2 in a row; Win 8-3

Usually these days, when you see the other team has scored 3 runs, you think the Mets lost. How is it possible for this offense to get 3 runs? It was true against the Braves, and against the Nats. But, the Mets like it in Houston this year, despite the fact that they historically don't play well their. But this mixture of 3 regulars, and 6 replacements go into Houston, and hit their way to 22 runs, and take the series. It doesn't hurt that we only gave up 11 runs; this is the way to win series, great hitting and good pitching. Livan Hernandez struggled in the first, and was lucky to get out of it (guy caught stealing, guy thrown out at home), but then went 6 more scoreless, and had 7 k's and 1 walk. He gave up 8 hits. PEdro Feliciano and Sean Green came in to pitch the last 2 innings, Green getting the save. Offensively we had 13 hits (4 extra base hits; 3 triples and a double), and 2 walks. The Mets scored 3 in the 3rd to tie up the game, 2 in the fourth, 1 in the eighth and 2 in the ninth to put the game away. Every player who had a plate appearence got a hit, and there were multi hit performences from David Wright (2/5), Luis Castillo (2/4, a walk), and Alex Cora (2/4). And for the second straight day Jerry Manuel did not make a dumb decision! It must equal a personal record. The Jeff Francoeur Walk-O-Meter is still at 0; in fact his OBP is only .0004 higher than his batting average (.3269 to .3265). But the public will point to the fatc that he has 14 RBI's as a Met. Yes, and that is good, but I am concerned about his lousy plate discipline. Still, what do I know? I'm just a blogger, and I don't play professional baseball. I'm sure HoJo is trying to change his approach.
Clutch Play of The Day: Hunter Pence double play in the fourth. +13.9% WPA.
Up Next: A key 4 game series with the wild card leading Rockies, at home. 7:10 PM ET
Oliver Perez (2-3 7.68 ERA, 6.19 FIP, 7.24 tRA) looks to try to turn his season around, and convince the Mets that he wasn't a $36 Million Mistake. He'll face
Ubaldo Jimenez (7-9 3.85 ERA, 3.21 FIP, 3.27 tRA)