We won yesterday. If we win today, that’s two-in-a-row. If we win tomorrow, that’s called a winning streak; it has happened before.- Lou Brown, Manager of the fictional Cleveland Indians, 1989

And the Twins didn’t give this one up easy. Three outstanding defensive plays cut short potentially big innings.

I love the aggressive  base running. Delgado at the plate with runners on second and third  and one out . Wright’s leadoff double in the seventh was pure hustle call. Neither paid off with a run but I love the determination. It’s good to see during an offensive drought in the midst of the big to laugh or not to laugh debate.

John Maine delivered another great outing able to throw high fastballs for strikes and using his slider effectively.

I love Paulie Ballgame’s toughness. I really didn’t think he would play last night, toughed out the pain and drove in two when the game was on the line.

The most assuring aspect of last night’s 8-1 win over Minnesota  to start the home-stand was the play of Carlos Delgado, who borrowed El Duque’s socks and had a big day at the plate going 3 for 5 including a solo shot in the home-run in the second inning and a grab to end the game.

Gary Cohen and Ron Darling were talking about the career of Ricky Ledee, noting that Ledee’s performance suffered greatly when he made the transition from everyday player to bench player. I think that once the Mets get past this horrendous slump, they may be able to get away with a starting outfield of Ledee in Left, Gomez in center and Green in right. The biggest hesitation is to ask Gomez to play everyday in center, when he would really have no business in the bigs if the injury bug hadn’t crippled the Mets outfield, but since he seems to be adjusting well at the corner spots, he should be able to hold down center giving Beltran to get “100%” while reserving him for late inning appearances only.

Great performance all around last night, as even Beltran hit the ball well and the Mets were actually able to score past the fourth inning. In case you were wondering what that unfamiliar “W” was next to John Maine’s name in last night’s box score, it stands for win.

I don’t think the Mets are out of the woods, but let’s keep those W’s coming.