Monday, March 31, 2008
Amazin After-Thoughts: Edition 1 Mets at Marlins 3/31/08
The New York Mets won yet another Opening Day contest, defeating the Florida Marlins 7-2.
Good: Where to start? Johan Santana pitched like an ace, giving up two runs and striking out eight in seven strong innings. David Wright began his 2008 MVP campaign by going 2-4 with a walk and 3 RBI. All of Wright's RBI came on a two-out base hit int he fourth. Jose Reyes also came through with a clutch two-out base hit that brought home a run. You have to like how Aaron Heilman looked in the ninth, as well. Heilman sat the Marlins down in order, striking out two in the process.
Bad: Not much. Santana gave up a two-run home run, something that Mets fans may just have to get used to. Face it. Johan gives up the long ball. The bullpen created a Maalox moment in the eighth but didn't give up a run thanks to Jorge Sosa.
Ugly: Carlos Delgado and Brian Schneider. Neither had a hit on Opening Day but it really didn't matter. It's always nice when you have to be picky in this portion of the post.
Overall: This is what you like to see. Strong starting pitching, two-out base hits that drive runs home and a bullpen that doesn't give anything up. Every Mets fan is happy with this contest and it's especially nice to beat the Marlins after the final series of the '07 season.
Grade: A
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Aaron Heilman,
Brian Schneider,
Carlos Delgado,
David Wright,
Florida Marlins,
Johan Santana,
Jose Reyes,
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Zac Wassink
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You got to be happy with the way the Mets played today, even if it was only the Marlins, a is a win, and it gets the team off to a good start... all we need to do now is play like we did today for the rest of the season.