Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Andrew Brown Gives Mets Win!!!

The Mets somehow were able to pull out this win on July first. I'm not entirely sure how they did it while they left countless base-runners on but managed to pitch themselves into a win. Shaun Marcum, scratched and clawed to make it to the sixth inning. In the first inning it looked like Marcum was going to have another day. Paul Goldschmidt hit another home run (can anyone get this guy out?) to make it a two to nothing game. Then in the second inning Aaron Hill singled to left field to score Didi Gregorius. Now it is three to nothing, and the Mets don't look like they are going to be able to even buy a hit while runners are in scoring position. Not until the bottom of the seventh inning when David Wright stepped in and Eric Young Jr. on second base, and  David Wright singled to left field. Omar Quintanilla hit a shot to deep right field that Gerardo Parra almost made a great play on, but had to be taken out of the game due to an injury. Quintanilla got a triple and then with two outs and a runner on third, Eric Young stepped in he doubled to right field, it looked like it could have been a triple, but why make the last out of an inning at third base with the middle of the order coming up? Then there was a wild pitch that could have probably scored EY if he was on third but instead it pushed him over to third. So with J.J. Putz coming in to close out the game at 3-2, Satin had better ideas. Byrd was about three inches away from tying the game up at threes but instead stood out at second base for Josh Satin to single him in. Tie ball game. Satin then moved to second on Buck's walk, then took third on a wild pitch but Buck (who's run doesn't matter) got thrown out at second base. So we're heading into extra innings. Cody Ross (one of the Mets many nemesis's) led off the top of the 13th and homered on a 1-0 count. Everyone probably just thought the game was over cause the way the Mets have been going all day, it would just make sense, but then the bottom of the thirteenth came. Byrd struck out to lead off. Josh Satin lashed a double to right field, Buck was intentionally walked, Matt Harvey then was up there to bunt them over, he did his job. Then Quintanilla was intentionally walked. Both of these intentional walks are questionable, Buck has been ice cold, why not go after him to leave a hot Quintanilla in the on deck circle? But anyway, it's bases loaded with two outs and Andrew Brown steps in: foul ball-strike one, foul ball-strike two, and then on an 0-2 count Andrew Brown singles to left centerfield and Satin and Buck both scored!!! The Mets win!!! Put it in the books!!! The Mets win!!! That was a very exciting game to watch, aside from it being very frustrating, it was a fun game to watch because the Mets actually won it!

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