Knight stems the tide

It’s nice to see that the Carlos brothers have decided to show up and ride to the rescue. With an unproven pitcher on the mound the Mets needed to score early and often. The Carlos brothers hit 3 HRs and drove in 5 of the 9 runs last night to provide the cushion.

Brandon Knight did all anyone could ask of him. 5 innings and only 2 runs allowed. But with the Bull-pen situation, no lead is too big heading into the later innings. Once again the Heilman syndrome struck the pen. As soon as he started warming up, things got sticky. Rincon gives up a run, Stokes does his Heilman impersonation by giving up a 2 run HR, Heilman comes in and doesn’t retire a batter, Schoeneweis and Smith bail Aaron out, Feliciano allows 2 unearned runs to score in the 9th, and Ayala comes in and slams the door with a strikeout. It was just your typical bull-pen session for the Mets. It’s a wonder I haven’t taken up drinking yet. At least the Mets won. A loss would have put them behind the Phillies by 1.5 games and the brewers by .5 games. With Johan going tonight, the Mets need to win again and try to gain some separation from the Brewers, and put the pressure on the Phillies. Time to breakout the aspirin and Rolaids for this night’s game and to hope for divine intervention.