Down at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, every time an Air Force jet flies overhead, turbines screaming, the formations of young troops are all asked the same question, bellowed out by a grizzled old Drill Sergeant, "What's that sound?" they'll ask. The troops, in unison, will answer back at the top of their lungs, "The Sound of Freedom!"
In the 9th inning of last night's win over the Phillies, Mets fans heard that sound in the form of Enter Sandman.
Just 24 hours removed from Aguayo/Bullpen Meltdown-Gate, the Mets answered back in the chess game that is the NL East to re-take a share of first-place.
In beating the Phillies 6-3, the Mets got a lot of what they needed--a strong start from John Maine, a big homerun from Jose Reyes, strong relief pitching from Scott Schoeneweis, Joe Smith and Billy Wagner, and no mistakes.
That's not to say it was easy. After scoring twice in the bottom of the 1st on four walks and no hits, John Maine came out in the 2nd and let the lead go on back to back homeruns by Shane Victorino and Geoff Jenkins.
After the Mets tacked on a run in the bottom of the third, the Phils came back in the 5th on a Jimmie Rollins double to tie it at three. Tension was mounting, Shea was strangely quiet as fans sat on the edge of their seat, and it all came down to the final 12 outs.
Damion Easley and Brian Schneider started off the 6th with hits---rally time, again, for the Mets, who had a veritable plethora of baserunners all game long thanks to a 10 hit attack and 7 walks issued by Philly pitchers.
The Mets needed a big hit and they got one--Jose Reyes nailed the first pitch he saw from Ryan Madson over the rightfield wall to give the Mets a 3-run lead.
Reyes, the emotional sparkplug that drives the team, clearly enjoyed the moment and said, "That situation, tie game, you hit a three-run home run there, you've got to enjoy it because it's never easy when you play against the Phillies."
And the lead held up thanks to John Maine, a couple of pitching specialists, and the Sound of Freedom.
Enjoy your coffee my friends!
Players of the Game | New York Mets |
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| Jose Reyes, SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .297 |
| Endy Chavez, RF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .259 |
| David Wright, 3B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .288 |
| Carlos Delgado, 1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .262 |
| Carlos Beltran, CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .268 |
| Marlon Anderson, LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .203 |
| Scott Schoeneweis, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Joe Smith, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| a- Robinson Cancel, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 |
| Billy Wagner, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Damion Easley, 2B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .282 |
| Brian Schneider, C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .248 |
| John Maine, P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .122 |
| b- Fernando Tatis, PH-LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .291 |
| Totals | 34 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
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