Murph!!! Win 3-2

The Mets won their first game of the post David Wright playing every day era. As the third baseman was put on the DL (hopefully for the rest of the year, and OMG OMG OMG Omar didn't do something stupid!!!), his teammates were celebrating in a walk off dogpile, which could provoke more injuries. With David Wright out, his teammates tried to replace his prescience in the lineup. There was Fernando Tatis striking out in his 2 official at bats. And, then there was also Luis Castillo hitting a home run to the second deck. Is this some kind of bizarro world that we live in? No, its not. Because, with a 2-1 lead going into the 8th, and having thrown only 90 pitches, Jerry left Big Pelf in, and he promptly gave up 2 doubles to blow the lead. But Brian Stokes and Pedro Feliciano came on, and got the job done. I feel that Feliciano and Stokes should be the relief aces (closers), and used like Orosco and McDowell were in 1986. The Mets did nothing in the 8th, and in the top of the 9th Blow-Rod came in (to the nervousness of all the 38,793 Citi Faithful). But, he struck out the side, to become K-Rod again. And, then Francoeur singled (to the shortstop), Tatis bunted him over, and Daniel Murphy hit the walk off single.
Stupid Decision of the Day: Leaving Pelfrey in for the 8th. Because this year batters are batting .333/.500/.333 against him in the 8th, and not only that, but batters are batting .360/.429/.440 after 101 pitches (he threw 104). And, not only that but the fourth time around the order (which is what Pelf was in), batters are batting .333/.500/.500 (compared with
.297/.355/.464 in the third time.)
Random Thought of the Day: Seeing as Wright is now on the DL, maybe Murphy should play third, just to see if his bat will play there. His bat really doesn't play for first. Oh yeah, I hope they call up Nick Evans to replace Wright. That would be nice. Hold on? What's that? They called up Andy Green? a 32 year old who is a career .199/.280/.265? But, wait he can play everywhere. I think Mestradamus was right when he said they were grooming utility players. Not Nick Evans who has gotten his average up 100 points since going back down to AAA? And who crushes lefties? Ok. Thanks, Omar. (Green-translated .231/.295/.368)
Clutch Play of the Game: Daniel Murphy walk off!!! +.299 WPA (multiply by 100 to get percent)
Up Next for the Mets: Finale of 4 game series with Giants
Livan Hernandez (7-7 5.08 ERA, 4.64 FIP, 5.74 tRA) will try to be the Giants by eating all of them. He'll face
Joe Martinez (2-1 6.00 ERA, 3.01 FIP (someone's unlucky), 4.85 tRA)