Delgado Homers Late To Push Mets Past Brewers

After taking two out of three against NL East rival Florida over the weekend, the Mets got off to a good start in a pivotal series against the Brewers today by defeating them 4-2 in Milwaukee thanks again to the heroics of Carlos Delgado.

Ever since Jerry Manuel took over as Manager in June, Delgado has practically single handedly propelled the Mets into first place, and himself to one of the top spots for MVP. Before Manuel took over, there was talk of him platooning with Andy Phillips. Well, Andy Phillips is gone, and Delgado has been tearing the cover off of the ball ever since Yankee series when he had nine RBI's.

Today was no different as his two-run home run off Eric Gagne in the eighth inning propelled the Mets to a 4-2 victory over the Brewers today, as I said before. Trailing 2-1, Daniel Murphy greeted Gagne with a double. One out later, Delgado hit his 31st home run of the year to give New York a 3-2 lead.

It was Delgado's 462nd career homer, tying him with Jose Canseco for 31st place on the all-time list. Delgado has 20 homers and 60 RBI since June 27, the most of any NL player in that time. Also in the 8th, Carlos Beltran singled and scored on Ryan Church's double to the center-field wall, increasing the Mets' lead to 4-2. Beltran later left the game with a right knee contusion, but the severity of that injury was not immediately known.


Mets Starter Johan Santana pitched six innings, giving up two runs and seven hits. He struck out 10. Tomorrow as I said in an earlier post, Jonathan Niese makes his MLB debut for the Mets when he faces Manny Para. Hopefully, he'll keep the Mets on a roll.