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Pelfrey Does It Again

METS 9
ASTROS 1

Ok, stop the presses, the Mets have had another complete game; and this one was the second in a week for new ace Mike Pelfrey. Pelfery, once again found a way to master his opponent; as he surrendered only six hits in the contest, two of which came in the game's final inning.

Big Pelf's ERA continues to drop like a stone, now recoreded at 3.70. He also owns the club lead in wins with 13. Pelfrey is on pace, if he keeps it up for his next five remaining starts before the end of the regualr season to win 17 to 18 games, in just his second full season in the big leagues.

Still, this night didn't just belong to the team's Cy Young Award Winner, it also belonged to the team's MVP, Carlos Delgado. In the first inning with Jose Reyes and David Wright sitting on the base paths, Delgado laced a homerun the oppiste field that just hit the foul poll near the retired numbers in left field. 3-0 Metropolitans.

Later, in the seventh, Delgado was at it again, this time rocketing a pitch long over the center field wall. Easily the ball went 420 feet from homeplate.

Finally in the eighth, Ryan Church who still finds ways to rake, even though he was on the DL for almost the entire summer, barely missed an oppisite field homerun as the ball caromed off the top of the left field wall. Church had to step on the breaks and remain at second. A few batters later, Jose Reyes trippled to the right field corner to score Church and Pelfery. 9-0 New York.

The Win is huge, considering the Mets were in desperate need of a victory after dropping the last two against the Astros, as well as losing ground in the NL East to the Philadelphia Phillies.

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