Anyone have a broom? The Mets swept away the Braves by a score of 5-4 this evening on a Carlos Delgado walkoff single. Luis Ayala picked up the win, and Vlad Nunez took the loss for the Braves With the Phillies loss, the Mets are now 2.5 games ahead in the NL East.
Starter Pedro Martinez went 7+ innings, allowing four runs, three of which were in the 6th inning. Martinez was in cruise control throughout the night, but hit a bump when Brian McCann doubled home two to tie the game at three. He also allowed a leadoff homer to SS Yunel Escobar in the 1st.
The Mets offense got started early, as Delgado had a pair of RBI singles in the 1st and 3rd innings, off Mike Hampton. David Wright later added a solo shot, his 25th.
With the Braves ahead 4-3, who else but Delgado hit a groundball that was stopped by 1st basemen Martin Prado, but than he made an errant throw to pitcher Will Ohman, allowing Nick Evans to cross the plate to tie the game at four.
Ayala continues to impress, throwing 1.1 innings of relief.
With the game tied at four in the bottom of the 9th, Delgado hit a liner to LF Omar Infante. Infante looked to have a beat on it, but looked like he lost the ball in the lights, and his knees buckled and he fell backwards. Wright scored the winning run. Delgado finished 5-5, with four rbi.
Keep on chuggin’
The Mets open a four game weekend set versus the Astros tomorrow. Roy Oswalt will face Johan Santana.
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