The Mets kept rolling tonight with their seventh win in a row. It was exciting to watch deGrom as he went seven shutout innings surrendering six hits and striking out eight. He awarded no free passes on 101 pitches. It was a lot of fun to watch him as he took that mound and really showed what made him the rookie of the year last year.
d'Arnaud and Flores helped out providing some power. Probably the two guys that you wouldn't suspect in the power department. But then again, did you really think Eric Campbell would have had a stolen base? This is what this team is though. They have had productivity from everyone in the lineup. They are playing as a team and if one player goes down- Wright - then someone picks it up offensively. Today it was Flores, tomorrow it might be Granderson or Murphy or more of the luck Campbell brought from Vegas.
deGrom's biggest of the eight strikeouts he had was when Giancarlo Stanton was K'ed with two runners on and the Mets only up by 2. One blast and the Marlins go into the bottom half of the sixth ahead. This is the first time in a while that Mets pitching held Stanton without a homer - he was also hitless. But that didn't make it any less nerve-racking when Carlos Torres gave up three runs in the top of the ninth making it 5-4. The Torres from theleft side, relieved Carlos to verse lefty Christian Yelich. Dee Gordon on first, two outs, Yelich digs in to verse Alex Torres. Alex Torres rings up Yelich to end the game, leaving Stanton's 0-4 night with three strikeouts, in the batters box. Alex Torres got his first career save.
I like d'Arnaud in the two hole but it might be better suited for Murphy, he might be comfortable up there, maybe he will be able to hit in that slot. He is a very streaky player though so hopefully he finds his streak that says "HOT" on it, and it starts going. As for Granderson, I know it's only halfway through the month but his April average could look a little like it did last year. Although he is leading the league with 11 walks, it might be time to try him out a little bit lower in the batting order and giving Lagares a chance leading off a game. I know I'm nitpicking and currently they are cruising just fine. Currently this lineup is winning games and so as the saying goes, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". So I'll just keep on watching these games and loving every second of all these exciting moments!
What do you think? Do you think the Mets should change their lineup or keep it just as it is? Who would you like to see leading off? Matt Reynolds had another good game, would you like to see him up here? How do you like this teams chemistry and how they are able to play as a team and not relying on one guy?
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