The Baseball Desert

Thursday, April 08, 2004

Mighty Mike

Mike Piazza went 5-for-5 last night for the Mets - including two home runs - but it didn't stop the Mets getting crushed 18-10 by the Braves. The Braves were trailing 6-0 before they scored 11 runs in the fourth inning and put the game out of the Mets' reach.

Piazza is well and truly back - after his much-publicised streak of 88 at-bats without hitting a home run, he now has 3 in the last two games, and is now just one home run short of Carlton Fisk, who set the career mark for catchers with 351 home runs.