"If the Mets had the good sense to visit a downtown casino before returning to the team hotel last night, they probably bankrupted the place.

After going 299 games without a grand slam, the Mets not only ended the drought, they repeated the trick. In consecutive innings, Jason Bay and Carlos Beltran went deep with the bases loaded, making the Mets the new kings of slam.

Who would have thought there could be an encore after scoring 22 runs in bludgeoning the Rangers over the previous two games? This was one for the Mets history books, in a 14-3 obliteration of the Tigers at Comerica Park.

"I guess the no-hitter is next, right?" winning pitcher R.A. Dickey said, referring to the fact the Mets never have pitched a no-hit game.

Don't look now, but the Mets (40-39) are above .500 for the first time since April 6. They have won five of their last six games and improved to 22-19 on the road.

Last night marked only the second time in franchise history the Mets hit two grand slams in a game. Bay ended a drought in which the Mets had gone 280 plate appearances with the bases loaded without a home run and opponents had out-slammed them 18-0 since Aug. 1, 2009, when Angel Pagan hit a grand slam against Arizona."