21-12 for the season
it sure looked like a perfect afternoon for baseball in San Francisco. the game started out with an interesting mistake-- when Carlos Delgado lined out to the Giants' first baseman, everyone assumed that he forced Beltran out at first and that the inning was over. the replay showed that Klesko, the guy playing first, never actually touched first base. the inning should have gone on, but no one caught it on the field.
David Wright has been breaking bats left and right-- I didn't count how many in Arizona (though there were definitely a few), but three last night and one in his first at-bat today. it was looking like the positive effect of the shearing might only have lasted one night, but he had the two-RBI double in the 9th that gave the Mets the win. sadly, it seems to be that those who look good with a shaved head keep doing well (Delgado had another good day, with a double and a homer, LoDuca had two hits, and Ruben Gotay had his ninth major league home run), while those who look... erm... funny with the new 'do had some trouble behind the plate today, for the first time in a while.
Mets scorecard. from a scoring perspective, it was a first for me-- I don't remember ever scoring a catcher's interference before, and it was a catcher's interference that sent Shawn Green to first base in the 4th inning. thank goodness for Gary Cohen, who mentioned off-handedly that it ought to be scored just as E2. seems kind of boring for such an unusual play.
it was, of course, Armando Benitez who gave up the lead in the top of the 9th-- as soon as Reyes had the hit that shouldn't have been, Benitez just got so wound up in his pissed off that he couldn't pitch decently anymore. it would be hard for me to decide whether I'm happier not to have him or Steve Traschel wearing a Mets uniform anymore, but the nice thing is that I don't have to choose-- neither one of them will ever pitch for my team again.
check out the Giants' first two outs of the game-- both guys Paul LoDuca caught stealing. he's throwing better than he ever has before, having caught 60% of the guys who've run against him thus far this season. his papa should be proud. Maine didn't have a great game-- and got his first no-decision of the year-- but the bullpen and the hitters managed to pull it out.
I'm looking forward to seeing the Brewers (with their best record in baseball) this weekend. looking forward in that nervous kind of way.
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