Ollie does just Enough and Heilman doesn't blow it.

Going into today's game I was wondering which Ollie was going to show up. After his last game against the Brewers, I was worried that this would be a slug fest in Philly. Citizens Bank Park plays so small I always fear for the worse and hope for the best when Ollie pitches there. But today he was OK. He didn't give up a run, struck out 7, but walked 5. So the walks ran up his pitch count, and ended his day early.

But then things got a little weird with the pitchers. Willie did his usual head scratching changes and it almost bit him in the butt. He bring Sanchez into the 6th inning with two outs. Then brings Schoeneweis in to start the 7th and he promptly gives up a home run to Utley, a left handed batter. I thought no left handed hitters hit home runs off Scott? Then Smith comes in for the 8th, followed by Feliciano, and Heilman. Pedro couldn't throw a strike, and Joe also walked one batter.That left 2 one and 1 out for Aaron. As usual Heilman brings the gas to heat up the situation. He walks the bases full, gives up a bloop single that Pagan misread, and then strikes out the next to batters. I was hoping thing wouldn't be a repeat of the previous night. In the 9th, Wagner came in a slammed to door shut for the save. Billy has retired every batter he's faced this year except a walk to Utley in the last series. Way to go Billy.

What can I say about the hitters. David Wright is not human. He's a one man wrecking crew so far this year. He has 19 RBI and a .344 average. Ryan Church is really impressing too. He's also hitting .344 , 10 RBI, and a .408 OBP, and is proving every game why he needs to stay in the 2 hole. With him there, Jose' is scoring, and David is driving in runs by the bunches. It does the Mets no good when David comes to bat with nobody on base. The 1-3 hitters today had 6 of the 9 hits, scored 3 of the 4 runs, and had all the RBI. On the bad side of things, the Carlos brothers are really disappointing so far this year. Neither one has a hit in Philly. Beltran is now hitting .241 and Delgado is hitting .213. They have 25 strikeouts and only 15 RBI between them. And to think there is over $32 million being spent on their salaries. It's time for them to start earning their paychecks I'd say.

Tomorrow night it's Big Pelf's turn at the Phillies. It's an 8 P.M. game on ESPN. I hate it when ESPN does the games. Joe Morgan stinks and Jon Miller is barely tolerable. Morgan makes so many mistakes during the broadcast it's laughable. At least Perez pitched today, so we won't have to hear Morgan call him Odalis Perez all night. LOL. Unfortunately, it seems like every time the Mets play on a Sunday night, they lose. Hopefully that trend will stop, and Big Pelf keeps the Phillies reeling.