Mets 8 Padres 4

Mets remain undefeated and remain at the top of the NL East standings.

Don’t look now, but the Mets have won 4 in a row.  How’d they do it?  By beating up on teams that are even less competent than they are.  They swept the hapless Marlins in a series that Mets’ radio announcer Josh Lewin described as “schadenfreude theater.”  It was nice to see another team implode for a change.  Then they won the first game of the series against the Pirates, a team that has echoed the Mets’ pattern of getting off to a hot start, only to collapse in the second half.  Ike Davis hit 2 home runs in the game to raise his tally to 30 for the season.  Who woulda thunk it (to coin a phrase)?

To the Blogs:

• Metsblog likes the improvement Jenrry Mejia showed last night, but makes some suggestions on how he can improve further.
• Bleacher Report thinks the Mets may be putting too much pressure on Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler.
• Rising Apple thinks the Mets should keep David Wright.
• Real Dirty thinks the Mets should trade David Wright.
• The Post quotes a team source as saying there is “zero” chance the Mets release Jason Bay this offseason.
• Daily Stache has identified a bright spot this season for the Mets!

For more bright spots, keep reading Mets Today.

Mets 6 Pirates 2

FOUR IN A ROW!!!!

Mets 7 Marlins 3

Finally, the Mets meet a team that is more fundamentally flawed, and deeper in the tank, than themselves.

Braves 3 Mets 2

Larry Chipper Jones finishes his career stuck at 49 homeruns against the Mets.

Mets 6 Cardinals 2

R.A. Dickey becomes the first MLB pitcher to reach 18 wins as the Mets salvage the last game of their series in St. Louis.

Mets 3 Marlins 0

Where would the Mets be without everyone’s favorite knuckleballer? Scary thought, isn’t it?

Mets 2 Astros 1

The Mets follow up their offensive outburst on Saturday with yet another explosive win over hapless Houston.