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Resurgent Delgado, Mets go for sweep of Marlins

May 27, 2007 - 1:53 PM Ny Mets (31-17) at Florida (23-26) 1:05 pm EDT

MIAMI (Ticker) -- Carlos Delgado awoke from his season-long slumber on Saturday night. It is a good thing he did because the New York Mets could really use his bat right about now.

Delgado and the Mets aim for a three-game sweep of the Florida Marlins on Sunday.

The 34-year-old Delgado hit two home runs and drove in a season-high five runs as the Mets posted a 7-2 win on Saturday. They were the first homers in 47 at-bats for Delgado, who had just three homers in his first 44 games.

It is great timing for New York since leadoff man Jose Reyes mired in a 3-for-23 slump and David Wright in just 2-for-19 in his last five games. In addition to that Moises Alou is still on the disabled list and Shawn Green is out indefinitely with a fractured foot.

Meanwhile, the man doing the pitching will be Jorge Sosa (3-1, 3.75 ERA), who is looking to rebound from his first poor start of the season. Sosa allowed five runs and six hits in four innings of a 8-1 loss to Atlanta on Tuesday.

The Marlins will counter by sending Scott Olsen (4-3, 4.76) to the mound. Olsen beat the Mets the last time he faced them, yielding two earned runs and 10 hits in six innings on April 30. The lefthander has been pitching well surrendering no more than three runs in each of his last three outings.