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The least you should know:Mike Pelfrey pitched in to the sixth inning, and allowed two runs and six hits while striking out one, walking three, and getting 13 ground-ball outs against the 23 batters he faced. Sean Green, Bobby Parnell and Brian Stokes pitched 3.3 scoreless innings in relief. Ryan Church drove in three runs, Carlos Beltran knocked in another, and the Mets scored eight runs on two DC errors.Random Thoughts:Like Jerry Manuel said after the game, Mike Pelfrey had good stuff, not great stuff. He still isnt sharp, and not throwing enough over the top, and so his fastball is tailing off too much, not down. The thing is, he was able to keep the ball down when he had to, and its actually equally important that he was able to manage the game with ?good stuff, as opposed to just dominate with ?great stuff. He started rough, but got in a groove, got six straight ground-ball outs at one point, and 13 in total. In the first inning, Elijah Dukes made his first error of the day, with two outs, which allowed a run to score. More important, though, Ryan Church continued the inning with a two-out RBI single. David Wright was hitless on the day, but made two terrific defensive plays in the second, complete with two strong throws. He also made another key play in the fourth, on a short hopper. Daniel Murphy is an adventure in left field. He made an impressive sliding catch coupled with a strong throw for a double play, but later dove over a ball, tumbled, and let it roll to the wall. Carlos Beltran is batting .415, .435 with runners in scoring position, hes locked in, and playing a perfect and effortless defense. Wright and Delgado were 0 for 6 today. I think Delgado may need a day off soon. He looks slow. The Mets were aggressive on the base paths today. In many cases they hustled to take the extra base, which forced a lot of bizarre throws from the Nationals . Though each runner didnt score, it was great to see them forcing the issue. There needs to be more of this.The Game Ball:Todays game ball gets split in three, one part goes to Elijah Dukes, for setting the tone with a costly error in the first; the second goes to Church, for keeping two separate rallies going with RBI singles; and the last bit goes to Pelfrey.

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