Mets 4 Giants 1

A good win prevented this trip from being an absolute disaster. After losing 5 of 7 one more loss would have been a tailspin. A good start by Trachsel and great relief pitching from Sanchez (again) also means the remainder of the bullpen is well rested. That will be important today if Brian Bannister decides to throw another 100 pitches through 5 innings.

Once again they got out to an early lead with three singles from the first three batters. But a lack of clutch hitting prevented them from getting more. In the second Matsui and Trachsel singled but that rally was undone by a pickoff.

Wright has put together two good games in a row, I hope his slump is over.

Xavier Nady finally hit a home run later than the second inning, giving the team a lead it would not relinquish.

Cliff Floyd blasted one into McCovey Cove. He has been awful this year. With Beltran out they really need him to turn it around to provide offense as he did last year.

Duaner Sanchez is freakin awesome. I know he can't last the whole season without allowing a run, but I'm really enjoying him now.

Jose Valentin is awful.

Sort of funny, but way overdone Willie Randolph blog.

Before the game, I saw an interview with Lance Niekro. He is the son of Joe Niekro, who spent the last few years of his career with the Minnesota Twins. Lance said his favorite player was Kirby Puckett. Puckett would play with him, pick him up and put him in the trash can.

I will try the running blog idea again for this afternoon's game. I will not be updating every score, I will be providing the color. It should be read in conjunction with GameCast.