And There Was Much Rejoicing: Tom Glavine Wins #300.

After the aggravating manner in which the Mets bullpen blew Tom Glavine's first shot at the 300th victory last Tuesday in Milwaukee, tonight's win in Chicago was just that much sweeter.


Though Glavine left the Brewer game with a slim 2-1 lead, the Mets offense really got after it tonight in the 8-3 victory over the Cubs, and Glavine left the game with a 5-1 lead in the seventh inning, though in true to form fashion for the up and down Mets bullpen, the Cubbies rallied to 5-3 in that inning before the pitching and the defense shut the door for good.


The lead-off combo of Jose Reyes and Luis Castillo did a great job getting on base, combining to hit 7 for 11, and Carlos Delgado cleaned up, driving in four runs in a 16 hit barrage (side note: the Mets left an astounding 23 runners on base, so it could have been much, much worse).



Chicks may dig the long ball, but Mets fans really appreciate the way that Glavine uses the bat, the pinch hitting role he found himself in against Washington a couple of weeks ago notwithstanding, and tonight he drove in the first run of the game as well as getting a couple of more sacrifices to move runners along.



Nice to see the Wrigley crowd give Glavine a rousing ovation after coming off the field in the seventh inning tonight, though predictably the ESPN cameras kept checking in on Glavine and various members of his rooting party as the inevitable conclusion to the game drew near.



The best news of all is that the Mets won 4 of 6 on the road against the two top teams in the National League Central, hopefully a positive sign for postseason play, but there is still nearly two months to play, and Tuesday, those pesky Braves are rolling into Shea to try and get closer to the Mets. Things are indeed a bit better now, and if Pedro get back soon and add some more stability to the starting rotation, we will all feel a lot better after the Mets June swoon.


GLAVINE ROUND UP ON THE METS SITE



GAME RECAP





Of course, we couldn't forget one of the better commercials we've ever seen....