Gross.

That was an ugly game. If Beltran slid in the 8th it may have been the kind of game you shake your head and say "well, a win is a win," but he didn't. The Mets didn't win. We're back below .500.

Ollie Perez had a bad game. His ball to strike ratio was about 1:1, he couldn't control his fastball, and he just got into one too many jams. The only reason he came close to making it through 4 2/3 was because of the infield defense behind him. It didn't stop there. Daniel Murphy was an adventure in LF (and subsequently looked like he wanted to cry in the locker room post game). David Wright struck out again tonight bringing the season total to 17 (and the hits he had were cheap ones). Beltran made a very un-Beltranlike mistake not sliding into home on a play that would have given the team the lead in the 8th. The umps thought it was still spring training making poor and delayed strike calls on top of bad calls on the field. Ryan Church was ineffective at the plate - probably due to shaking some rust off after not playing in days. It was all just bad. You watched it. You know what I mean. This was on the team as a whole here.

Were there any positives to take from this? Reyes, and Castillo are looking fantastic at the plate and on the base paths while Daniel Murphy continued to contribute at the dish. Wright made a nice play in the field that will be the web gem of the night on ESPN. The buck pretty much stops there. Jerry should chew them out after this one and the fan base should forget it ever happened.

Thank God for Hump Day with Mets Mike, we need some humor to get past this one.