'(W)hy shouldn't Pelfrey have won? The Mets scored 17 runs for him! Get a load of this one: That's the most runs scored by a National League team in a game in which its starting pitcher won making his major-league debut -- are you still with us? -- in more than 100 years. Back on June 23, 1897, Jack Powell made his big-league debut for the Cleveland Spiders, who won 18-1 over Louisville. (Yes, those teams were then in the National League.)
'We're just getting warmed up: The Mets' total of 17 runs was the highest by one team in any of the 3,538 regular-season major-league games that have been played at Shea Stadium! And that's an all-time record: That's by far the longest streak of games played at any stadium in major-league history -- whether from the opening of the building or at any time during its life -- without a game in which one team scored 17-or-more runs!
'Jose Valentin supported Pelfrey with a grand slam in the first inning and a three-run triple in the second. He became the first player in the Mets' 45-year history to connect for a bases-loaded triple and a bases-loaded home run in the same game.' (ESPN)
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