Ever since the 2012 season ended, and the Mets front office began looking toward 2013, they pinpointed to their two young starting pitchers, Zach Wheeler and Matt Harvey, as the gems of the franchise -- the two pitchers who will lead this team out of the mist of Wilpon and Madoff mayhem.
While it is still only two games into the season, the Mets got a glimpse of what kind of ace Matt Harvey could be for them down the line. Harvey was amazing. He struck out 10 Padres in seven innings and gave up only hit, a single by Everth Cabrera in the fourth inning. He even retired nine consecutive batters twice over the course of the start.
Meanwhile the Mets offense was unbelievable for the second consecutive game. A day after both Ike Davis and Lucas Duda struggled on opening day, both played a major role in the victory on Wednesday.
In the second inning, after Marlon Byrd singled, Duda cracked a two-run homer to right to give the Mets a 2-0 advantage. Then in the fourth, Duda doubled into deep right to start another Mets rally that was capped off by John Buck's two-run blast to make it 4-0, Mets.
Duda finished the night 2-for-3 with two RBI's while Buck finished 2-for-4 with three more RBIs; he has four RBI on the season.
Finally in the fifth the Mets exploded offensively for four more runs, putting the game totally away at 8-0.
After Collin Cowgill reached on a throwing error, and Daniel Murphy grounded into a fielder's choice, David Wright drove in Murp with a line drive double to left. Then, Ike Davis, who struck out four times on opening day, turned on a pitch and rocketed it out over the right field wall giving the Mets a 7-0 lead.
The Mets lead MLB in runs scored with 19, but the real story of this early season is the starting pitching of the Mets, which so far has looked superb.
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