Mets Rally for Tenth Inning Win

The past couple of days have been rough for the Mets. With three losses in two days to the Milwaukee Brewers, The Mets were unable to reach their goal of having a .500 record for the season. Then on Friday Morning rumors started to fly around stating that GM Omar Minaya and Manager Jerry Manuel are on their way out.

It seems the NY Mets management and the fans are ready to start worry about 2011. Except the NY Mets players. To them there is a season to finish to the best of their ability.

Luckily for them the last three games of the season are against the Washington Nationals. Last night the team was able to pull together and come out with a tenth inning victory. Pat Misch pitched an excellent game, with ten strikeouts in ten innings. Hisanori Takahashi became the first player since 2006 to earn ten wins and eight saves in a season.

Rookie Ike Davis also made some noise last night. With a solo home run in the fourth inning, Davis' has 19 homers for the season and ties Ron Swoboda for second on the team's all-time rookie list. Davis also hit in his 71st run, tying Ty Wigginton for second on that all-time rookie list. Darryl Strawberry is first on both rookie lists.

In the tenth inning, Josh Thole knocked one out of the park for the win. It was Thole's first game winning home run of his career. "First time," Thole said, laughing. "I didn't know what to do when I got to home plate. It was exciting."