When the NY Mets came into last night's game against the Philadelphia Phillies, everyone assumed that it would be a slaughter. There was a slaughter, but it was by Chris Young and the Mets.
Young had an amazing performance last night in Philly. Pitching 5 1/3 innings he had seven strikeouts, four walks and just one run. Young also the began the run of great offense in the third inning. He open up the third inning with a single and scored off of David Wright's RBI double. Young then brought in the last run of the inning with a single. For the whole game Chris Young had three hits. No Mets pitcher has had three hits in a game since Tom Glavine in 2005. Besides the one run, it was an absolutely stellar performance.
Chris Young was not alone in this butt whooping. David Wright had his 15th career 4 hit game, which ranks second in the Mets franchise history, under Jose Reyes (19). Last night Wright had four hits, two runs and a stolen base. I am calling Wright 'Captain Reliable', because he always is the player you can count on. The entire line-up, except Nickeas was able to get a hit and get on base. Both Jose Reyes and Angel Pagan were able to get on base twice. In the first inning they were able to execute a perfect double steal. A thing of beauty.
I'm not going to get all amped up and start singing praises and make plans for the playoffs due to this win. It is nice that the Mets went in to Philadelphia, not intimidated by their rivals and beat their butts good. Suck it Philly.
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