8 run 4th sets Mets record

The season that never was is almost over, but there are still some games left to be played, and so with really nothing left but the schedule the Mets gave the fans a feel good day at the new ballpark with David Wright & Alex Cora back cheering their teammates on from the bench. Wright just back from his beaning on Saturday, and Cora back from thumb surgery, witness an 8 run attack on the wildcard contending Braves. No one expected to see this kind of a hit parade, not from this current Mets lineup, but what the fans got to see was a franchise record 10 hits in one inning off of Atlanta starter Derek Lowe who was going up against, you guess it, Ollie Perez, the 2 guys the Mets were pondering during the off season on who to sign. With the Mets down 4-0 in the 4th, things would quickly change on Lowe who by the end of the inning was seen sweating in disbelief on the bench trying to figure out what had just hit him. Braves manager Bobby Cox tried leaving in Lowe as long as he could but it was a mistake as Lowe would leave the inning unfinished.

That was a lot of fun, said Jeff Francouer, we just keep pounding balls into the gap, the one thing you don't want to do is hit a home run., that's a rally-killer, and that's how it went down last night. Gary Sheffield had 2 doubles in that amazing 4th inning, 3 on the night, and Jeff Francouer and Luis Castillo added 3 more each, you could not help but cheer on the Metsie's and the fans did just that, they have played hard all season, and even though they made plenty of mistakes along the way and would lose most of their games, you were very happy on this night.

The Mets played spoilers and that's all they really have going the rest of the way, that and evaluating the players they may want to bring back for 2010.

The final score was 9-5, and as soon as the 3rd and final out was made it came down in buckets, a hail storm washed down on the 5 boroughs of NYC, HARD!, it was like an act of GOD, it was just in time.