Mets 6 Phillies Phive After going up 6-1, this game got a little too close for comfort. Helped by a huge strike zone from home plate umpire Adam Dowdy, El Duque pitched six solid innings, striking out seven, walking two, and allowing three hits and two runs. His opponent, JD Durbin, did not fare as … Read more
Mets 2 Cardinals 0 The Mets are so good these days, it took them only six innings to beat the Cardinals. In reality, it was the rain that washed out the last three innings of the ballgame, but we’ll take it. As per the script, the Mets jumped ahead in the first inning on a … Read more
Cardinals 5 Mets 3 Is it possible to win when your entire team is nearly out-hit by a 98-pound weakling named Brendan Ryan? OK, he’s listed at 6’2″ 195, but don’t believe it for a minute. He might actually be David Eckstein in elevator spikes and a larger uniform. Ryan, a banjo hitter in the … Read more
Mets 2 Cardinals 1 After being no-hit for eight innings, Shawn Green finally broke the Mets offensive drought with a 410-foot blast off the scoreboard in the bottom of the eleventh — his second career homer off Cardinals reliever Russ Springer (against whom he is now 2-11). Aaron Heilman scooped up the win, topping off … Read more
Mets 10 Athletics 2 What a difference a weekend makes. Less than 100 hours after we were ready to press the panic button, the New York Mets have righted the ship and swept the Oakland Athletics out of Shea Stadium. John Maine was nearly spectacular, giving the Mets seven strong innings, allowing just five hits, … Read more
Mets 1 Athletics 0 We won a series! We won a series! Who cares what happens on Sunday — the Mets FINALLY won a series. Perhaps more importantly, they shut out a team, and won by a very slim margin, and won in the last inning. All these facts are good for gumption. And gumption … Read more
Mets 9 Athletics 1 Wow … who were those masked men? A gaggle of athletes that looked strikingly similar to the squad of April 2007 suited up in the Mets’ blue and orange for the first contest of a three-game set, and pounded the Oakland Athletics for nine runs on eleven hits, giving the Mets … Read more
Twins 6 Mets 2 Oliver Perez did not have his good stuff, but still pitched well enough to win — especially considering that the Mets were facing a shaky young pitcher with an ERA north of seven. Perez struggled through five and a third innings, allowing five hits, five walks, and four runs — though … Read more
