Final: Mets 11 Yankees 2
Was it just me, or did the Mets we saw over the weekend look like an entirely different group than we've seen all year?
The Mets defeated the Yankees in a big way on Sunday night by the score 11 to 2 . With the victory, this is only the second time the Mets have won two games at Yankee Stadium and the first time they've earned a sweep at Yankee Stadium (so what if it was a two game series).
Oliver Perez was spot on tonight, throwing a great 7-2/3 innings with only one bad pitch, which resulted in a 2-run homer by Hideki Matsui. By far his best start of the season as he only surrendered three hits. He improves to 4-3 on the season.
The bats were working big time as well. The Mets broke out against Chien-Ming Wang in the 4th inning. They were able to avoid a disgusting call by the umpire crew, as a 3-run home run for Carlos Delgado was taken away . This did not affect the Mets as they kept applying the pressure, something that they haven't done at all this season. Ryan Church added his ninth home run of the season and then the Mets put up six runs in the 8th. Jose Reyes provided three of those, hitting his fourth home run of the season, second in two games.
This was once again a team victory. Everything was great. A great point in the game was in the 8th when David Wright tagged up on a not-so-deep fly ball to Bobby Abreu, scoring safely and then letting out a huge fist pump. That's the type of enthusiasm this team needs to be showing.
Had to be extremely pleased as a Mets fan. I took a look at the dugout before the game started and I just felt like it seemed so much more lively than it has, which is something me, you and everyone else has been talking about.
Just to make a couple more notes on Perez, he really needed to throw well today. In the 4th it seemed like it was gonna be another one of those Perez let downs, but he got his head on strait. It was big for him to get the win because since April 20, the Mets are only 2-12 in games not pitched by Johan Santana and John Maine. The rest of the rotation needs to solidify and Perez is a huge part to that happening. Good job by Ollie tonight.
The Mets are now 22-19 and are all of a sudden playing energetic baseball. Hopefully they carry that into Atlanta where they begin a four games in three days series. And take a look at the NL East standings, the Mets are in second place and only one game out. What a perfect time to get hot.
The Mets defeated the Yankees in a big way on Sunday night by the score 11 to 2 . With the victory, this is only the second time the Mets have won two games at Yankee Stadium and the first time they've earned a sweep at Yankee Stadium (so what if it was a two game series).
Oliver Perez was spot on tonight, throwing a great 7-2/3 innings with only one bad pitch, which resulted in a 2-run homer by Hideki Matsui. By far his best start of the season as he only surrendered three hits. He improves to 4-3 on the season.
The bats were working big time as well. The Mets broke out against Chien-Ming Wang in the 4th inning. They were able to avoid a disgusting call by the umpire crew, as a 3-run home run for Carlos Delgado was taken away . This did not affect the Mets as they kept applying the pressure, something that they haven't done at all this season. Ryan Church added his ninth home run of the season and then the Mets put up six runs in the 8th. Jose Reyes provided three of those, hitting his fourth home run of the season, second in two games.
This was once again a team victory. Everything was great. A great point in the game was in the 8th when David Wright tagged up on a not-so-deep fly ball to Bobby Abreu, scoring safely and then letting out a huge fist pump. That's the type of enthusiasm this team needs to be showing.
Had to be extremely pleased as a Mets fan. I took a look at the dugout before the game started and I just felt like it seemed so much more lively than it has, which is something me, you and everyone else has been talking about.
Just to make a couple more notes on Perez, he really needed to throw well today. In the 4th it seemed like it was gonna be another one of those Perez let downs, but he got his head on strait. It was big for him to get the win because since April 20, the Mets are only 2-12 in games not pitched by Johan Santana and John Maine. The rest of the rotation needs to solidify and Perez is a huge part to that happening. Good job by Ollie tonight.
The Mets are now 22-19 and are all of a sudden playing energetic baseball. Hopefully they carry that into Atlanta where they begin a four games in three days series. And take a look at the NL East standings, the Mets are in second place and only one game out. What a perfect time to get hot.
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