Mets get the brooms out against the Braves and win 1-0

Ok so it was not a 9 inning game. Pelfrey had to use 61 pitches to get out of the first 2 innings and the Braves are not hitting on all cylinders. None the less, the Mets won last night in a rain shortened game 1-0.

Pelfrey was not as sharp as usual but he did get the sinker working at least to get the Braves to hit into double plays that limited the damage to 0 runs against big Pelf in 6 innings. The Mets are now 6-1 on this home stand and will now have the Dodgers for 3, who are reeling. They lost yesterday to Scott Olsen and the Nationals 1-0. No Manny since he is on the DL and the pitching for the Dodgers has been spotty at best lately. They are under .500 at this point in the season.

The Mets after the sweep are just 1.5 games behind the Phillies who lost to the D backs yesterday in a slug fest in Arizona.

Mets send Ollie Perez to the mound tonight against Hiroki Kuroda who is 2-0 in 3 starts. He gave up 6 runs and lasted 5 plus innings in his last start in a game against the Reds in a Dodger 14-6 win.