The Bats Come Alive

The Mets won a game, and they won big time. Certainly that has me feeling a little better. They did take two out of three from Milwaukee and were the team to knock them out of first place (or allow the Cubbies to knock them off the NL Central mountain). Their bats cam to life and the hitters finally looked like they could do something right. Even Brian Lawrence (the starter whom they called up from AAA, despite having an 4.91 ERA 5 down there) and Jorge Sosa (out of the bullpen), looked good.
I am happy with the win and hope they keep it up, but I do think there were a few negatives as well. For six innings this game was close, perhaps a little too close. Lawrence was given two leads and promptly gave them right back, allowing the first time making the Brewers wait for an inning and the second time giving it right back in the bottom of the inning. The third lead the Mets got, the runs still belonged to Lawrence but he never came back out to pitch.

Still, they did win, and win big. After scoring two runs in the sixth to take a 5-3 lead, they just kept pouring it on and ultimately won 12-4, certainly a satisfying win.

Now it is on to Chicago and a Friday day game. There was a time when that was the norm in Chicago, but now, even there, it is rare. Hopefully, they will be able to keep it up and be successful against the Cubs as well.
Let’s Go Mets!