Mets Look Pretty In Pink As They Beat Reds 8-3
Not bad... not bad at all...
Maybe the Mets should consider playing with their pink bats at least for a few more days. Okay what about just Carlos Beltran and Ryan Church? Today they both connected on back-to-back homeruns in the fifth inning to sink the Reds 8-3 and take the rubber game of the series on a beautiful Mothers Day afternoon at Shea. It was the second straight day they went back-to-back. Carlos Delgado and Brian Schneider went back-to-back in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader.
Just like they did during yesterdays first game of the double-header, the Mets bats came alive and exploded for 14 hits, 7 of them for extra bases. Carlos Beltran's bat has started to get hot since having Church hitting behind him in the five spot.
Marlon Anderson and Moises Alou both hit doubles, and Alou picked up a couple of RBI's in the process. Table-setters Castillo and Reyes went a combined 5 for 8 and Reyes added two stolen bases. Luis Castillo came out of the game with a strained quad muscle in the sixth inning.
Oliver Perez pitched good enough to win. He went six innings and allowed 3 hits, 4 walks and 3 earned runs, with all of the runs coming in his final inning of work. He gave up a double, triple and threw a wild pitch in that frame. At times he looked dominating today, but he was not able to maintain it. All in all it was his best start in a long time. It was his first win since April 19th. Oliver Perez treated the crowd when he took off and stole second base in the second inning without a throw.
The bullpen did a great job pitching three scoreless innings. Hat's off to Pedro Feliciano, Scott Schoeneweis and Joe Smith! Poor Joe is probably sitting in Willie's office right now being told to empty his locker and hit the road.
I think the Mets did what they had to do and took two out of three from the Reds, however I expect nothing less than a sweep of the Nats!
Lets give today's Game Ball to Oliver Perez and all the Moms who were at the game today!
Comments
When ever Perez pitches its like watching a time bomb. You just never know when its gonna explode and give up 5 runs. All in all though a good game from the Mets, they should definatly stay with the pink bats. Should have been a sweep, but I will take the 2 of 3.
Posted by: Vegas Chris | May 11, 2008 08:40 PM
I dont wanna see Smith split. But Sosa needs some more work and doesnt have a send down option like Joe does. And lets see what Wise does. Anyway we're not playing hit run games. Its time for the bats to come & stay alive.
Posted by: Sydd Fynch | May 11, 2008 10:18 PM
the only thing that deserves to be booed at shea is wayne hagin's play by play and the 8th inning sing a long.
Posted by: Miguel | May 12, 2008 12:08 AM