On a weekend where the Mets were having an awful lot of trouble with the worst team in the league (tied for worst with the surprisingly bad Royals - I thought they might have had it this year), John Maine took the bump on Sunday with a lot to lose. He had the third best ERA in the league (1.71) coming in and a line up that could only be classified as second string (with Easley, Castro and 49 year old Julio Franco getting starts). If Maine finished the game going 6 innings with 3 runs and a half dozen hits, everyone would have been happy.
Instead, John Maine came out and dominated for 6 innings. Dmitri Young is home crying after a game like that. Maine struck him out three times and Young didn't even get close to the ball. Maine walked a few, but he went 7 strong (a little drama in the 7th but only one hit), gave up 3 hits all day, struck out a career high 8 and took home a strong win thanks to Beltran's home run (one of only two hits for the Mets against Nats starter Bergmann).
Here's a little quote from the Mets web site:
The Mets also got strong performances from starter John Maine (4-0, 1.35 ERA) and relievers Aaron Heilman, Scott Schoeneweis and Billy Wagner. Maine was spectacular, giving up three hits and striking out eight in seven innings. Schoeneweis came on with the bases loaded and two outs in the eighth and got Ryan Church to ground out to Franco at first.
Beauty.
And now, to the really impressive part of our story. Yankees Suck! Yankees Suck!
From RedSox.com: Manny Ramirez's 50th home run against the Yankees was one of three Red Sox long balls and helped Boston extend its AL East lead over last-place New York to 6 1/2 games. David Ortiz and Alex Cora also went deep, and Hideki Okajima made his 11th straight scoreless appearance.
Yeah. The LAST PLACE YANKEES. That's the four sweetest words ever put together. Despite the return of Chien Ming Wang, the Yankees Starters still suck. Wang gave up two of the homers, 4 runs, 3 walks and 1 measley strikeout.
Ha ha!
Yankees Suck! Yankees Suck!
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