Wednesday afternoon at AT&T park, the Mets completed a 3
game sweep of the Giants with a 7-2 win. Zach Wheeler was on a mission, making
his first start against the team that drafted him and traded him. Wheeler returns
to the form he showed in his MLB debut going 7 innings he allowed just 3 hits, 1 run he
walked 3 and struck 5, he gets the win, now improving to 3-1 on the year. His
era falls to 3.54. Josh Edgin pitched a scoreless 8th, LaTroy
Hawkins pitched the ninth and allowed a run on a sac fly by Tony Abreu. The
Mets continue to produce offensively. Zach Wheeler had his first career extra
base hit and an rbi. Marlon Byrd, Daniel Murphy and John Buck each drove in two
runs. Byrd remains scorching hot clubbing another homerun. He now leads the team
with 15 homers and 49 rbi. The Mets are
now 5-1 on the current road trip and sweep their first series in SF since 1994.
With the win the Mets improve to 40-48 and an impressive 23-20 on the road. Thursday is an off day, Friday night the
Mets close out the first half in Pittsburgh starting a 3 game weekend series
with the Bucs. Jeremy Hefner (4-6 3.39)
goes for the Mets, Charlie Morton (1-2
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oes for the Pirates.
Zach Attack! The kid will put it together he just needs time.
ReplyDeleteHaving allowed myself to stop caring about loses in 2013, and in doing so, looking ahead to 2014 and a top 5 protected pick in next years draft, I suddenly feel that this team is actually going to end up over .500.
ReplyDeleteEver since Kirk's walk off homer, this team has just been different. They seem to be a team that can win on any given night due to their starters, and now it seems as if they might ultimately end up with another unprotected first rounder in a season they don't make the playoffs. Which to me, is a huge problem in an off season that they'll look to spend some money.
Crazy to not really want these good results even though I always want them to win, but I've bought into building the system up and I really think its a key to any sustained success in the future. Especially since the free spending days are long gone.