That's Right...

Written by Benny B. | 30 April 2010

The New York Mets utterly destroyed the Phillies tonight in there own house 9-1 winning their 8th game in a row and retaining first place in the NL East.  The Mets now hold a 1.5 game lead over the Philths.

2010 is different and a strong series in philly would go a long way for this team...Some things to think about: Mets are hitting mad fly balls and I think a lot of the out[s] that we saw at citi (particularly from barajas and Frenchy) could be long gone at CBP...

-Benny B, Yesterday

Am I a prognosticator or what?  For the Mets, it couldn't have been any better tonight.  D-Wright hit a 2 run HR and Frenchy hit a solo HR to kick off this wonderful night as the mets took a 3-0 lead.  But Niese got in a little trouble in the bottom of the inning.  Now the 2008-2009 Mets might have given the lead right back, but as I have said before, these are the 2010 Mets.  Frenchy started off the inning by cutting off a potential double by Werth who fell down when he saw the laser beam Jeff threw to 2nd base, and scurried back to first.  Werth, you even dream about taking an extra base on Frenchy, you better wake up and apologize. Then he made a spectacular catch smashing into the centerfield wall.  Not to be outdone, Jason Bay made a leaping catch for the 3rd out on a deep fly hit by Victorino to limit the damage to 1 run scored.

Then Rod Barjas took over the show:  He hits a solo HR completing the Benny Beez prognostication above, and after Frenchy got blasted on the elbow by a way inside pitch by Baez, Rod smashed a double to drive home Jeff to make it 5-1.  Then Mike's favorite player, Angel Pagan, got in on the action hitting a 2 run scoring triple to essentially break the game wide open (even by CBP standards).  But, just to rub a little extra salt in the Phillies wounds, Jose Reyes caps off the inning with an RBI single to make it 8-1.

Jon Niese threw 7 very impressive innings to let y'all know he ain't no joke.  He got himself into a little bit of trouble walking batters, but he essentially dominated:  4 hits, 7k's and 1 run allowed.  OWNED.   He then gave way to Jenry Mejia who appeared to retaliate for the Francoeur beaning by hitting Utley in the leg with a 98 MPH fastball.  I love it!  I hope that sends a message not only to the Phillies, but the rest of the league as well: If you are going to pitch us inside, we'll pitch you inside.  If you hit us, we'll hit you.  Good ol' fashioned hardball.

If the ass-whooping that unfolded wasn't enough for Mets fans tonight, the cherry on top was welcoming Mr. Brad Lidge back from the DL with another Solo HR by Mr Barajas further cementing Benny Beez's prognosticating abilities.  If there were any fans left in the builiding at that point, they surely jumped off the bridge after that.  Lidge was mercifully removed after getting every pitch he threw tagged and Mejia put the Phils out their misery...and thrust their fans into misery.

What a great way to kick off the series.  A real statement game.  The best part of it for me was you could just feel the Phillie fans squirming--getting worse and worse after every HR, strikeout, defensive miscue and culminating in a Lidge blasting...and I was loving every minute of it.

Right back at it tomorrow afternoon.  Let's do this.  I think these 2010 Mets may be for real...

2010 WTTTB SERIES: Mets-1, Phillies-0