unofficial homerun derby

WOW. If last night wasn't a good night for the Metsies then I don't know what is! The team scored TEN runs and let me say, it was great. Scott Kazmir the Oakland Athletics starting pitcher lasted only 3 innings after having a very rough night a.k.a. unwelcome welcoming by some former A's teammates, and gave up 3 home runs. The first to Curtis Granderson in the 2nd inning, his 10th of the season. He's now tied with Lucas Duda for most homers on the team. Then, right after Grandy, Chris Young steps up to bat and hits ANOTHER HOMRUN, his 6th of the season. That's back-to-back homers! Travis d'Arnaud hits a 3-run homer in the 3rd inning, a not-too-shabby at bat for his first game back in the big leagues. That definitely said, "I want to be here" am I right? In the 5th inning Chris Young went on to hit yet another home run to make it two for him for the night.

Bartolo Colon gave another astounding performance and is now 6 for 6 (8-5) in wins so far for the season. He pitched 8 innings, gave up only 4 hits, 1 earned run, a walk, 8 strikeouts, 112 pitches in which 73 of them were strikes. Not to mention that he also had his second hit of the season. A single to left field and he was able to make it all the way to third base, borderline jogging of course. Since when did Colon become a offensive "threat"? ("threat" used very loosely).

The Mets certainly had some "hot bats" last night and it definitely seems as though they are doing much better with clutch hitting as well as hitting with runners in scoring position. For the pass couple of games the pitching has been on point and to say the least, they are on a hot streak. They've now won 5 of their last 6 games.

Now, Chris Young. It was said that he could soon be released by the team sometime this week due to [severe] lack of performance and upon Juan Lagares' return from the disabled list. Let's be real, those rumors had a lot of truth to them. But Young definitely showed that he wants to keep his job. After he went 2 for 3 by hitting two home runs, drawing a walk AND scoring 3 runs, I think he may definitely be changing some minds. 

New York Daily News