Mets Like Ike; Davis Helps Lead Mets to Victory

METS 6
CUBS 1

Meet the new Met. Ike Davis that is. Davis, the highly touted first base prospect in the Mets minor league system, finally made his major league debut, Monday, when the Mets beat the Cubs 6-1 at Citi Field.

The Mets have struggled to find a replacement for Carlos Delgado since last season. They tried Dan Murphy who was underwhelming at the position. Murphy was scheduled to be the Mets opening day first baseman this season, until he injured his knee late in spring training. Murphy has yet to rehab the knee.

In his stead, were equally underwhelming Mike Jacobs, who the team released Sunday night, and Fernando Tatis. Neither player grabbed a hold at first, so the Mets had little choice but to call up the 23-year-old Davis, who was tearing the cover off the ball in triple-A.

Davis went 2-for-4 with a RBI single in the seventh inning to propel the Mets to victory. If he keeps it up, Murphy will have to look for work elsewhere.

Angel Pagan hit a two run homer in the seventh to give the Mets a 3-1 lead. Slumping Jason Bay doubled home David Wright to make it 4-1, before Davis delivered his first major league RBI.

The Mets are now 5-8, and look to build off last nights victory and try to get back to .500.