The Mets improved to 2-1 with a 13-0 smackdown of the Marlins. David Wright singled, doubled, homered, and generally made us all feel goooood. The homer was a majestic objet d'art, with Wright waiting perfectly on a hanging curve from Lee Gardner and making every millimeter of the sweet spot of the bat meet of the baseball. It was a no-doubter even through the blurry haze of MLB.TV.
Carlos Beltran now leads the civilized planet in extra-base hits, adding three more doubles last night. One of the doubles was a home run that crew chief Rick Reed (not the ex-Met scab pitcher) let himself be talked out of. The ball bounced squarely of a railing about three feet beyond the fence and came back into play. Reed initially signalled for a homer, but after a conference with the other blind bats, who were even further from the play than Reed, umping second base, was, he changed it to a double. It's a play replay was made for. Someday, Bud will embrace this new-found video thingy he's heard so much about.
Oliver Perez went six shutout innings, and then Pedro replacement Nelson Figueroa, Pedro Feliciano, and Daddy Wags finished up. Ol' Pete had his MRI in New York, and he'll be out the obligatory "4 to 6 weeks", meaning he'll be back when he's damn well ready. Pedro tends to take his time with pretty much every aspect of his life, so I'm think we'll see him back on the mound in early June. That will leave El Duque and Mike Pelfrey to get way too many starts. Luckily, the Phillies' bullpen is a shambles and the Braves have no pitching after Smoltz and Hudson, so I think we'll muddle through, at least as long as Wright and Beltran stay this molten, anyway. I'll think I'll watch that Wright homer again on the highlight video. Mmm, mmm, gooooood.
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