The Mets took the opener tonight from the Marlins by the score of 6-5 with a walk-off single in the ninth inning via (believe it or not) Luis Castillo. With this win the Mets were able to re-take the third place spot in the NL East division and are now only 9.5 games back from the first place.
Anyway R.A. Dickey wasn't his best tonight as he allowed 5 ER over 7 innings of work. This isn't too surprising because, although he has been great this season, he just hasn't been able to figure out the Marlins bats. After his outing, Parnell and Takahashi both posted scorelss innings of work, with Takahashi picking up the win.
The story for the Mets was the bats. The bats were able to stay in the game the entire night and were able to make a comeback when it counted. In other words, the pitching didn't need to be perfect tonight. When the offense does well, there are a few players to thank. Obviously Castillo gets a mention because he had the winning RBI but there are a few other players that need credit. They include Beltran who had the game tying RBI in the 8th and overal went 2-3 with a run, and 2 RBI's. Wright had a nice night as he went 2-5, R, with a 3B.
The best performance goes to Pagan who was 4-5 tonight with 2 doubles, a stolen base and three runs on the night.
It was good to see the Mets play with fight, and to see them win again. Lets Go Mets!
