The Mets went to the game today with a mission, win this game, win this day. They completed their mission today. They started off quickly down 2-0 after the first inning but then in the top of the second, Beltran belted out another RBI in his late power surge, which is appreciated and needed. The next inning, Evans and Wright went for back to back putting the Mets into the lead. At that point the Mets never looked back.
So there are few things to take away from this game. One, Wright and Beltran are starting to hit when it matters most, late in the season and this is completely expected of them. Reyes is also starting to get on a late SB tear, which means within the next few days I will do a post looking into his recent surge across the base paths. So things with the offense are starting to fall together. And this is the time because tomorrow, the calender flips to September, which means it is time for the final push.
Pedro did exactly what the Mets needed him to do today, he was effective and he led the team to the win column. He allowed 2 runs at the start of the game but that was it. From there he was on and was the pitcher the Mets needed. Most importantly, when the Mets handed him the lead, he didn't mess it up, he kept it and allowed the Mets to start building a buffer for the pen. The pen was then handed the lead in the seventh inning, and although it took a good number of Mets pitchers, they allowed no runs, stopped any possibly rallies and did their job, which as I have said for the past week, the pen that does their job will win the NL East. A special note should go to Brian Stokes because he really has been doing great things out of that Mets pen since he has been up.
