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In a season without a lot of good news so far for Mets fans, last week offered encouragement from a fresh face and a familiar one:
Christian Scott made a splash in his big league debut.  After impressing over the first month at AAA Syracuse, the South Florida native threw 6-2/3 innings of one-run ball Saturday night against the perennial AL contenders, Tampa Bay.  He's virtually assured of making another start in a few days and, with ace Kodai Senga sidelined a few more weeks, will get the chance to give Mets fans a sense of hope for the future.  

(Below:) Scott on the mount against Columbus on April 28th, in what might turn out to be his final minor league start.

Thursday afternoon, Francisco Lindor came off the bench to provide a pair of two-run doubles as the Mets came from behind and beat the Cubs 7-6 in 10 innings.  After starting the day sidelined with flu-like symptoms that also affected his wife and daughter, the Mets shortstop entered the game in the 6th inning -- the above swing cut a 5-2 deficit to 5-4... 
(Below:) After Chicago grabbed a 10th inning lead, it was Lindor's moment again in the bottom of the inning.  With ghost running Brett Baty on 2nd, Harrison Bader led off with a walk before Lindor brought them home with his second double of the day.
Bader slides headfirst for the winning run!



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