 Sunday, June 24, 2007
Mets finally win a series in June
When David Wright hit a walk-off double last night in the bottom of the 9th for a 1-0 win last night at Shea, the Mets won the first two games against the Oakland As-ensuring their first series win since the SF Giants were in town in late May. While this is cause to celebrate, there is still cause for alarm. The Mets pitching has been ok of late, epically allowing only 1 earned run in the last two games against a good Oakland team, but the starting pitching and bullpen has been shaky all month. Combine that with a season long drought from Carlos Delgado as well as Alou on the DL, the Mets still have significant issues. Bottom line, the Mets need Delgado to start hitting and Alou to be healthy. Alou is not expected to come off the DL for another week or two at the earliest and Delgado is in a massive funk, a funk that may be due to an unknown injury or his off season wrist surgery. So we are looking at the all-star break before some relief arrives. Luckily, the Mets are in a weak division, they still have a 3 game lead over Atlanta and 3.5 over Philly. They should have a 10 game lead by now, but the month long slump has made that only 3 games. As we approach the all-star break, if the Mets can build a 7 or 8 game lead, then there is not a major cause of concern. We'll see. Posted by Steve in New York.
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