The Mets had a chance to put some room between them and the Atlanta Braves. Things got off to a nice start on Monday and the Mets were 10-2, the best they’ve been after twelve games in franchise history. Unfortunately, it went down hill from there.
Pedro did his job on Monday and improved to 3-0 in the Mets 4-3 win. It wasn’t a picture perfect start, but it was enough to get the win. He gave up three runs on six hits and two walks with eight strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings. Give some props to the bullpenas well. Duaner Sanchez and Billy Wagner held the Braves hitless in the final 2 1/3 innings and Wagner picked up his fourth save of the season.
On the hitting side, the big blow was a two run shot by Carlos Delgado in the third inning that gave the Mets a 3-2 lead. Xavier Nady gave the Mets some insurance with a run in the fourth. He also homered in the second inning, his fourth of the season. Paul Lo Duca went three for four with a run and Nady finished the game with three hits.
Tuesday is when things got messy. Andruw Jones homered twice against Victor Zambrano, who took the loss. He gave up seven runs on seven hits with two walks and four strikeouts. The Mets managed only a single run on three hits. Chris Woodward went deep with a solo shot in the third inning to account for that one run.
Today’s game was the heartbreaker as the Mets dropped their first series of the season. Tom Glavine was on. He gave up a solo homer to Andruw Jones in the seventh, then the Braves added a needed insurance run in the eighth when Pena scored on David Wright’s fielding error. Woodward singled home Reyes in the ninth, but it wasn’t enough. In all, the Mets made three errors.
Glavine gave up the two runs (one earned) on four hits with five strikeouts in eight innings and his great start went to waste. Aaron Heilman threw a perfect ninth to finish things out for the Mets.
So now the Mets stand at 10-4. They now go on a west coast swing that will start in San Diego tomorrow. Three of the four games are night games. They won’t be back to Shea until May 1, 2006 when they square off against the Nationals again.
