13,720

Yup, that was the attendance last night on hand at Dolphin Stadium to witness the mets 13-0 drubbing of the Florida Marlins.  I would say more than half of those people were chanting a premature "MVP MVP MVP" when Davey came up to bat.  Wright was explosive in last night's rebound win, taking the rubber game from the Marlins to get the Mets off to a 2-1 start to the 2008 campaign.  Wright hit a single, a double, and a 3 run BOMB (when I say bomb i mean this went left the park), with 3 RBIs and just a triple short of the cycle.  Angel Pagan helped out with another RBI, Pagan has at least an RBI every game this season.  Ryan Church also jacked one over the fence bringing in 2 runs, Church hit a nice 3-5.  Beltran was also hot last night hitting 3 doubles( one of which hit the top of the fence and clearly should have been ruled a home-run).  What it comes down to is what we are going to see all season long... The mets offense really really showed up last night and it was great to see and we should expect to see this from them night in, night out. 

On the other side of ball, with such a bad start to the day, knowing Pedro would be out on the 15 day DL with a strained left hamstring, Oliver Perez got it done, plain and simple.  O.P got his first start of the season and really looked outstanding.  Perez pitched 6 scoreless innings, allowing 5 hits and  1 walk while striking out 8 Marlins.  As usual, his slider looked better then ever and it was just really a great outing for him.  The bullpen stepped in to finish off the game and also could not have looked better. What I really would like to point out is our new 5th starter Nelson Figueroa came in for an inning a pitched a perfect inning.  Figueroa will probably only get one shot as a started since El Duque should be back by the time he would have a second start, and eventually Pedro will be healthy after that.

The mets really had a great game and are going into an off day and then a series in Atlanta on a really good note.  With the offense that the Mets displayed last night, no teams will be able to match that type of play.  Good Job Boys, now go crush Tommy and co.