Mets Continue Hot Streak; Now In First Place

After sweeping the St. Louis Cardinals, the Mets find themselves in a first place tie atop the NL East. With the complete and utter domination of the St. Louis Cardinals, the New York Mets have rolled into a first place tie with the Miami Marlins and Washington Nationals. I bet you never thought you’d hear something like that, especially this late in the season. The Mets didn’t just win, they shut St. Louis down, the best hitting team in MLB. First was Johan Santana’s no hitter, then R.A. Dickey backed it up with a shutout, followed by six shutout innings from Jon Niese. If it wasn’t for a run by the bullpen in the third game, the Cardinals would have been shutout for three in a row. So glad Manager Terry Collins let Santana stay in even though he wanted to pull him over and over due to a high pitch count. Everyone keeps worrying about his shoulder. He had surgery, it’s fixed. People need to stop babying pitchers. It’s a concern but his arm isn’t going to fall off. To maintain t