Mets Win Streak Hits Five

METS 7

ROCKIES 0

Hey, National Leauge! Here come the Mets! That's right the New York Metropolitans.

The New York Mets pounded the Colorado Rockies in game one of a day/night double header, 7-0 behind ace Johan Santana.

For one of a few times this season, Santana had a lot of run support with which to work. For most of the season, Santana has had to pitch near perfect games because the Mets struggled to score runs when he pitched. Not today.

In the second inning with two runners on, Corey Sullivan lined a single to shallow center field to drive in Dan Murphy to make it 1-0. Next, Omar Santos singled to drive in Jeff Francoeur. The hit parade of the unknowns continued as Angel Berroa (ANGEL BERROA!?!?!?!) doubled into the right center field gap to drive in Sullivan and Santos to make it 4-0.

David Wright continues to heat up. He had an RBI on a sacrifice fly in the fifth and an RBI double to deep right to drive in Alex Cora to make it 7-0. Box Score.

Santana was brilliant. He pitched seven strong innings of four hit ball without surrendering a run. After a month of struggling to strike people out, Santana fanned eight Rockies in the contest to silence one of the most potent offenses in baseball.

The Mets are 5 1/2 back of the wild card, leading San Francisco Giants. They have already knocked the Rockies off of their perch on top of the wild card standing, and, with a win tonight, could jump over the Milwaukee Brewers and be just 4 1/2 out.