Mets (34-35) vs. Los Angeles Angels (42-29)
Johan Santana (7-4, 2.85) vs. John Lackey (3-1, 1.83)
The Jerry Manuel Era begins tonight with Johan Santana on the mound, not a bad way to start. After a good win last night the Mets will have to contend with Angels ace John Lackey. Santana looks to be starting to come on after a seven scoreless innings on Thursday. Let's see how he and the Mets respond to the abrupt shakeup.
Mets Top of the First
Reyes singles up the middle. Reyes holds his left leg in discomfort and argues with Jerry Manuel to stay in the game. Manuel take him out and Reyes throws his helmet and is very displeased going into the dug out. Damon Easley is put in for Reyes. Castillo singles up th e middle. Runners on first and third. Wright hits into a double play to score a run. Beltran grounds out to first.
Mets 1 Angels 0
Angels Bottom of the First
Figgins grounds out to short. Izturis singles to left. Garret Anderson grounds into a fielders choice. Izturis out at second. Guerrero doubles to the gap in left field to score Izturis. Tori Hunter reaches on a Delgado error. Anderson and Guerrero score. Casey Kotchman strikes out.
Angels 3, Mets 1
Mets Top of the Second
Delgado grounds out. Marlon Anderson grounds out. Tatis strikes out swinging.
Angels 3, Mets 1
Angels Bottom of the Second
Kendrick grounds out to third. C.J. Mathis strikes out swinging. Figgins grounds out to Santana.
Angels 3, Mets 1
Mets Top of the Third
Schneider pops out to third. Chavez grounds out to second.Easley flys out to center.
Angels 3, Mets 1
Angels Bottom of the Third
Izturis strikes out swinging. Garret Anderson strikes out swinging. Guererro singles to left. Marlon Anderson boots the ball to allow Vlad to go to second. Tori Hunter walks. Kotchman singles up the middle to score Guererro. Kendrick strikes out swinging.
Angels 4, Mets 1
Mets Top of the Fourth
Castillo grounds out to second. Wright singles to right. Beltran grounds into a fielders choice. Wright is thrown out at second. Beltran steals second. Delgado strikes out swinging.
Angels 4, Mets 1
Angels Bottom of the Fourth
Matthews Jr. singles. Mathis' sac bunt moves Kendrick to second. Figgins walks. Izturis flies out. Anderson ground out to short.
Angels 4, Mets 1
Mets Top of the Fifth
Marlon Anderson singles. Tatis grounds into a fielders choice. Anderson thrown out at second. Schneider ground into a double play.
Angels 4, Mets 1
Angels Bottom of the Fifth
Guererro grounds out to short. Hunter doubles to right field. Kotchman pops out to second base. Kendrick grounds out to first.
Angels 4, Mets 1
Mets Top of the Sixth
Chavez singles to right field and later steals second. Anderson, Castillo an Wright all strik out.
Angels Bottom of the Sixth
Matthews grounds out. Mathis homers to left field Figgins grounds out. Izturis lines out.
Angels 5, Mets 1
Mets Top of the Seventh
Beltran make out. Delgado grounds out. Anderson grounds out.
Angels Bottom of the Seventh
Aaron Heilman is not in for Santana. Anderson and Guerrero fly out. Hunter grounds out.
Angels 5, Mets 1
Mets Top of the Eight
Tatis strikes out. Schneider flies out to left.Chavez singles to right field. Chavez steals second. Easely walks. Lackey is pulled and in comes Scott Shields. Castillo grounds out to second.
Angels 5, Mets 1
Angels Bottom of the Eight
Claudio Vargas in. Kotchman singles to center. Kendrick rolls a ball down the third base line for a single. Tatis makes a diving stop on a ball hit by Howie Kendrick. His flip to second is dropped by Castillo. Kotchman scores. Gary Matthews called out on interference. Runners on first and third with one out. Figgins strikes out. Izturis pops out to second.
Angels 6, Mets 1
Mets Top of the Ninth
Wright flies out to center. Betran walks. Delgado strikes out. Anderson pops out to second.
Angels win 6-1