Red Sox 9, Mets 4
Red Sox 10, Mets 2

I think I'm over the shock of Jose Reyes going hitless on Tuesday. I think I can blog again. We've got to stay strong, people.

Reyes's bad night was not the only distressing news on Tuesday. We also learned that Alay Soler is probably not the guy we want to pitch game three of the World Series. Soler lasted just four and one-third innings and gave up eight runs on ten hits and three walks. He did not strike out anyone. Two of the runs were the result of Lastings Milledge's adventures in trying to play left field at Fenway Park, but even so, Soler was awful.

On the other hand, maybe the Red Sox are just really good. They smacked around Pedro Martinez even more thoroughly tonight. He gave up eight runs as well and he did it in just three innings. Two of the runs were unearned due to an error by Milledge, but Pedro's attempts at playing defense weren't of much help either. He gave up seven hits and two walks and struck out just one.

The Mets' offense did hit five home runs in these two games, but they were all solo shots. Carlos Delgado went deep in each game to give him twenty-two this year. Carlos Beltran hit his twenty-first in game one. Eli Marrero homered in the first game after replacing Xavier Nady who had suffered a bruise to his wrist after it came in contact with a pitched ball. And Jose Valentin hit his eighth home run in the second game. The Mets had just seven hits in these game which failed to leave the park.

So it is up to Tom Glavine (11-2, 3.33) to salvage a win in this series on Thursday night. Curt Schilling (9-2, 3.61) will start for Boston. Hopefully this pitching matchup will live up to expectation's a bit better than tonight's did.  ¶ joe | 10:11 PM |