The Mets climbed back to .500 this evening by beating the Dodgers 8-4.

While not perfect by any means, Claudio Vargas was good enough.  He allowed four runs through 5.2 innings of work, leaving the rest of the game to the Mets wonderful bullpen.  Carlos Muniz registered a key out to end the sixth inning by striking out Matt Kemp.  Scott Schoenweis pitches 1.2 perfect innings, and got a rare plate appearance going 0-1.  Joe Smith pitched the final 1.1 innings to finish the game.  The bullpen has been truly phenomenal lately, keeping the Mets in every game and giving them every opportunity to win games.  Willie has done a solid job spreading the work around and playing match ups.

As they usually do, the Mets offense pounded Brad Penny.  The first five batters in the order all had two or more hits, including David Wright who was 2-4 with 2 HRs and 4 RBIs.  Carlos Delgado and Brian Schneider were both back in the lineup tonight after being benched against lefties the two previous nights.  Delgado even showed some life on defense, making a fantastic diving play on a ball up the line.

The Mets blast off again tomorrow at 7:10 on SNY where phenom Clayton Kershaw takes the hill against our own John Maine. 

These last two games the Mets have played with life and excitement, which naturally translates into W’s.  Willie has had the order perfectly these last few days and has managed the bullpen wonderfully.  Oh, how a few wins change everything - but if we lose and don’t build off this success then our wins are forgotten.  Let’s build off of this gentlemen, let’s.