I'm in Kenai, AK, where one Marc Johnson was attacked by a brown bear the other day while jogging. If you read my travelogue, you'd know that jogging is not a great idea here. I cited moose or North Slopers as the enemy of the jogger, but brown bears will also suffice.
The Mets weren't exactly doing some mauling, but they did take two of three from the Braves. The Friday game was won 6-3 by Atlanta, as the comically named Jair Jurrjens combined with three relievers to toss a two-hitter. Jurrjens did his best to fritter away the game, walking in three consecutive runs in the third. Bobby Cox was thrown out of his record 18 jillionth game for arguing balls and (very few) strikes during this episode.
The following day, the Mets put up a four spot in the 3rd inning and made it stand up for John Maine to win 4-3. The inning featured a single by David Wright, a double by Carlos Beltran, and a triple by Ryan Church. Carlos Delgado didn't get the memo and merely grounded in the final run of the inning. Aaron Heilman has finally lost his eighth inning job, but did come in in the 6th to allow a run, so at least that stayed consistent.
On Sunday, Delgado found the memo, and decided to hit two homers to make up for it. The Mets got out to a 1-0 lead against John Smoltz on a typical Jose Reyes leg-it-around-the-bases inning. Reyes hit a double, moved to third on a grounder, and scored on a wild pitch. Raul Casanova and Delgado followed with homers in the 2nd and 3rd to make it 4-0. Smoltz didn't make it past four innings, and was obviously not himself. Nelson Figueroa, (The Kid from Brooklyn, as Gary Cohen called him - um, he's 33, Gary), was throwing blanks until the 6th, when it all fell apart quickly. Jeff Francoeur singled, Mark Teixeira doubled to score Francoeur, and Mark Kotsay singled to score Teixeira. Willie brought in Joe Smith, who nearly got Martin Prado to it into a double play as the third run of the inning scored. I was pretty much thinking a tie was inevitable the way things have been going lately, but Smith got Brian Pena to stifle the threat. After I left to go play in a soccer game that, unbeknownst to me had been canceled, Wright got an RBI single in the 7th, and Delgado hit his second homer of the day in the 8th to ice it. Billy Wagner allowed his first hit of the season in the 9th to Matt Diaz, but managed to get the easy save.
After my arduous journey to Alaska, via Minneapolis for some reason, I was all set to catch the Mets/Pirates game on MLB.TV, but then I saw that it was PPD. I have yet to watch a game on my work laptop this season, which pisses me off, because I could have bought Extra Innings and not have had to put up with the crappy picture of MLB.TV on my home set. Well, tomorrow is another day. The game should be in the 3rd inning or so when I get back to my swank digs in Kenai. They do have excellent wireless still, thank goodness.
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