Wheeler Looks Strong; Mets Sweep Giants

       The New York Mets, winners of their last 3 and 7 of their last 10, were looking to bring out the brooms on Wednesday against a struggling Giants club and had newcomer to the Majors and former Giant prospect Zach Wheeler on the mound looking to rebound after 2 straight shaky starts. The two teams had played a pair of interesting games leading up to Wednesday's matinee, the first won by the Mets on a Brandon Crawford error in the 15th (Yes yet another Mets game gone to extras), and the other that was close for awhile until New York put it away in the final few innings.

       The Mets batted around to score 3 in their first at-bat on an RBI single from Daniel Murphy and then a 2-run single by John Buck. The sudden offensive explosion continued in the 5th when Marlon Byrd (who will probably be shopped by the Mets) hit a 2-run shot to make it 5-0. In the 6th, RBI doubles came from an unlikely source in Wheeler and then from a more usual source in Murphy which made it 7-0! This would be all the Mets would score in a 7-2 rout of San Francisco.

       As for Zach Wheeler (pitching wise this time around), he dazzled in his first ever start against his former team. He went 7 strong innings allowing only 3 hits and 1 ER while walking only 3 and striking out 5. Wheeler as well lowered his ERA to 3.54 and improved his record to 3-1.

       Well I think it's fair to say that the Mets have been playing some very good baseball of late. It really all started on that road trip about a month ago in which the team went on a 7-4 run in Atlanta, Philly, Chicago, and Denver. The pitching staff stepped up its game and so did the offense which up to that point had basically been dreadful. Yes they had a mostly bad home stand when they returned back to Citi Field, but throughout the Arizona series, they put up a fight in every game against a tough DBacks team that is battling for the lead in a wild NL West. They won 2 of 3 in Millwaukee and just dominated a struggling yet talented Giants club. If they keep it up they could be dangerous.

       Call me crazy but the Mets may have a 2nd half miracle!