NLCS Game 6: Mets
Down 3 games to 2 to the St. Louis Cardinals, with their backs to the wall and the uncertainty of a rookie pitcher on the mound, the Mets returned home to New York for Game 6 of the NLCS Wednesday night needing a win to stave off elimination and force a seventh and deciding game.
What they got was 5 1/3 scoreless innings from John Maine, a leadoff homerun in the bottom of the first from Jose Reyes and a two-run single by Paul LoDuca in the seventh, on the way to a 4-2 victory.
All season long, the Mets have talked about being 25 guys who play as one, meaning they just step up whenever they have to. Through injuries, player slumps, losing streaks, different players just rise to the occasion to get them over the hump. This has been a nerve-racking time for us fans, because the strong team we’ve been watching all season is not hitting on all cylinders but still managing to chug along. For Game 7 Thursday night, they’re gonna need to keep the engine running. Another rookie pitcher, Oliver Perez, the Game 4 starter, will be on the hill. He’ll need plenty of run support but if he falters, the entire bullpen is on call.
Posted by bernie at October 19, 2006 12:57 AM