1 MLB Wager

There was a full slate of MLB games on Sunday, but I only really liked 1 of them. I expected the Mets to take 3 of 4 from the Dodgers by beating them on Sunday. It was Orlando Hernandez taking the mound against a rookie named Eric Stults.

So my pick was: Mets over Dodgers

The Dodgers struck first in this one as Furcal led off the bottom of the first by driving a 1-1 pitch into the right-field pavilion for his second leadoff homer this season and 20th of his career and James Loney hit an RBI double in the fourth. The Mets battled back however as New York tied it in the sixth. Jose Reyes tripled and scored on a double by Milledge that chased Stults. Wright drove in the tying run with a broken-bat bloop single against Rudy Seanez.

In the bottom of the 6th inning, Nomar Garciaparra hit his 3rd homer of the season to give LA a 2-run lead. My hope at this point is that the Dodgers overworked bullpen would blow the lead. Well, in the bottom of the 8th, Jose Reyes hit a double and scored on a Carlos Beltran sac fly.

So it was 4-3 going into the 9th and Jonathan Broxton tried to close things out. Carlos Delgado led off with a single and left for pinch runner Anderson Hernandez. Then, after wild pitch moved him to 2nd, Paul LoDucas groundout moved him to 3rd. Then, in a bizarre play, Matt Kemp dropped a shallow pop up to allow the Mets to tie the game. In the 10th inning, the Mets scored the go-ahead run on a Chip Ambres 2 out single. Billy Wagner struck out Garciaparra in the 10th for the save and the Mets gave me the win.

Till next time, may all your bets be winners.