Just about everything went right for the Mets last night as their offense carried them for nine runs and starter Jon Niese was brilliant during a seven inning performance that kept the Mets atop first place.
The Mets jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second inning when David Wright hit a two-run home run and two batters later Jeff Francoeur hit a solo shot. Rod Barajas hit his first homer of the season to put the Mets up 4-1 in the fifth. The Mets then broke it open with a four-run seventh where they seemingly got contributions from everybody.
The entire time Niese stayed ahead of batters and struck out seven. The bullpen finished the job with two scoreless innings.
Notes
Angel Pagan went 3-for-5 with a run and 2 RBI.
Luis Castillo went 0-for-5. Jose Reyes went 1-for-5 with an RBI.< ...
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New York Mets Stomp Philadelphia Phillies 9-1
Posted: 1st May 2010 by Flushing Baseball Daily in MLBComments Off on New York Mets Stomp Philadelphia Phillies 9-1