Friday: 7 runs, 7 LOB.
Thursday: 7 runs, 7 LOB.
Wednesday: 1 run, 5 LOB.
Tuesday: 4 runs, 9 LOB.
Monday: 6 runs, 6 LOB.

This streak: 35 runs scored, 41 LOB, 6 wins.

Compare to another six-game stretch.

4/18: R: 1, LOB: 8. (win)
4/19: R: 2, LOB: 10. (loss)
4/21: R: 4, LOB: 12. (loss)
4/22: R: 2, LOB: 7. (loss)
4/23: R: 8, LOB: 7. (loss)
4/24: R: 4, LOB: 13. (win)

Runs: 21, LOB: 57, 2 wins, 4 losses.

See what happens when you hit with men on base? Whatever the Mets have been doing lately, I hope they keep it up. Granted, they hit a soft spot in the schedule when the Somalis… err, Pirates rolled into town, but how often have the Nationals sucked and still given us grief? (Answer: when have they NOT sucked?)

More scoreless ball from Taka-hot-sheeyit, another fine start from Maine (who’s keeping pace with Big Pelf in the “I wanna be the #2 starter” contest), and there is no complaining about the offensive onslaught we saw.

Belated Kudos to Niese for last night’s effort, btw.

So it’s looking great so far… especially with the Braves up on the Phils 6-2 in the 8th- we may just take sole possession of first place within a few minutes!

To put that in perspective, the Mets’ record right now is 16-13. The 2000 Mets were 16-13 at one point and were only in second place, five games back. They wound up going to to win 94 games and made it to the World Series.

Ya Gotta Believe!