Santana's Back - Mets Hitters Are Not

Now this is more like it. Santana pitching well and the team not scoring runs - just like it was at the start of the season! After being humiliated in his last two starts, Johan was tough in this game, just not tough enough to do it all himself against the defending AL Champions.

Instead, Carlos Pena hit a tiebreaking homer off him in the seventh inning, sending the Mets to a 3-1 defeat at rainy Citi Field. The problem was, it wasn't rainy enough to call the game. Tampa Bay snapped a three-game losing streak and handed Johan Santana his third loss in his last four starts. The Mets bats exploded for a big 4 hits in the entire game and on top of that, Carlos Beltran now plans to have an MRI on his aching right knee. Just what the team needs, another injury.

As Met fans, let's just hope Beltran goes to a real doctor for the MRI, not the Mets crack medical staff that always seems to get everything wrong all the time.

With the Ray's James Shields, Dan Wheeler, and J.P. Howell on the mound, you knew runs would be at a premium in this game. That's why it was so nice to watch Sean Green's scoreless streak stop at a career-best 15 2/3 innings as he gave up a big insurance run in the ninth. Way to go Sean... what's in store for tomorrow?

And who tought Dan Wheeler how to pitch? No lead was safe when he pitched for the Mets - now he's an elite middle man. Met's coaching staff perhaps?

The rubber game in the series is tomorrow. Please, please, PLEASE let it rain harder than it did tonight! Obi Wan Kenobi, you're our only hope...