Saturday afternoon in Cincinnati, Matt Harvey kept the Reds
at bay; while Lucas Duda and Curtis Granderson swung big bats again as the Mets
clinch the National League East title with a 10-2 win. The Mets made their statement
in the top of the first inning. David Wright walked, Daniel Murphy singled and
Travis d’Arnaud walked to load the bases with 2 out for Duda, who clubbed a
liner over the right field wall for a grand slam, his first career grand slam
and 25th homer on the year for a 4-0 Met lead. In the 2nd Curtis Granderson hit a
solo homer, his 25th as well and it was 5-0 Mets. In the bottom of
the 2nd the Reds got to Harvey when Ivan DeJesus doubled in Jay
Bruce and Todd Frazier to make it 5-2.
The Amazins made it a 5 run lead again in the top of the 3rd
when the resurgent Michael Cuddyer stroked a 2 run double and it was 7-2. In
the top of the 9th Wright put an exclamation mark on the game with a
3 run homer, his 5th on the year to make it 10-2. Harvey had no early exit in this one
going 6 2/3 innings allowing 9 hits 2
runs (both earned) and striking out 8. He left in the 7th in favor
of Addison Reed who retired the side in the 7th. Tyler Clippard
pitched a scoreless 8th; Jeurys Familia retired the side in the 9th
in the non-save situation. Harvey notches the win in the clincher; he’s now
13-7. John Lamb took the loss falling to 1-4. With the win the Mets win their
10th straight road game. That’s a new club record. They’ve also won
23 of their last 28 away from Citi Field. Overall the Mets are 88-67 and now
40-37 on the road. Sunday afternoon is
the finale of this series as the Mets go for the sweep. Jacob deGrom (13-8 2.64) goes for the Mets,
Keyvius Sampson (2-5 6.45) goes for the Reds.
5 comments:
Pinch me. Halleluia. Great job, Craig, you guided us home.
Congrats to us...
So nice to see how many of these Met players and coaches are interacting, enjoying, and appreciating what they have accomplished as a team in the celebration coverage on tv.
Congrats to the Mets players and organization, and to the fans.`Enjoy it and don't take it for granted. Then focus on the Dodgers. The Mets are legit once again and should have a nice run over the next few seasons.
It's been such a long time, it feels unreal- and great. Hopefully it will keep getting better from here.
Congrats to everyone who has stubbornly and obsessively backed this team over the past nine years. What a payback.
Well done to Sandy and Terry- kudos.
Now I just have to figure how to follow the playoffs from +5 time zones away....
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