They Are Who We Thought They Were

We knew the Padres were a bad team, but they didn't look the part the way they handled the Mets the other day at the Citi Field opener. Then came last night's game - and the seventh inning in particular - where the Padres made the '62 Mets look like Gold Glovers, enabling the Mets to post a 7-2 victory, their first at Citi Field!

Oliver Perez rebounded from a less than stellar season debut by going 6 innings of 3-hit ball while striking out 4 to get his first win of the year. Carlos Delgado helped out with a late inning homerun and Bobby Parnell, J.J. Putz, and Sean Green successfully finished off the game for the Mets on Jackie Robinson Day across the Major Leagues. Delgado's dinger came against Luis Perdomo, who was facing his first batter in the major leagues. Ouch!

But back to the San Diego 7th, where their defense and pitching were downright laughable. Three walks, a wild pitch, a passed ball, and ugly errors allowed the Mets to score 4 runs in the inning on just one hit - a bunt single by Luis Castillo! That's why you'll only see 3 rbi's on the Mets boxscore for this game.

The Mets need to be a little concerned about their early season clutch hitting as they're leaving runners on base in alarming fashion. And it won't get any easier as they face Jake Peavy next, San Diego's really only legitimate good player (who may look good in a Met uniform by the way)...