They Say It's a Game of Inches
The Happy Recap: Mets 5, Braves 2
After a comedy of Atlanta errors, Nate McLouth's ninth-inning bid to tie the ballgame off KRod with a monster shot to right went foul by inches, and Francisco was then able to hold on to save a much needed win for Hisanori Takahashi.
THE GOOD: When you hit your first major league homerun like Ike Davis did last night, it's always nice to launch the ball 450 feet. What a blast! And how about that Hisanori Takahashi? He took over for an injured John Maine, struck out 7 in 3 innings, won his first major league game, and even singled in his first big-league at-bat! Jose Reyes hit in the 3-spot in the order and went 2 for 4 including a double and a triple, and David Wright drove in 2 big runs in the game. It's all good as they say...
THE BAD: Poor John Maine. He had his best start of the season, but had to leave the game in the fourth inning with muscle spasms in his left elbow. Jerry Manuel has indicated he may not make his next start. But other than that, we like the Mets and hate the Braves so let's concentrate on how bad Atlanta was. While our rookie phenom hit a monster dinger, Atlanta rookie Jason Heyward went 0 for 4 and struck out three times (once with the bases loaded - nice!). And although McLouth almost tied the game in the ninth as mentioned before, he went 0 for 5 with the golden sombrero.
THE UGLY: You don't see this too much from the Braves, but the bottom of the seventh turned ugly when Chipper Jones dropped Jose Reyes towering pop fly to the infield. Although the infield fly rule was invoked, Braves catcher Brian McCann ended up unnecessarily throwing the ball to first base so first baseman Eric Hinske could tag Reyes out (he was out automatically). Meanwhile, a heads-up Angel Pagan broke for home and slide in headfirst just under the tag from Chipper Jones, who had to run quickly himself to cover the unoccupied homeplate. A play like that usually happens AGAINST the Mets, so in this case, we'll take ugly...
THE PULSE of the GAME
After a comedy of Atlanta errors, Nate McLouth's ninth-inning bid to tie the ballgame off KRod with a monster shot to right went foul by inches, and Francisco was then able to hold on to save a much needed win for Hisanori Takahashi.
THE GOOD: When you hit your first major league homerun like Ike Davis did last night, it's always nice to launch the ball 450 feet. What a blast! And how about that Hisanori Takahashi? He took over for an injured John Maine, struck out 7 in 3 innings, won his first major league game, and even singled in his first big-league at-bat! Jose Reyes hit in the 3-spot in the order and went 2 for 4 including a double and a triple, and David Wright drove in 2 big runs in the game. It's all good as they say...
THE BAD: Poor John Maine. He had his best start of the season, but had to leave the game in the fourth inning with muscle spasms in his left elbow. Jerry Manuel has indicated he may not make his next start. But other than that, we like the Mets and hate the Braves so let's concentrate on how bad Atlanta was. While our rookie phenom hit a monster dinger, Atlanta rookie Jason Heyward went 0 for 4 and struck out three times (once with the bases loaded - nice!). And although McLouth almost tied the game in the ninth as mentioned before, he went 0 for 5 with the golden sombrero.
THE UGLY: You don't see this too much from the Braves, but the bottom of the seventh turned ugly when Chipper Jones dropped Jose Reyes towering pop fly to the infield. Although the infield fly rule was invoked, Braves catcher Brian McCann ended up unnecessarily throwing the ball to first base so first baseman Eric Hinske could tag Reyes out (he was out automatically). Meanwhile, a heads-up Angel Pagan broke for home and slide in headfirst just under the tag from Chipper Jones, who had to run quickly himself to cover the unoccupied homeplate. A play like that usually happens AGAINST the Mets, so in this case, we'll take ugly...
THE PULSE of the GAME
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