Nice to see the Mets get the breaks against a team with the worst fans in baseball, it's definitely a nice gift after all of the boneheaded team play of the last week.
A two-out, two-run home run from catcher Omir Santos off of reliever Jonathan Papelbon that bounced off of a barrier just behind the top of the Green Monster and back onto the field of play was the difference as the Mets rallied in the top of the ninth inning for the victory. The Mets defense, so suspect in the last few games, managed to keep itself together in the bottom of the inning for the win. (YES, IT WAS ONLY ONE GAME, BUT A WIN IS STILL A WIN, ESPECIALLY AGAINST THE RED SUX ). BTW, it was also lovely to here so many cheers for the Mets in Fenway, yeah die-hard Sux fans would never sell their tickets to anybody but their own kind, right?
Just lovely to see Papelbon try to lead the remonstration of the call in a key play in the bottom of the ninth (a rocket to David Wright at third, who managed to get the ball in the vicinity of second base, where Luis Castillo snagged the ball just in time to get Kevin Youklis for the first out, all in an effort to try to let himself off of the hook for letting a substitute catcher win the game with his second career home run.
The drama of the ninth inning book-ended a good pitching matchup between Mike Pelfrey and Josh Beckett, a slightly rough first inning for the both of them accounting for the lone scores of the game.
One more game to finish the bastards off, their idiotic fans may still crow about the 2004 comeback against the Yankees, but until the Mets and Sux meet again in the post seasons, there will always be the spectre of Game Six in 1986 to hold over those ass-clowns. Fcuk 'em all.
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