Mets 5, Nationals 3 (NYM: 42-42, 9 GB; WAS: 51-33)
The Mets picked up a huge win on Wednesday night, unfortunately, I couldn't stay awake to watch the end of it....hence, the rare morning posting.
I had to write something, though, because of the stats I just picked up on Aaron Heilman. Here's what happened Wednesday night - the Mets took a 4-3 lead over the Nationals in the top of the sixth inning, finally coming through with the bases loaded (it could have been a HUGE inning, but Marlon Anderson and Ramon Castro made some horrible baserunning decisions). Then in the bottom of the sixth, Tom Glavine let the Nationals load the bases, and with two outs, gave way to Heilman. Heilman got the ground ball out, en route to 2-and-a-third hitless innings in relief. Aaron Heilman has inherited 17 runners this season, and has only allowed 2 to score. I think that's an awesome stat.
Braden Looper pitched another perfect ninth - although I'm sure it couldn't have been as easy as it sounds...glad I wasn't awake to see that.
The Mets are in position to win the series - and would become the first team to take a series from the Nationals in Washington since late April. That would be big - I'll have another posting Thursday night from New York, en route to a weekend in Pittsburgh.
THE KID'S KIDS: Hall of Famer Gary Carter's Gulf Coast Mets keep on winning, beating the Nationals Wednesday, 6-4. The record is now 8-3.
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