Oh, what a night: Mets 5, Braves 4

Well that was some win!  Thanks to some generous scoring by the official scorer, Carlos Delgado gets five hits and is the hero tonight.  BTW, the Mets scored one run in every odd-numbered which I wonder if it’s ever been done before.

Pedro Martinez looked good, despite giving up four runs.  He had one bad pitch in the first and then a bad inning in the sixth but was very solid besides that.

David Wright and Carlos Delgado were awesome tonight.  There wasn’t much offense besides those two and luckily that was enough for the win.

Atlanta really handed the Mets this sweep…and the umps helped a bit too in the top of the ninth.  That was a bad call at first base.  Even despite that, Luis Ayala has looked very solid in his first two outings.  This is a guy who could make a difference in the bullpen for the rest of the season.

An awesome night for the Mets as they got their game to go in their favor and the Phillies narrowly lost.  It’s now a 2.5 game cushion for the boys in blue and orange…which gives them a nice little lead with about six weeks to play.  Man, this season is the definition of a roller coaster.

Quick note: the Mets need to go 19-14 to win 90 games, which is obviously very doable.  When Willie Randolph get fired, I figured there’s no way this team is winning 90 games and now it’s seems like they have a better than 50/50 shot at it.  Just amazing how well this team has played since Jerry Manuel took over.  Let’s hope it continues…btw if the Mets won Monday’s game, they would have 10 in a row right now.