The Mets completed a sweep of a three game set against the Houston Astros this afternoon with a 4-1 victory behind five innings by Pedro Martinez, who picked up his 2nd win in as many starts, and one inning each from Mota, Feliciano, Heilman and Wagner, who picked up his 32nd save. This end of the game progression has become SOP for the Mets lately and has been, for the most part, quite effective.
New York has opened a 6 game lead over the second place Phillies and 8.5 games over the Braves. Both teams are in Shea for three game series this week starting with the Braves Monday night and then the Phillies on Friday. The Mets have just 20 games remaining in the regular season.
The Mets have been winning (8 of their last 10) despite hard times at the plate by Jose Reyes who’s average has dropped to .288, and the absence of Carlos Delgado who has been suffering from a hip injury.
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