17
2012
Gee Cruises, Bay and Davis Homer In 6-1 Win Over Braves
An article by Former Writers
Recap
Mets are just spoiling us with all this offense including the homeruns. Ike Davis with a three-run homerun to break the game open, and after Jason Bay robbed the Braves of a homerun, hit one himself deep in center field for a solo shot and an insurance run. Broken fingers seem to be helping the Mets.
Dillon Gee had a great start this afternoon allowing only one run on four hits in seven innings pitched. He walked one and struck out five including two huge strikeouts to end the seventh. He had his stuff working tonight with his pitches moving well and keeping it low in the zone. He kept from repeating his sequence of pitches which kept the batters off guard. He said facing the Braves so many times last year has helped him learn about batters swings, when they are aggressive, and what pitches they like. I’m still not hundred percent confident in him, but you can tell he’s learning and learning quick. We might just have something in Dillon Gee.
Jon Rauch and Tim Byrdak combined for two shutout innings to end the game. The bullpen bounces back after the blunder last night. “Here’s the pitch, strikes him out. The ball game is over!” Love hearing Gary say that.
Wright, Tejada, Niewenhuis, and Thole all continue their hitting with a hit each, and two hits for Josh.
Ike, Duda, and Bay all with averages under .200 but they seem to be the ones with the bombs.
Notes
Tejada has his sixth double of the season. Leads the NL. Jose who?
Mets have won the first four games against the Braves this season and are 7-3 for the season. Good for tied for first in the NL East.
Hero of the Game
Bay and Ike each homer, but Dillon Gee was fearless and gets the honor.
Up Next
Santana looks to face the Braves in his third start of the season. Game time 7:10 pm.
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NL East Standings
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braves | 24 | 18 | .571 | - |
| Nationals | 23 | 20 | .535 | 1.5 |
| Phillies | 20 | 23 | .465 | 4.5 |
| Mets | 16 | 24 | .400 | 7.0 |
| Marlins | 11 | 32 | .256 | 13.5 |
Last updated: 05/18/2013
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good win! Mets are pitching!
What a game. Where to begin?
Gee a solid start vs a division rival to end their 5 game winning streak.
Jason Bay with a great catch and follows up later with a HR.
How about Mr Tejada? Rebounds from a 3 strike out day and gets a nice extra base hit.
IKE with the shot of the night. Ikestanding!!!
Rauch continues to impress.
There is so much to enjoy from this game.
Mets are for the 3rd time this year 4 games above .500. Doing it vs the NL East.
LGM!!! Enjoying the ride.
What’s not to like tonight?
- Gee
- Bay
- Ike
- BP
Let’s take this series too.
We’re gonna win a lot of games this year if just one of the guys in the middle of the lineup comes up big. We’ve got the 3-4-5-6 guys who all have power potential (each has multiple home runs this year). Just one of them has to go yard (tonight Davis and Bay both obliged) and chances are we’ll win the game. That’s an Amazin’ luxury to have, and it’s sure paid its dividends so far this year. Another great win!
agreed with this guy
Jason Bay…not since a certain Endy!!!
Dillon Gee was excellent tonight. Kept the red hot Braves off balance all night. He bailled Thole out in the 7th after the catchers interference. After striking out the last 2 hitters in the 7th I thought for sure he’d come back out to start the 8th. TC can’t stay way from using that pen. I hope it doesn’t come back to bite us in the ass later in the season. Ike’s 3 run shot came off of a pretty good pitch. Hopefully he gets going now.
I think the dimensions being a bit more fairer to Met hitters at home will also have it’s benefits on the road since Bay, Duda, Wright and Davis can take their natural cuts instead of cutting back on their power and messing up their approach to compensate for the park’s former distances and walls. One has to stick with his batting approach and cannot simply change it for when on the road.
And, at the same time, our pitchers can be a bit more relaxed knowing we have the long ball in our arsenal to come back from being a few runs down. They don’t have to press like they did before.
Where’s “The Core”??
Hahahahahahaha????
Let’s go Mets!!!
Well I don’t know about THAT core but the Mets New core is 5/6 first batters.
A better question to ask is: Where is T Agee?
The Mets are now fielding an almost all homegrown lineup, and are destroying the Atlanta Braves. lol.
Great game last night overall. as i said it in the series preview, if we jump this team 2 or 3 runs ahed, they won’t catch up, this braves team is not built to be a come from behind team but they can win the close games, or at least last year until they CHOKED!!!