The Mets won a good game last night as just about everything went right last night. Let's start with the biggest story of the night, the debut of Ike Davis. Davis had a very impressive game. He went 2-4 with an RBI and just looked good out there. He seemed calm (although I doubt that was true in reality) and he seemed locked in. He also brought hope and fun with him. At the end of the game Francoeur gave him a shaving cream pie to the face, which just shows that the team is getting loose (isn't that great to see?).
His RBI leads into a discussion about hitting last night. The Mets had a 2 out ralley early that lead to one run. It was started by the 8th and 9th hitters and continued with Castillo getting the RBI. Sadly Wright wasn't able to add to the 1-0 lead as he left the bases loaded. The Mets then put together a great 5 run inning. It started off with a 2 run bomb by Pagan. Then later had an RBI hit by Bay. That then led to an RBI hit by Davis. This was the type of hitting the Mets have needed all season, and it was great to see.
The pitching was obvisously good last night (the Mets held the Cubs to one run). The only bad part of the night was Nieve allowing an inheritanted runner to score which then led to what I still believe to be a very stupid rule in the majors. That run then meant that Niese's win bid was over and Nieve got the blown save. However the Mets then took the lead, so Nieve got the win. I just hate that. Anyway Niese really had his pitches moving tonight. He was able to get out of trouble several times last night as he gave the Mets another quality start. Things are starting to come together and things are starting to look up.
Other Notes:
2) The Mets have now had three consecutive games televised across the nation
3) Next year, it is possible for the Mets to field an infield made up entirely of home grown talent: Davis (1B), Tejada (2B), Reyes (SS), Wright (3B), Thole (C)
