Game #66 (38-28) - Bring on the Bombers

Wow.  Not much else to say after the Mets completed their second straight road sweep against the Indians in Cleveland by a score of 6-4.   That's 11 of 12 for the Metropolitans heading into this weekend's showdown with the (ughhhhhhh) defending champion Yankees.   Hisanori Takahashi will take the hill for the Mets, luckily it's against the Yankees worst starter, Javy Vazquez, though Vazquez has pitched well in 4 of his last 5 starts.  Let's hope the Metties can keep it going against their Bronx neighbors.  Not a lot to say about tonight, hard to pay attention when I'm watching in PIP with the NBA Finals.

• Mets are now 24-6 in games in which Jose Reyes scores a run.  Pretty safe to say that Jose's uptick in OBP over the last 2 weeks has played nicely into this hot streak.  3 for 5 tonight for Jose.  
• Jake Westbrook has also been mentioned as a candidate for a deadline acquisition for the Mets.  Please, don't let this happen.   You could make the same "struggling because he's playing for a losing team" excuse one might make for Kevin Millwood, but I really don't see how Westbrook could help this team, especially not with Maine coming back (and Jerry saying he sees Maine as a starter).  Even more than that, I find it hard to believe that a young guy like Dillon Gee in AAA could be less successful in the majors than Westrbook or Millwood.  At the very least, I'd like to see what a young guy could do before trading prospects for has beens like this.
• Pretty shocking to see Angel Pagan intentionally walked with runners on 2nd and 3rd with one out to get to David Wright.  Wright was able to avoid the double play by hitting a slow enough grounder to avoid the double play and score a run, and Ike followed with a single to add another run.  I just can't remember seeing a guy get walked to get to the opposing team's best hitter in the 4th inning of a June game before - very odd.  Wright now has RBI's in 7 straight games since being moved back to the 3 hole, and has 14 RBI in that span. 

Elsewhere, have to tip your cap to Ubaldo Jimenez.  With a win today, Ubaldo is now just the 4th pitcher ever to win 13 of his 14 starts, joining Roger Clemens (13-0 in 1986), Lefty Gomez (13-1 in 1932) and Lefty Grove (13-1 in 1931).  Ubaldo lowered his ERA to 1.15, the 2nd lowest after 14 starts in MLB history.  Unreal what this kid is putting together this year.  If he can keep this pace and get to 20 by August 1, we could be watching something truly special.  The only pitcher since 1980 to win more than 24 games in a season has been Bob Welch, who won 27 en route to winning the 1990 AL Cy Young Award for the Oakland A's.   Considering the Mets haven't had a 20 game winner since Frank Viola went 20-12 in 1990, let's add that to the list of reasons why being a met fan sucks!