11
2009
Mets Make It Seven Straight, Beat Pirates 8-4
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Game Summary
Livan Hernandez survived a shaky start, but settled down and gave the Mets six solid innings, as the Mets won their seventh straight and beat the Pirates 8-4 on Sunday. Carlos Beltran, Luis Castillo and Omir Santos each drove in a pair of runs for the Mets, who continued their offensive revival at the plate. The Mets are now all alone if first place. That’s right – take it all in Mets fans!
Mets Pitching
Livan Hernandez didn’t look as sharp as he did in his last start, but pitched well enough to win and what more can you ask for from your fifth starter. He got into trouble in the first inning, but then settled down and completed six innings, allowing two runs and seven hits for the win.
The bullpen was solid, well almost solid. Pedro Feliciano pitched a scoreless seventh. J.J. Putz followed with a scoreless eighth, and then Sean Green came out to pitch the ninth. Green allowed a walk and then served up a two-run homer to Nate McLouth. Green now has a 9.00 ERA.
I’m sure that whenever Tim Redding is activated, Sean Green will be sent to AAA-Buffalo. But lets focus on the positives right now!
Mets Hitting
The Mets bast came alive in the fourth inning again when the got on the board with three runs to take the lead. Omir Santos had the big hit when he singled in both David Wright and Dan Murphy with the tying and winning runs.
The Mets tacked on four more runs in the eighth when Jose Reyes walked with the bases loaded, Castillo hit a sac fly and Beltran drove home two more when he launched a double that just missed being a three run homer.
The Mets stole four bases in the game including two by Luis Castillo who now has four, one by Reyes who has 10, and one by Wright who now has five.
Random Thoughts
The Mets seven-game win streak is their longest since they won ten straight games last July 5-17. Every Mets starter has gone at least six innings during this win streak, and they’re a combined 6-0 with a 2.26 ERA.
Jose Reyes reached 300 career stolen bases, was 2-for-4 and finished the series 7-for-13 with four runs scored. Oh, he’s back alright!
Catcher Omir Santos, had two hits in the game to raise his batting average to .300. He also drove in two runs and nailed a runner at second base on an attempted steal. Brian who?
Game Ball
Luis Castillo went 2-4 with two ribbies and two swipes! He is batting .333 this season…
Up Next
How incredible does this sound… We have a seven game winning streak going and Johan Santana goes against Derek Lowe and the Braves tomorrow! LGM!
About the Author: Joe DeCaro
Went to my first Mets game, a Mayors Trophy game at Shea, in '73. We beat the Yankees 8-4 and I was hooked. I marched in two Banner Day parades, and before the Grand Slam single, there was the "Hendu Can Do" grand slam - I was there. I've collected Mets memorabilia all my life and started Mets Merized Online to feed my addiction.
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Oh, how sweet it is! The only thing that could have made this better, for me, was if both the Marlins and the Phillies lost today – which they did!
Life is beautiful.
Right on Rissa!
OMG, how great to see them continue to get contributions from all over and dominate. Okay, so it’s just Pitt., but the point is we didn’t play those guys well last year.
Mets now have confidence to beat anybody at any time. The feel much more lik ’06 than ’08 to me.
That we’re getting this in May is absolutely beautiful.
We all know that if the pitching is decent–and we stay relatively healthy (lots of knocking on wood!), our batting order is gonna take care of most comers!
Go, Mets, Go!
Well, what can you say? For the past month, all of us Mets’ fans (and yes I include myself in this bunch) were flipping our lids because we couldn’t see the fire or edge or whatever you want to call it in this team to win games that we thought the players could. Now, we’re in first place and Mets Nation could not be happier. I hope that we all realize that in April, it’s just about getting yourself into gear and the Mets seem to have done that now in the start of May. The Mets have found their groove thanks to some productive hitting, better defense, more aggressive base-running tactics, and better pitching performances. I’m impressed, excited, and pleased with everything; let’s hope it keeps up and that we get these results in September too. You know what I mean.
The best part about this seven game win streak is that we have Johan going tomorrow!
What a great week it was for Mets fans. Lets do it again!
I was at yesterdays game as well as Friday nights, and I’d like to mention that Daniel Murphy had two games in a row where he made some pretty good plays in the outfield. Seems the extra work he’s putting in is starting to come around.
It is also nice to see Luis Castillo getting cheered from the crowd.