XIGT, 3/31 NYM @ WAS

[Edgy MD]

Mets lead 2-0 in the eighth. Niese pitched six scoreless innings, yielding four hits and no walks, striking out three. Blevins debuted by fanning Brycecakes Harper.

Mayberry is batting third and has gone 3-4 with a homer. d'Arnaud is 2-3. Tejada picked up a two-out RBI.

[Edgy MD]

That traitor den Dekker just singled off of Gilmartin.

[Guest sharpie]

But Gilmartin ultimately gets the 2-inning save.

[Edgy MD]

Yup. Last laugh to Gil as it's game over at Space Coast Stadium.

Mets get the shutout from Niese (six innings), Blevins (1/3 of an inning with a strikeout), Thornton (2/3 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 SO), and Gilmartin (2 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 SO).

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

What a great Spring this has been for the Mets.

[TransMonk]

The past several years have made it hard for me to raise my expectations too high, but the areas and players I had the biggest doubts about are performing very well in Florida.

These fuckers are wooing me.