The Church Debate....

The Mets have been waiting for that big two out, clutch hit and it finally came today, in the sixth inning of the game against the Nationals.While the Mets were leading the game by a score of 5-2, most of those runs could be credited to the shabby Nationals defense, once again the Mets had left a small colony of men on base. Up until the sixth inning they were 3-10 with RISP and had stranded seven runners on base, David Wright and Carlos Beltran had combined to leave four runners in scoring position with two outs. But in the sixth inning with the two on and two outs, Ryan Church hit a two RBI single that broke the game open, for Church it was his second hit of the afternoon and gave him three RBIs for the game. Despite hitting .358 with a .528 Slugging percentage and a .443 on base percentage, which accompanies center field quality range and a cannon arm for a tough right corner at Citi Field, Church continues to have to prove himself. Jerry Manuel seems to have focused most of his ...