The New York Mets (35-29) defeated the Tampa Bay Rays (35-28) by the score of 9-6 today in Tampa.
Kirk Nieuwenhuis had the first multi-homerun game of his career, hitting a solo shot to leadoff the first inning and a two-run home run in the fourth inning.
Jon Rauch retired all three batters he faced after coming into the sixth inning with the bases loaded and none out.
Johan Santana gave up four earned runs, four walks and six hits in 5+ innings of work.
The Rays loaded the bases to bring the winning run up to the plate in the ninth inning.
The Mets swept an American League opponent for just the third time since the start of interleague play.
To get a full boxscore of tonight's game, check out SNY.TV's In-Game Live.
Meredith Perri: I'll admit it. After the series with the Yankees, I was worried. I was desperately hoping that the Mets would bounce back in this series and take two out of three from the Rays. I don't think anyone could have anticipated the offensive shellacking this team would place on Tampa.
I still have my doubts about a few players at the plate ' Daniel Murphy in particular. Nonetheless, I have a good amount of confidence that the Mets can score runs when needed, especially when there are two outs in the inning. Think about it. When Nieuwenhuis got up to bat in the fourth inning, Quintanilla was on first, there were two out and the score was tied. By the time Murphy ended the inning five batters later, the Mets were up by four runs. That's impressive.
I won't deny the fact that Santana was not at his best today. That second inning was particularly rough to watch and he gave up the lead twice. Santana may not have gotten a lot of run support early in the season, but today he can thank his offense for the win.
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