Mets Earn First Victory

The Mets earned their first victory of 2007 Thursday night over the Hounds. Matt Mykowski made his Mets debut, and threw a gem allowing just 1 run. Mykowski scattered 6 hits over 7 innings. He had command of all his pitches as he struck out 5 and walked none. The game flew by, and after 45 minutes we were in the 5th with no score. The Hounds struck first with 2 hits in the 6th to push across their lone run. The Mets didn't give up though. After stranding the tying run at 3rd in the 6th, the Mets fought back in the 7th with a leadoff walk by Mike Carlin. Carlin advanced to 3rd as Joey Haufle grounded to short and reached on an errant throw. Carlin then scored on a wild pitch. That pitched sent Haufle to 2nd. Angelo Deblasi came through with a walk-off double to drive in Haufle and give the Mets their first victory.