The Mets got two strong innings out of Brian Stokes to close out the game in their 9-5 win over Atlanta on Friday night.  New York was 0-6 in Atlanta this season and really needed to get this win considering that both the Brewers and the Phillies lost their games. 

This bullpen is going to be the story every night.  It strikes me as interesting that when Dan Warthen came to the Mets the starting pitching took off, but why is it that the bullpen seems to have gotten worse?  Look-they were no great shakes to start the season, but no one has made any improvements and pretty much no matter who comes in, it seems that they can’t get an out.  It took four relievers in the bottom of the seventh to get three outs.  And how far have Duaner Sanchez and Aaron Heilman fallen that Nelson Figueroa and Ricardo Rincon come in to pitch before either one of them?  As it turns out though, Aaron Heilman got a huge out for the Mets and so did Pedro Feliciano.  

The Mets defense was atrocious, David Wright made another throwing error in the second inning that allowed two runs to score.  Then in the bottom of the seventh inning; both Jose Reyes and Ryan Church made errors which helped the Braves tie the game.  At that point it looked as if the Mets were going to pack it in for the night, but their offense had other things in mind.  Lucky for the Mets that the Braves made two errors in the top of the eighth.  Boy, Kelly Johnson is a terrible fielder!

 Jose Reyes lead off the game with a homerun for a second consecutive night.  He was 3-4 for the night, scored three runs and drove in a pair.  Although David Wright has really been in a slump at the plate he did have 2 RBI and seemed to be hitting the ball better.  But David needs to get his head in the game.  As I mentioned before, he had a throwing error for a second consecutive night.  These games are important and these guys can’t play sloppy like this.  The only starter in the lineup to not get a hit was Ryan Church who looked totally lost at the plate.