Bannister Wins His First Major League Game

You would think that a day off would slow down the Hot start the Mets have had, but they picked up where they left off on Sunday. The Mets pounded 12 hits enroute to a 7-1 victory and a 5-1 record. Last year at this time, the Mets started off at 0-5, they won their next 6 games, but never regained that momentum, the rest of the year.

Brian Bannister recorded his first Major League victory and in two starts this season, looks very much like the highly touted prospect the Mets have been bragging about.


Brain Bannister Photo: AP

This year, they seem to have what it takes to go all the way. But it is too early to start preparing the ticket tape parade. They have a lot of baseball to play. But if this past week is any indication of how the season will go, then it will be a summer to remember at Shea.

Yankee fans have argued in the past and present that us Mets fans get ahead of ourselves and that we always falter, well Mets fans this year will cheer their team to the very end, and if for some reason we do not make the playoffs, it will just be another year that we thought we had the better team. But if we did not root for our team, then we would not be called fans. We live by our team through bad times and good times.

Game Notes:
Reyes 2 for 5, R, 2 RBI, Triple
Lo Duca 3 for 5, R, RBI, Double
Beltran 2 for 4, 2 R, 2 RBI, HR
Wright 1 for 4, RBI (6 Straight Games with an RBI)