The Mets quickly and consistently beat the Arizona Diamondbacks feeding off all-star shortstop Jose Reyes who was a home run short of the cycle. Starting off from the first inning, Reyes hit a triple and never looked back. At the end of the day he went four for five and had two triples; his last one, which took place in the eighth inning, he tried to go home and complete the cycle but was thrown out at the plate on a perfect throw. The Mets constantly got hits from most of the starters and the pitching went smoothing as well and they beat the Diamondbacks 7-2.
Besides the highlight reel provided by Reyes, the rest of the team got eight hits that totaled 12 all together. Ryan Church went 2-4 with a double and home run to give him three RBI’s for the night, and David Wright went 3-5 with a double and two RBIs. Moises Alou played his first game of the season, off the DL and had a RBI single. Reyes and slumping Carlos Beltran each stole a base.
John Maine was the starting pitcher for the Mets and got his third win of the season pitching six innings and giving up six hits and two runs, while striking out six. The bullpen, who consisted of Joe Smith, Pedro Feliciano, and Duaner Sanchez, handled the rest of the game only giving up one hit and zero runs. The pitching was very good in this game holding one of the hottest teams with some of the hottest hitters, to only seven hits.
This was a great game for the Mets, beating one of the best teams in the league and roughing up Diamondbacks starter Micah Owings, who was undefeated until this game. For such a complete player, Beltran has not been holding his own for the Mets only batting .204, which is unlike him as he is known as one of the best in the game. The Mets are now 15-12 and look to take the Diamondbacks again on Saturday.
