Mets Game 77: Win Over Brewers
Mets 1 Brewers 0
Too much, the magic bus … magic bus!
Fresh off a wonderful bonding session through the streets of Milwaukee, the New York Mets pounded Yovani Gallardo for five hits and an entire run to claim their first victory in six games.
Mike Pelfrey was spectacular, exhibiting the skillset and resolve of an ace. No temper tantrums in the dugout, no glaring at teammates for making mistakes, no meatballs to sluggers on 0-2 counts, and no free passes to the opposing pitcher — just 7 2/3 solid innings of hard-nosed pitching.
The lone Mets run was scored by Luis Castillo on a single by red-hot Ryan Church in the sixth inning.
Sean Green retired the one batter he faced in the 8th to pull Pelf out of a jam, and Frankie Rodriguez made things interesting before notching his 21st save.
Notes
No one has confirmed whether it was the magic bus ride or the family talk that was the reason for the Mets victory. But it had to be either one or the other, if not both. That Jerry Manuel is one heckuva motivator, as we all know.
Next Mets Game
The Mets ride the magic bus to Pittsburgh for another day game on Thursday. Tim Redding faces Pat Maholm in a 12:35 PM start.
The Mets will have to play Netherlands baseball until the big bats come back. Hopefully we can be like the Brewers were last year and get the wild card. Meanwhile games like these are sometimes fun but it would be nice to put some runs on the board.
It’s 1973 in the NL East.
But hey; the Mets are 1-0 in their last 1, undefeated in July and haven’t given up a run yet this month.
The (shot) glass is half full…
indeed MY thing is with a mature pitching staff LED by JS…they HAVE to be mistake free and capitalize when the Mets do score by throwing quality pitches.
I’m not saying it’s going to happen, but a Met win today, paired with a Phillies loss, puts us 1 game back with a 3 game weekend series coming up. And if the Mets win that series, (depending on what Florida does) the Mets could be in first. Chew on that.