Everything's O-KRod With the Mets

Whew!... the 2008 Mets lose this game. But instead of folding, the Mets and KRod pulled out a nice 9-7 victory over the Reds and escaped a bases-loaded 9th inning situation that would have resulted in an Aaron Heilman induced grand slam last year.

The Mets staked starter Mike Pelfrey to a 2-run lead in the first, only to see him give it back and more by allowing 4 first inning Cincinnati runs, including a 3-run bomb by Joey Votto. After that, Pelfrey settled down and picked up the win, leaving the game with a 5-4 lead and going 5 innings.

After a scoreless 6th by Bobby Parnell, enter a familiar bullpen face - Pedro Feliciano - who proceded to quickly try to give the game back to the Reds by allowing 2 runs in 2/3 of an inning. It took a new face - Sean Green to bail him out. And as ridiculous as the "hold" stat is, Feliciano was the only Met middle-reliever to pitch who didn't pick one up. We're going to be seeing that a lot with this guy, I'm afraid.

But back to the good news. Carlos Delgado led the offense with a homerun and 4 rbis. Carlos Beltran drove in 2 big runs. And Brian Schneider looked like the second coming of Mike Piazza with his 3-rbi day. All in all, the Mets bats looked solid.

There's a team in the Bronx that would love this kind of result. 2-0 to start the season with Oliver Perez up next to face Bronson Arroyo. Santana - Pelfrey - Perez ... not a bad starting three!