Final: Mets 7 Yankees 3
Mets win! And man oh man did they need this one.
It started out a bit bumpy, with Andy Pettitte somehow blowing everyone away and Johan Santana having a rough opening inning. Derek Jeter was a thorn to the Mets once again when he hit a 2-run homer in the first inning giving the Yankees the early advantage.
When it seemed like the Mets were in trouble, things quickly took a turn for the better. After Pettitte cruised through three innings, the Mets finally started to chip away at him. I made mention of the Mets needing to do the little things the other night, and that's what they did in the 4th inning. They were taking pitches and making things happen with the bats and on the bases. The inning started with three straight singles from Church, Wright and Beltran, which lead to their first run, then after a couple walks (one of which forced in a run) and a Castillo dribbler, the Mets had a 3-2 lead. Santana flipped on cruise control from there and it was a beautiful thing.
Maybe the best came in the 7th when Jose Reyes hit a home run off of Kyle Farnsworth, only to be followed two batters later by a 2-run homer from Wright. Santana would give up two more home runs, solo shots to Giambi and Abreu, but to no serious harm.
Billy Wagner, just two days after his controversial statements, was called in to back up his talk and get a four-out save. He did just that, and as Howie Rose would say, put it in the books.
Very good game and I was very happy as a Mets fan. There was a lot of energy coming from this team, something which they needed to do. After the Yankees went up 2-0 I feared we would see the unenthusiastic bunch we've been saying when trailing early, but not the case. They were lively in the dugout all game long.
Good for Jose Reyes hitting the home run. We needed that. Hey, it bumps the Mets to 16-2 when he scores now. Nice to see Wright have a good day, nice to see Delgado get a couple hits and drive in an insurance run, and great to see Beltran have a 3-hit day.
Santana was tremendous. The line doesn't look great (7-2/3 IP, 4 ER, 3 HR), but after the play in the 2nd inning in which Damon was thrown out at home (awesome block of the plate by Schneider), Santana cruised through the sixth inning barely throwing any pitches.
This was a team effort today, one of the few we've seen from the 2008 Mets. So yeah, great to see. But they need to go out and drop the hammer tomorrow. You don't turn the world around with one day, you gotta go out and create momentum.
Good start in the Bronx, hopefully this sets everyone's mind in the right direction
It started out a bit bumpy, with Andy Pettitte somehow blowing everyone away and Johan Santana having a rough opening inning. Derek Jeter was a thorn to the Mets once again when he hit a 2-run homer in the first inning giving the Yankees the early advantage.
When it seemed like the Mets were in trouble, things quickly took a turn for the better. After Pettitte cruised through three innings, the Mets finally started to chip away at him. I made mention of the Mets needing to do the little things the other night, and that's what they did in the 4th inning. They were taking pitches and making things happen with the bats and on the bases. The inning started with three straight singles from Church, Wright and Beltran, which lead to their first run, then after a couple walks (one of which forced in a run) and a Castillo dribbler, the Mets had a 3-2 lead. Santana flipped on cruise control from there and it was a beautiful thing.
Maybe the best came in the 7th when Jose Reyes hit a home run off of Kyle Farnsworth, only to be followed two batters later by a 2-run homer from Wright. Santana would give up two more home runs, solo shots to Giambi and Abreu, but to no serious harm.
Billy Wagner, just two days after his controversial statements, was called in to back up his talk and get a four-out save. He did just that, and as Howie Rose would say, put it in the books.
Very good game and I was very happy as a Mets fan. There was a lot of energy coming from this team, something which they needed to do. After the Yankees went up 2-0 I feared we would see the unenthusiastic bunch we've been saying when trailing early, but not the case. They were lively in the dugout all game long.
Good for Jose Reyes hitting the home run. We needed that. Hey, it bumps the Mets to 16-2 when he scores now. Nice to see Wright have a good day, nice to see Delgado get a couple hits and drive in an insurance run, and great to see Beltran have a 3-hit day.
Santana was tremendous. The line doesn't look great (7-2/3 IP, 4 ER, 3 HR), but after the play in the 2nd inning in which Damon was thrown out at home (awesome block of the plate by Schneider), Santana cruised through the sixth inning barely throwing any pitches.
This was a team effort today, one of the few we've seen from the 2008 Mets. So yeah, great to see. But they need to go out and drop the hammer tomorrow. You don't turn the world around with one day, you gotta go out and create momentum.
Good start in the Bronx, hopefully this sets everyone's mind in the right direction
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