We Like Ike
The Happy Recap: Mets 6, Cubs 1
The Mets put up a 5-spot in the seventh inning to put the game away against the hapless Cubbies, while Ike Davis' debut went just about as well as you can hope for.
THE GOOD: The Mets finally made a good move, calling up Ike Davis and DFA'ing the totally useless Mike Jacobs. Davis re
sponded to the opportunity by singling in his first major league at-bat, then drove in a run in the seventh with another hit, going 2-4 on the night. While we can't consider Davis the savior for the team's early season woes, he certainly brightened up the lineup. And despite Ike's successful start, the real hitting star of the game was Angel Pagan, who homered and drove in two runs. Even Jason Bay contributed with an rbi, as did Luis Castillo - and Jon Niese provided the team with 5 2/3 innings without allowing an earned run.
THE BAD: Another day, another strikeout for the ridiculously bad Gary Matthews Jr., who couldn't even advance a Jose Reyes on a simple sacrifice. Luckily, his failure didn't hurt, due to Pagan's homerun, which was the Mets' first extra base hit since the ninth inning Friday night in St. Louis. Jose Reyes was 0 for 17 and hitting just .154 when he got hit by a pitch to reach base. It was bad, it was painful, but Reyes at least took one for the team!
THE UGLY: In honor of Jackie Robinson, I got to bowl on lane 42 last night in our Monday night bowling league. Trust me, the scores were not pretty...
THE PULSE of the GAME
The Mets put up a 5-spot in the seventh inning to put the game away against the hapless Cubbies, while Ike Davis' debut went just about as well as you can hope for.
THE GOOD: The Mets finally made a good move, calling up Ike Davis and DFA'ing the totally useless Mike Jacobs. Davis re
sponded to the opportunity by singling in his first major league at-bat, then drove in a run in the seventh with another hit, going 2-4 on the night. While we can't consider Davis the savior for the team's early season woes, he certainly brightened up the lineup. And despite Ike's successful start, the real hitting star of the game was Angel Pagan, who homered and drove in two runs. Even Jason Bay contributed with an rbi, as did Luis Castillo - and Jon Niese provided the team with 5 2/3 innings without allowing an earned run.THE BAD: Another day, another strikeout for the ridiculously bad Gary Matthews Jr., who couldn't even advance a Jose Reyes on a simple sacrifice. Luckily, his failure didn't hurt, due to Pagan's homerun, which was the Mets' first extra base hit since the ninth inning Friday night in St. Louis. Jose Reyes was 0 for 17 and hitting just .154 when he got hit by a pitch to reach base. It was bad, it was painful, but Reyes at least took one for the team!
THE UGLY: In honor of Jackie Robinson, I got to bowl on lane 42 last night in our Monday night bowling league. Trust me, the scores were not pretty...
THE PULSE of the GAME
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