By metstradamus | April 25, 2021 4:15 pm
This one was a big April win.
You know that there are going to be some lulls in a long season, and sometimes those lulls come early. All you really want to do is make sure those lulls don’t kill you as much. Sunday’s game was the difference between a 4-5 stretch over nine, which is liveable, or 3-6, which just looks a whole lot worse.
J.D. Davis is a caricature at this point. Everything he’s known for, he magnified. His defense is murderous, he makes errors in big spots. But he rakes, and he owns Patrick Corbin. Against the Nationals, he did both. Davis slammed a first inning two run HR off Corbin to get the Mets off on the right foot, and had himself three hits and scored the third run of the day on James McCann’s single in the 4th to make it 3-0. That inning should have ended better, but more on that in today’s Hate List™.
Apr 25, 2021; New York City, New York, USA; New York Mets starting pitcher Taijuan Walker (99) delivers a pitch during the first inning against the Washington Nationals at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports
Taijuan Walker bounced back nicely after walking six in Wrigley Field. He had some control issues early and was bailed out by picking off Josh Hamilton in the first and by some good defense in the third, but he found his groove and pitched seven shutout innings, only giving up three hits and three walks to get the victory.
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