Surprisingly, it was the Mets offense that came up big today with 16 hits and 2 walks including two home runs. Luis Castillo led the charge going 3 for 4 with 3 runs scored. Gary Sheffield was supposed to have the day off, but played and had a terrific offensive game going 2 for 5 with 3 RBI’s and 2 runs scored. The big difference in the game was in the seventh inning Brian Schneider hit a solo homer off the porch in right. Then Fernando Tatis hit a pinch hit solo homer to left, both homers were off former Met David Weathers.
Mike Pelfrey rebounded to have a nice start going 7 innings giving up 3 runs on 5 hits and 2 walks. Pelfrey gave up all 3 runs in the fifth inning and still appears to get out of sorts with runners on base. He balked again today in the fifth. Jerry Manuel let him work his way out of trouble to the tune of 115 pitches in the game.
Sean Green was horrible in the eighth inning giving up 3 straight hits without getting an out. All of the runners would come around to score in the frame. Francisco Rodriguez was shaky again in the ninth giving up a run on 1 hit and 1 walk. But he got the job done.
The Mets take two out of three from the Reds heading into the All-Star break.
The Mets Report 
Jeff F is a good luck charm! At least for the first two games of his Mets career!
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Francoeur has played pretty well so far. I think there is something to be said for change for the sake of change.
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I’m glad we are going into the break on a positive note at the same time I wish we can keep playing while the bats are hot 🙂
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Good point. We haven’t seen hot bats from the Mets for about a month now. And then the All-Star break comes along. Hopefully, it won’t cool them off. But it looks like Reyes and Delgado are making some good progress this week in their rehab.
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Yeah, I really hope both those guys can come back for the ATL series. That will make our line-up so much better.
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