A Bit More Like It

So by no stretch of the imagination did the Mets offense light it up last night against Roy Halladay and the Phillies, but they did score more runs than their counterpart and that's what we care about this morning.

Halladay was cruising along until a small blip in the sixth inning.  A walk and a single set the stage for David Wright and the man did what he's always done in the Mets uniform; he drove them home with a double down the left field line.

Ya knew it was a good game when this offense was able to get an extra base hit, but ya knew it was a great game when a home run was added to the mix.  And that's what happened in the top of the ninth.  Rookie Jordany Valdespin crushed a Jonathon Papelbon (the man can't close out the Mets) pitch into the right field stands giving the Mets a 5-2 lead and victory.

This team as the feel and look of a .500 team for the long haul.  Exciting, energetic and young one day but inexperienced, over-matched and lost the next day.  It's exciting and frustrating all in one for fans.  But for this team, it'll be taken.  A team everyone had counted out.