Mets stun the Phillies and the Earth, sit in first place
METS 7I guess the world is coming to an end.
Not only are the Baltimore Orioles (4-0), the Kansas City Royals (4-1), Texas Rangers (without Cliff Lee) (5-0), and San Diego Padres (3-1) all in first place, but the Mets, that's right, the Mets (!) are in first place in the NL East!!
Time to overreact again Met fans and start clamoring about playoffs. Playoffs? Playoffs? We're talking ... playoffs!!?
The Mets stunned the Philadelphia Phillies with a 7-1 victory to improve to 3-1 on the season, and pigs can fly, too.
Chris Young, the former ace of the San Diego Padres, was marvelous in his first start with the Mets. Young went 5.1 innings scattering fives hits and one run, while walking four and striking out seven.
Watch out for Young, he's at the bottom of the Mets rotation, but he has ace-like stuff and could have a huge season this year. Fantasy owners be on watch!
As for the Mets offense, they teed off on the weakling of the Phillies Fantastic Four rotation, knocking around Cole Hamels for six runs in two and two-thirds innings. The Mets got it going in the third when Daivd Wright drove in Young and Jose Reyes with a two run double to make it 2-0.
Two batters later, Ike Davis drove in Wright for the game's fourth run, with a single to center, and Brad Emaus brought home Scott Hairston with an RBI single of his own. The Mets capped off the inning with Young who laced a single to right to drive in Davis, making it 6-0 Metropolitans.
Wright had the biggest evening with the bat, going 4-for-5 with two RBI. So will Met fans go from predicting total gloom to predicting ultimate success after this win? Probably, and if they win tonight against Joe Blanton, watch out.
Take it easy Mets nation; your team is still scraping for cash.
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