PostGame, Mets 4 Dodgers 0

NYM: 11-9
LAD: 8-11

WP: Johan Santana(3-1)
LP: Hiroki Kuroda(2-1)

Starters:

NYM-- Johan Santana
6.o IP, 4 H, 0 Earned Runs, 3 Walks, 6 K

LAD-- Hiroki Kuroda
6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 Earned Runs, 3 Walks, 4 K
( 1 Home Run Allowed )

Pitching:
Starting in the 2nd inning Santana started his shaky but successful outing as he threw a total of 115 pitches over 6 innings, including a 36 pitch inning in the 2nd. Santana's command was off and looked like he could not hit the outside part of the plate. His velocity was down around 86-89 as he only hit 90 a few times. In the Postgame, Santana said he feels great just the wind was blowing and sometimes could not find a grip. Either way he competed like Johan Santana and had the strike out pitch going for him as he was nearing the end. The changeup looked good as well. Following Santana's 6 shutout innings, Fernando Nieve was brought on and threw 2 shutout innings. In the ninth, having a four nothing lead, Pedro Feliciano was brought on and got his three outs despite walking Russell Martin. Feliciano shut it down to seal the deal on the Mets 5th straight win.

Offense:
The Mets offense scored a total of 4 runs over 8 hits. There first run came in the bottom half of the 2nd inning, when with the bases loaded and Rod Barajas up a wild pitch was thrown by Hiroki Kuroda which allowed David Wright to score the 1st run of the game. The Mets second run came on a huge blast by Jason Bay which was his first as a Met to give them a 2-0 lead. Bay really looks like he is coming out of his slump. The Final two runs came in the bottom of the 7th with the bases loaded and Luis Castillo up he ripped a two runs RBI single up the plate to put the score at 4-0.

Offensive Box Score:

1. CF Angel Pagan, 1-4, 1 K
2. 2B Luis Castillo, 1-4, 2 RBI(7)
3. SS Jose Reyes, 1-4
4. LF Jason Bay, 1-3, 1 RUN, 1 WALK, 1 RBI(6), 1 HOME RUN(1)
5. 3B David Wright, 1-3, 1 RUN, 1 K, 1 WALK
6. 1B Ike Davis, 1-3, 1 WALK, 1 2B, 1 K
7. RF Gary Matthews JR, 0-2, 1 WALK, 1 K
8. C Rod Barajas, 1-4, 1 RUN, 1 K
9. SP Johan Santana, 1-2

Game Picture:

The Game Picture goes to Jason Bay for finally breaking out of his slump and hitting his first home run not only of the season but as a Mets.

Tune into the Pre & Post Game coverage of Game 2 of the double header & post game coverage of the New York Yankees game.