After Tuesday’s debacle, in which Fernando Martinez fell flat on his face, Johan Santana was ineffective, and the Mets lost to a pitcher named Mike Burns to fall two games under .500, Jerry Manuel called a meeting. Manuel described the meeting as a “family talk” to get some “things in order”. Since then, the Mets have won two games by a single run, got a clutch pitching performance from Mike Pelfrey, and some much needed offense from Ryan Church and Fernando Tatis.
I haven’t been much of a Jerry supporter of late, but maybe a coming together is what this team needed. The team took a bus to yesterday’s game together, and won a huge game for the team’s psyche. The Mets got nothing from Tim Redding today, but the offense picked him up. Francisco Rodriguez blew the save, but once again Church provided the game winning hit for the second straight day in the 10th to pickup his teammate.
The team is riding high going into a big three game set with the Phillies, and they must feel very good going against a Phillies team who has struggled mightily of late. Let’s Go Mets!
Pete Lappin (3)
