The southpaw went seven strong innings and helped make the Mets 3/3 in avoiding sweeps on this trip. It was his first win in 13 starts after starting off his career 0-8. Misch has been impressive in two starts with the Amazins, and if he continues to do well, then that would help him possibly secure a long relief role with the Mets for next year or employment elsewhere.

All the position players that started had at least one hit. A four run 5th inning broke open the game, spurred on by David Wright's two-run double. Wright performed well on the field and looked better in doing it, since he ditched the melon like helmet. David was 3/4 with 3 RBI and 2 R, and was 4/8 in the series.

Josh Thole was promoted from AA Binghamton on Monday and made his MLB debut today. It only took him one AB to get his first career hit and then subsequently swiped second base for his first MLB steal. He also doubled off Beimel in the 9th to finish 2/5 on the day. With the Mets out of the race, hopefully Jerry continues to play Thole to see if he can play here on a consistent basis. There's no reason for Brian Schneider and his sub .200 average to be in the lineup, and Omir Santos is nothing more than a platoon player at best.

Angel Pagan continues to swing a hot bat. He had five multi hit games on the road trip, and he's batting .293 with 6 HR and 24 RBI in the second half. He also covers a ton of real estate in the outfield and has shown he can play all three positions out there. Pagan is definitely making a strong case to be the 4th outfielder next year. He just needs to improve his durability and baseball smarts.

Last night Brian Stokes got hit hard in the 8th inning for the second time on this road trip. It seems like the Mets have no luck with their 8th inning guys. Stokes the last two times out, Sean Green before him, Bobby Parnell in June, and then J.J. Putz struggled before getting shelved with an elbow injury in June.

Mike Pelfrey was so upset with himself for Tuesday's performance that he left the clubhouse after leaving the game to run laps outside the ballpark.

http://www.newsday.com/news/frustrated-pelfrey-blows-off-steam-mets-lose-1.1418186

I'm glad Pelfrey is being accountable for his inconsistency this season, but he needs to step it up and close out the season strong. He was someone the Mets thought would be their #2 starter, but he's taken a huge step back this year. He seems to get flustered when runners reach base and things go against him. Every time he gets the ball, he needs to give the Mets six solid innings of two or three run ball. There have been too many times where he is lasting less than five innings and taxing the Mets bullpen in the process.

The Mets also said they will not be moving in the fences in at Citi Field for next season. Citi Field Fences I think they should at least lower the wall in LF because it is way too high. While I know the Mets wanted to make it more of a pitchers park, Citi Field favors the pitchers way too much. Citi is pretty much like PETCO east with the dimensions. It will be tougher to attract FA hitters to play in a pitcher's park like Citi Field.

The Mets return home to face the Cubs tomorrow night at 7:10. Carlos Zambrano (7-6, 3.91 ERA) will get the ball for Chicago and Bobby Parnell (3-7, 5.81 ERA) will go for the Mets.