Happy Recap: Mets 6 Marlins 2
The Mets needed this game to avoid losing the series. As long as they keep winning series I think they will be all right.
Carlos Beltran came through with a big home run to answer the Marlins' 2-run first inning.
After that they got back-to-back homers from Nick Evans and David Wright to take the lead.
And Pedro pitched pretty well after his rough first inning. He put tons of guys on in the first three innings but then retired 8 in a row to build the bridge to the bullpen.
Manuel was able to manipulate the bullpen to get Schoeneweis and Heilman through the 7th, then Feliciano and Smith in the 8th and turned it over to Brian Stokes in the 9th. Right now Stokes is the Mets most reliable reliever, but like everyone else he seems to pitch everyday (5 of the last 6 games) so he'll likely break down eventually, like everyone else.
But the key here was the Mets added insurance runs in the 7th on hits from Reyes and Church and tacked one more on with a sacrifice fly from Beltran.
That cushion seemed to give the bullpen the confidence to pitch 3 good innings and close this victory out.
Carlos Beltran came through with a big home run to answer the Marlins' 2-run first inning.
After that they got back-to-back homers from Nick Evans and David Wright to take the lead.
And Pedro pitched pretty well after his rough first inning. He put tons of guys on in the first three innings but then retired 8 in a row to build the bridge to the bullpen.
Manuel was able to manipulate the bullpen to get Schoeneweis and Heilman through the 7th, then Feliciano and Smith in the 8th and turned it over to Brian Stokes in the 9th. Right now Stokes is the Mets most reliable reliever, but like everyone else he seems to pitch everyday (5 of the last 6 games) so he'll likely break down eventually, like everyone else.
But the key here was the Mets added insurance runs in the 7th on hits from Reyes and Church and tacked one more on with a sacrifice fly from Beltran.
That cushion seemed to give the bullpen the confidence to pitch 3 good innings and close this victory out.
Labels: happy recap, marlins, pedro martinez
posted by Paul at 3:16 PM
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to give the Mets some help in the pen, they're calling up a bunch of arms from the minors. they asked me to work out, but i'd have to give up my social security checks.
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