Alright, so far, so good. The Mets took care of business last night and will now move on to play either the Padres or the Cardinals. The good news is, the team will get three days rest so the Mets will be able to get their rotation back in the right order and give some of these older guys a rest.
The Mets didn’t wast much time. They scored three in the first off of three RBI singles and then Shawn Green doubled home Cliff Floyd in the second to make it 4-0. Then the Dodgers stormed back with five runs combined in the fourth and fifth (off of Steve Trachsel and Darren Oliver) and just like that, the Mets were down.
All that seemed to do was wake the Mets up though. They answered with three in the sixth and piled on two more in the eighth to make it an 8-5 final. No worries.
All nine runs were scored by nine different hitters. And only Jose Valentin and Steve Trachsel out of the nine starters went hitless. Greg Maddux didn’t stand a chance.
And it looks like we won’t be having a subway series. The Yankees were bounced by the Tigers and they’re now my choice to lose to the Mets in the World Series.
