Bark in the Park" day with many fans bringing their dogs on the field before the game. Obviously, the Mets promotional department didn't think this one through as, let us just say, there were many "souvenirs" all around the ballpark.
THE PULSE of the GAME
Jeff Francoeur's having a very streaky season so far, but his rbi double in the seventh inning and his throwing arm in the fifth were all the Mets and KRod needed to hold off the Braves for the third straight game.
THE GOOD: Jon Niese turned in a wild but effective 5 innings, but Manny Acosta won the game instead, his first game as a Met and first since he beat the Mets as a member of the Braves last year. And even though KRod recorded his third save of the year, it was really Jose Reyes that saved the game with a leaping backhanded nab of Brian McCann's liner to end the eighth inning with 2 runners on. A nice group effort from the Mets bullpen coupled with Jason Bay's 3 for 4 day plus Henry Blanco's first stolen base in nine years made for a nice day for Mets baseball. After a bad start, the Mets are now at .500 and have a shot at a 4-game sweep of the hated Braves with Mike Pelfrey on the hill next.THE BAD: Other than David Wright having struck out for the 11th straight game, the Braves bad baserunning skills were on full display in the fifth inning. Troy Glaus hit a sharp liner to right with runners on 2nd and 3rd and 1 out. The Braves Yunel Escobar, perhaps afraid of Jeff Francoeur's strong arm, failed to tag up at third, but Martin Prado (the runner at second) decided to tag to advance to third and got caught in a run-down play. He was quickly tagged out, failing to give Escobar time to score and running the Braves out of the inning. It's nice to be on the good side of bad plays every once in a while.
THE UGLY: Yesterday was "Bark in the Park" day with many fans bringing their dogs on the field before the game. Obviously, the Mets promotional department didn't think this one through as, let us just say, there were many "souvenirs" all around the ballpark.
THE PULSE of the GAME
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