The Big Pelf comes up once again. Pelf went a full seven, giving up just one run on seven hits. He threw no walks, and struck out five. Pefl has been on a roll, with the Mets winning his last 9 starts, in which seven he got the decision. Pelf has also only given up two runs at Shea over the last two months. So lets keep it up Big Pelf.

Joe Smith meanwhile gave up a hit and a walk in the eight, but then the bullpen struggled a bit in the ninth. Dirty loaded the bases on two singles and a walk (not in that order), Feliciano got Schumaker to pop up, and Heilman allowed one inhereted run to score on a Ludwick sac before inducing the final out. All things considered, when you have bases loaded no outs in the ninth, and the rest of the pen manages to get through it with only one run, I’ll take it every day of the week. Except the day we’re up by one.

Offensively, the Mets had 7 runs on 13 hits, with a lot coming from Everyday Endy. Endy went 4 for 5 yet somehow managed to score just once and had no RBIs. Poor Endy, all those hits for nothing. Jose tripled, his 12th, as he puts more space between him and Mookie, quelling any possible return for Mr Wilson. I still say, unretire and reclaim you triples title Mook. Jose’s triple scored two runs. Starting at second tonight, T.O.R. went 2 for 3 and homered, his first, a solo shot. Delgado added another two run shot of his own.

If Pelf keeps pitching like this people are going to start talking, but in a good way. The other day I actually heard a sportscaster refer to him as ‘one of the better young pitchers in the league.’ I thought maybe I had used too much ammonia again cleaning my kitchen or something, but sure enough, they really said it. While there are still some concerns with the team, its good to see at the least we chose the right young starter to hold on to.