The Mets beat the Dodgers 8-4 last night to win their third game in a row, for the first time in over a month. Everything seemed to be working, hitting, a quality start, solid bullpen (the bullpen has only given up 1 run over its last 19 innings, walking none and striking out several), small ball, taking advantage of opponents mistakes, 2-out RBIs, and quality fielding. Basically all the things that were not going well in the past few weeks. This is very impressive considering the string of injuries the Mets have suffered over the past week. They have improved their record to .500 and have not undone the damage of the 1-7 record last week.

David Wright said "the off-field distractions are behind us" when asked about the recent awesome play of the Mets.

The challenge is to keep winning, and play with passion even in the losses so the media doesn't start its "Willie Watch" again. Memories are short term in this town. If the Mets can manage their way to 10 games over .500 and continue to play with the same spunk they have shown over the past few days.

Maybe the team is playing for Willie. Or maybe they are playing for Billy Wagner.

Posted by Steve, ready for the Mets to break out.

Mets Analysis (MLB)

Friday, May 30, 2008 8:08:48 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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