With the Mets trailing 6-1 in the 5th inning and Manny Acosta on the mound, I did something I will almost never do; I turned off the game. The team was hitting but they could not put any runs on the board. No offense to Mr. Acosta, but if he is pitching that early in the game it is time to catch up on some DVR. I flipped back to the game and it is the top of the 8th inning, the Mets have Jason Bay on third, David Wright on second, and Ike Davis at the plate with no outs. The Mets have been in the situation time and again this season, and the story is always the same. Except last night. Davis reached on an error that allowed Bay to score (6-3), and the Mets followed with a strikeout (1 out), a LONG two-run double (6-5), a bunt single, a run-scoring single (6-6), a run-scoring, pinch-hit double (7-6), an intentional walk, an unintentional walk with the bases loaded (8-6), a strike out (2 outs), and an inning ending flyout. All in all the Mets sent 12 men to the plate against three Nationals pitchers for their largest come-from-behind victory since last July. Oh yeah, and Ike Davis did what Ike Davis does to end the game:
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