You Don't Mess With the Johan

It's getting to the point when even if Johan Santana struggles, he still wins the game. The Mets scored 3 times early off camera-smashing Randy Johnson enroute to a 9-6 victory over the Giants in San Fran. Johan Santana allowed season highs in runs (six), earned runs (four) and hits (11), but still improved to 5-2 on the season.

David Wright continues to impress offensively, getting three hits for three straight games. He also had 3 rbis and has now hit safely in 12 of 15 games in May. Add to that Carlos Beltran, who's hit safely in all but 2 games all year. He hit a pair of doubles and drove in three runs as well. Gary Sheffield rounded out the hit parade with 3 hits to raise his once-putrid average to .270.

It started out as a lefty matchup of Cy Young award accomplishments. Santana (2 Cy Young awards) versus Johnson (5 Cy's). But neither pitcher had it. And it ended on a converted save by J.J. Putz (not KRod, who had pitched in too many previous games to be used in this one), his first save since last Sept. 28th when he was with the Mariners.

Randy Johnson is stuck on 298 career victories and really looks like a shell of his former self. I'd like to see him get to 300, if no other reason than so people stop saying "Tom Glavine could be the last pitcher ever to win 300 games". I hate it that he ever pitched for the Mets