11th Inning Ending

Hard to believe it: three hits net two runs and another notch in the victory belt.

Well, ok. Three hits, two walks and two Cardinal errors.

Two lead off homers from unreliable sources: Carlos Gomez and Shawn Green.


Pop goes the weasel - considering he is hitting only .192 in June...

Amazing that whilst Moises Alou totters along into the eternity of the disabled list, Gomez has hit .322 in June.

Amazing that upon six pitching-duel innings from Jorge Sosa,wherein Sosa barely flinched, the Mets bullpen followed with five scoreless innings of relief not only to keep the Mets in the game but to oversee the victory, Heilman's 6th of the season. He may not be a starter, but he's got starter's numbers.

Sosa, of course, was 0-1 last season with a 5.28 ERA pitching FOR the Cards rather than against them.

And Smith, Feliciano, Wagner and Heilman, the local heroes, the quiet ones, for the night.