Today, Johan Santana stepped up and delivered his second consecutive dominant performance, and helped lead the Mets to a 3-0 victory (box score/wrap).
Santana threw 7 innings giving up only 5 hits and walking 3, while striking out 5. Bobby Parnell came in after Johan and continued his quality performances since returning to the bigs with a perfect eighth inning before K-Rod came in and threw a perfect inning of his own. Mets pitching was the story today, and that was what brought the team back to within 4 games of the Braves.
For the Mets at the plate, Ike Davis went VERY deep, Josh Thole got a pinch hit RBI and Alex Cora drove in a run as well.
The Mets head into the All-Star Break 4 games back of the Braves and 8 games over .500, and they'll be getting, arguably their best player, Carlos Beltran back right after the break. In order to make the room for Beltran, Jesus Feliciano was sent back down, and Angel Pagan will be sliding over to right field. Although I want to see more playing time for Frenchy, there is no denying that Angel Pagan makes this team better than Francoeur does. I hate to say this, but Frenchy will have to be a part-time player for the rest of the season, unless he is traded or something...
Either way, this team is a LOT better than people thought they would be at this point in the season and that alone is VERY EXCITING. The second half will hopefully be full of more good baseball and more Met victories...
Let's Go NL.
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