The Mets continued their home-stand with a bang. As we all know by now, the Mets took the previous series against the Yankees 2-1. In this series, the Mets won all three games. More importantly, it proves that surprisingly the Mets can play with championship caliber teams like the Yankees and the Phillies. Lastly, going 5-1 combined against both teams proves my theory. Throughout this home-stand, the pitching, hitting, and defense has been superb for the Mets. Key to any game is pitching, and if your team's ERA is 0 throughout the whole series, chances are your winning the set. During these three games, the Mets shut out the Phillies in all the games and allowed no scored runs(earned or not) on the scoreboard in 27 innings. This is the first time I have ever witnessed a pitching beauty in my life, and the first since they accomplished it in 1969. Hitting was just as gorgeous outscoring the Phillies 16-0, which the pitching took a surplus of pressure off the Mets. Ironically, the Mets were looking like the '08 Phils as the Phillies looked like the '09 Mets! Not to mention, many Mets hitters became in a hot streak making them snap out of their cold streak. Some hitters include Jose Reyes. As most Major League Baseball fans know, Reyes is the Mets spark for the offense. In one game alone, he had 2 hits(a triple and a single), stole a base, and scored two runs. He was the factor of the unexpected 2006 run. But anyways, from this series Met fans know many new things about their team such as the starting pitching. Every year, this is the biggest concern of the Mets season. But R.A Dickey and Hisanori Takahashi, have stepped up in a enormous way and hopefully will be the future starters. Potentially on the way, could be Roy Oswalt could give the Mets a solid five as he requests a trade from one of the League's worst, Houston Astros. Let's hope the Mets can withhold this streak and extend their excellent play against the Milwaukee Brewers and San Diego Padres on the road!
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