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Good pitching will always win games for you.  The Mets were able to see to that over the last two days, getting great starts out of RA Dickey and Jon Niese.  From their efforts, and enough offense, the Mets were able to grab the last two games in Pittsburgh, finish their road trip at .500 and move four games clear of .500 overall as they come home tonight for 11 straight games.

The NL East hasn't changed much in the past week but there seems to be signs of both Washington and Atlanta wanting to pull away from the pack.  Each sit eight and seven games, respectively, over .500 and have played some solid ball of late.  New York welcomes to town one of the worst teams in the National League, the San Diego Padres, for a three game set this weekend and would it be an amazin' time to collect at least two more wins.

In due time the Mets should be getting back some more of their initial starting line up.  Jason Bay and Josh Thole are progressing from their injuries down in Port St. Lucie and should be back in New york shortly.