Pelfrey Pitches First Complete Game of Career

In the fastest game that Mets played this season in 2 hrs and 8 minutes, Mike Pelfrey has pitched his first career complete game in a 6-3 victory over the Braves tonight at Shea. It seems lately that if Mets pitchers give up only three hits going into the ninth, Jerry Manuel will give them a chance for a complete game. We saw that Sunday when Johan Santana pitched his second complete game against the Pirates when he gave up three hits in a 4-0 Mets victory.

With the win, the Mets have reached 70 wins for the season, and Pelfrey became the first 12 game winner on the staff. I predict that the NL East winner will have to win at least 90 games to take the division. That means that the Mets will have to go 20-15 over their last 35 games. They're schedule is weak outside of two series versus the Brewers and Cubs. Can it be done? Of course it can. Will it be done? That remains to be seen, and coming off the collapse of last season coupled with all the injuries this year, I'm very skeptical. However, if the Mets can keep taking care of business by beating the lesser teams, we may be seeing baseball in NY in October, and for once, it won't involve the Yankees.