On May 27th, the Mets finished a sweep of the Phillies, a most historic kind of sweep, in fact: a shutout sweep!
The veteran knuckleballer R.A. Dickey, surprise Japanese import Hisanori Takahashi and developing ace Mike Pelfrey pitched 6, 6 and 7 shutout innings respectively. The bullpen (Nieve, Feliciano, Rodriguez and others) also kept the lowly Phils off the board.
Offensively, the Mets dominated the basepaths. Angel Pagan and Luis Castillo contributed 3 and 2 stolen bases respectively. Jose Reyes provided his first homerun of the year, and several other timely hits.
The Mets now go on the road for a 3 game series with the Brewers. First up is an ace vs. ace matchup in Johan Santana vs. Yovani Gallardo. Odd as it sounds, Nieve and R.A. Dickey, two men who weren't starting for the Mets in the beginning of the season should have the pitching advantage in their games against two struggling Milwaukee lefties.
Jonathan Niese should return to the Mets soon, meaning the matchup against the Brewers will be Nieve's only starting outing for awhile. That should provide some comfort to a worn out New York Mets bullpen that can ill afford to lose yet another piece after Hisanori Takahashi was promoted to starter.
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