Thursday, April 13, 2006
Mets 13, Nationals 4
It's only the Nationals. It's only the Nationals. It's not like the Mets are doing this against good teams. Eventually they will play a good team, and things won't come so easily. They may have to venture outside their own division to find this good team, but they will. And victory will not be assured.
Now that I've got that out of the way, how great are the Mets? They absolutely torched Livan Hernandez this afternoon. Victor Zambrano started for the Mets and they still won by nine runs. The heart of their lineup is absolutely aflame at the moment.
The Mets started things off by hitting three home runs out of cavernous RFK Stadium in the top of the first inning. The New Carlos Beltran, Same As The Old Carlos Beltran started it off with two outs with his third of the season. After a Carlos Delgado single, David Wright also homered for the third time this season. And Cliff Floyd followed that with his first. Floyd was the last of the Mets' big four sluggers to come alive, but it seems that he has, as he also hit a double later in the game. Delgado added his own third home run in the third inning.
Other Mets, those at the extreme ends of the lineup, also contributed. Jose Reyes had two hits including a double. Chris Woodward started at second base and had two hits as well. The only Met starter without a hit was Zambrano, which figures as he is both a pitcher and rather incompetent.
Both of those facts were on display in his performance today, as he threw the ball toward the plate from the mound and did so without much success. He lasted five innings and allowed three runs on six hits and four walks, striking out three. This against a lineup so fearsome that Darren Oliver came in and struck out four of the six batters he faced. Following Oliver, Jorge Julio pitched. Therefore, he gave up a run. QED. He struck out two batters, but allowed two hits, one of which was a home run. Duaner Sanchez pitched a perfect ninth.
The Mets are now 7-1, which gives them not only the best record in all of baseball, but also a four-game lead in a division without another team above .500. The Mets have played eight games and have a lead of four games in the standings. Prorate that over a 162-game season for fun.
This juggernaut of a team returns home for a weekend series against the Brewers (6-3). Chris Capuano (1-1, 3.65) will be presented with the challenge of trying to tame this Mets lineup. Tom Glavine (1-0, 2.25) will start for the Mets. ¶ joe | 10:54 PM |
It's only the Nationals. It's only the Nationals. It's not like the Mets are doing this against good teams. Eventually they will play a good team, and things won't come so easily. They may have to venture outside their own division to find this good team, but they will. And victory will not be assured.
Now that I've got that out of the way, how great are the Mets? They absolutely torched Livan Hernandez this afternoon. Victor Zambrano started for the Mets and they still won by nine runs. The heart of their lineup is absolutely aflame at the moment.
The Mets started things off by hitting three home runs out of cavernous RFK Stadium in the top of the first inning. The New Carlos Beltran, Same As The Old Carlos Beltran started it off with two outs with his third of the season. After a Carlos Delgado single, David Wright also homered for the third time this season. And Cliff Floyd followed that with his first. Floyd was the last of the Mets' big four sluggers to come alive, but it seems that he has, as he also hit a double later in the game. Delgado added his own third home run in the third inning.
Other Mets, those at the extreme ends of the lineup, also contributed. Jose Reyes had two hits including a double. Chris Woodward started at second base and had two hits as well. The only Met starter without a hit was Zambrano, which figures as he is both a pitcher and rather incompetent.
Both of those facts were on display in his performance today, as he threw the ball toward the plate from the mound and did so without much success. He lasted five innings and allowed three runs on six hits and four walks, striking out three. This against a lineup so fearsome that Darren Oliver came in and struck out four of the six batters he faced. Following Oliver, Jorge Julio pitched. Therefore, he gave up a run. QED. He struck out two batters, but allowed two hits, one of which was a home run. Duaner Sanchez pitched a perfect ninth.
The Mets are now 7-1, which gives them not only the best record in all of baseball, but also a four-game lead in a division without another team above .500. The Mets have played eight games and have a lead of four games in the standings. Prorate that over a 162-game season for fun.
This juggernaut of a team returns home for a weekend series against the Brewers (6-3). Chris Capuano (1-1, 3.65) will be presented with the challenge of trying to tame this Mets lineup. Tom Glavine (1-0, 2.25) will start for the Mets. ¶ joe | 10:54 PM |
