In what could be a playoff preview, the Mets split their series with the Dodgers this weekend. No sweat, because the games don’t matter yet, at least not for the Mets. They should be wrapping up the division some time this week. I’d guess Wednesday or Thursday.
Tom Glavine looked really sharp on Thursday and he was helped by a three run inside the park homerun by Jose Reyes. Glavine went 6 1/3 shutout innings and gave up only five hits. Jose Valentin also homered and he scored twice and drove in twice.
I’m not sure what happened on Friday. The Mets were completely shutdown by a rookie pitcher. John Maine was okay but not great and he took the loss. David Wright had two of the Mets’ four hits in the 5-0 loss.
Yesterday’s win was a good one. Carlos Delgado got the Mets on the board with a solo homerun in the second. Orlando Hernandez was roughed up for two runs in the top of the sixth but David Wright drove in two with a single in the bottom half of the inning to put the Mets back on top. Aaron Heilman and Billy Wagner shut down the Dodgers in the eighth and the ninth and the final ended up being 3-2.
The Mets were blown out today. Another rookie pitcher did us in and the only run came on Jose Reyes’ 19th homerun of the season. Steve Trachsel was roughed up and he didn’t even last three innings. Brian Bannister was also shelled, which also isn’t encouraging.
Next up is three against the Marlins who are in a three way tied for second place in the Wild Card race.
