Livan large: Mets 6, Nationals 2

Finally a nice looking win for the Mets.  And what do you know…they’ve won two of their last three.  Amazing!  Maybe they can actually win a series.  But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

Livan Hernandez was very good last night.  He can pitch against lousy teams.  The Mets do have a terrible schedule the rest of the way so maybe Livan has a decent second half.  He does go out there every fifth day.  So you have to give him credit for that.

Jeff Francoeur was awesome last night.  He hit his first homer as a Met and now has seven RBI in seven games.  He also made a really strong throw to the plate that almost nailed a runner.  If Brian Schneider had any idea how to block home, it would have been an out.  But that would involve someone on the Mets knowing basic fundamentals.  And I guess that’s a little unfair to ask for.

My man Daniel Murphy also had a really nice game.  He drove in two runs with two hits and also made a brilliant play at first in the 8th for a clutch double play.  I think Murphy is pretty much the only positive thing that can come from this season.  Hopefully Jerry keeps playing him everyday like I’ve begged for and we’ll get to see what he’s truly capable of.

And how about the Phillies.  They might be the streakiest team in the history of baseball.  They’ve been this way for the past three or four years, but this season it’s just absurd.  On June 11 after that big series win against the Mets in Citi Field, they were 35-23.  Then when the Mets came to town on July 3, they were 39-37.  That’s a 4-14 clip.  From then on, they’ve gone 13-1.  I’ve never seen a team go from that cold to that hot back to back.  But that’s kind of what I said back when the Mets were only two games behind the Phils.  I said eventually they’d get hot and just pull away.  I was thinking more like 15-5 hot, but this works better for the Phillies.  I guess they’re just putting Mets fans out of their misery early this year.