Beat the Mets, Beat the Mets......

The first place Marlins and the fourth place Mets conclude their 3 game series tonight at 7 with an important rubber game for the Fish.  Not only are they facing an inconsistent pitcher in Oliver Perez, but it would be good to go into Philadelphia with some confidence because the Phillies are absolutely crushing the ball right now.  I think they are averaging close to 2.5 touchdowns a game over the last week.  The Marlins let the Mets even up the series last night by leaving waaayyy too many runners on base against Johan Santana; Namely Dan Uggla who by my count left 5 by himself.  But when you are hitting close to .500 for the month, things have to even out sooner or later I suppose, so I give Uggla a break. (After all, he did win both games on Sunday for the Fish).  Also, it was good to see Hanley go the other way for a hit last night; maybe he is starting to come out of his slump.

Although his record wouldn't tell you, Scott Olsen has been the Marlins most consistent starter this year.  He didn't have it on Friday night against Zito and the Giants, and now he goes up agianst another southpaw.  It will be intresting to see how he rebounds tonight after his first poor outing of the year.  He has shown maturity and battled through most other tests this year, let's hope he continues to grow and pitches well tonight. Let's go Scott!!! 

Although it is a lot to ask of this lineup, especially with the free-swinging Ross likely starting in center, they must be patient against Perez.  He has shown several times this year that he can impolde and walk the ballpark at any time, so laying off his high fastball and sweeping slider is imperative tonight.  Plus, he shutout the Marlins way back in early April, so it would be nice to see some payback.  And it's always nice to beat New York.....ALWAYS

Beat the Mets, Beat the Mets, Step to the plate and beat the Mets, Knock that line drive over their heads, Make their offense put up goose eggggs, Because the Mets are really losing them all, Making their fans bang their head on the wall.......(to the tune of that highly annoying song they play at Shea.  If you don't know what I'm talking about, consider yourself lucky)