Gee Throws A Gem, And The Hit Parade Continues For Mets

The Mets had 15 hits in their 7-3 win over the Pirates tonight at Citi Field. They have had 32 hits the past two days.

• Dillon Gee was fantastic once again. He went seven innings and gave up three runs on five hits, while striking out eight. He gave up a home run to Chris Snyder in the second inning, but went on to retire the next nine batters. He is the second Mets rookie ever to start the season 5-0.

• Justin Turner went 2-4 with an RBI. Turner now has an RBI in six consecutive games. He already holds the Mets rookie record of RBIs in consecutive games (7).

• Josh Thole had two RBIs tonight, as he continues to work out of whatever funk he's been in. Speaking of getting out of a funk, Daniel Murphy had a three-hit night with an RBI and two runs scored.

• Francisco Rodriguez closed out the game, recording his 20th game finished.

Looking at this lineup prior to the game, I thought it would be more likely that I see 15 strike outs from them, but they proved me wrong. It also helped a little that Pirates catcher Chris Snyder couldn't catch anything in the second inning. As I always say though, they'll take 'em any way they can get 'em.

Next up: The Mets continue their series against the Pirates tomorrow at Citi Field. Game time is 7:10 p.m.