Good Morning Mets Fans!

Good things happen when your offense jumps all over the opponents starting pitcher--and good things happened to the Mets yesterday en route to a 7-4 victory over their #1 rival Phillies.

Daniel Murphy hit a big two-run homerun, Mike Pelfrey had a decent start, Carlos Beltran remains on fire, Omir Santos continues to surprise us all, David Wright and Fernando Tatis chipped in with two hits apiece, and the bullpen once again did their job.

It was a very good win, especially coming off of April's disappointments.

So with all of the April hand-wringing, the injuries to starters Carlos Delgado, Luis Castillo and Brian Schneider, and some pretty awful starting pitching, the Mets are 3.5 games back with the opportunity to do some damage in the early part of month two of a long season.

National League East
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road	East	Cent.	West	L10	Strk
Florida	14	9	.609	-	5-4	9-5	13-5	1-4	0-0	3-7	L 1
Philadelphia	11	10	.524	2	5-8	6-2	7-5	1-2	3-3	6-4	L 2
Atlanta	11	11	.500	2½	5-5	6-6	6-6	5-5	0-0	5-5	W 1
N.Y. Mets	10	12	.455	3½	6-6	4-6	5-5	4-5	1-2	4-6	W 1
Washington	5	17	.227	8½	3-7	2-10	5-15	0-2	0-0	3-7	L 2

Personally, I'd rather the team struggle a bit early and build themselves in the heat of battle as they rise to a strong finish.

It's all about working together, building momentum, and keeping it.

Today we'll see if Ollie can find his form against a team he has dominated in the past.

If he pitches well today and the Mets win, you just know this club will rocket off on a streak...you can just feel it coming.

Enjoy your coffee!

Scoreboard
Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
N.Y. Mets (10-12) «	2	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	7	9	2
Philadelphia (11-10)	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	8	1

Player of the Game

New York
M. Pelfrey	IP	5.1
	H	7
	ER	3
	BB	4
	K	0

New York Mets
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Jose Reyes, SS	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	.272
Alex Cora, 2B	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	.240
Daniel Murphy, LF	5	1	1	2	0	0	1	.315
J.J. Putz, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Francisco Rodriguez, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Carlos Beltran, CF	2	2	1	0	3	0	0	.390
David Wright, 3B	4	0	2	1	1	0	1	.291
Ryan Church, RF	5	0	0	0	0	1	4	.292
Fernando Tatis, 1B	4	2	2	0	1	0	1	.370
Omir Santos, C	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	.286
Mike Pelfrey, P	2	0	1	2	0	0	2	.143
Pedro Feliciano, P	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000
Jeremy Reed, LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273
Totals	32	7	9	7	8	2
Batting
2B - Carlos Beltran (5, Park), David Wright (5, Park), Fernando Tatis (2, Park), Omir Santos (2, Park)
HR - Daniel Murphy (2, Park)
SF - Jose Reyes (1), Omir Santos (1), Mike Pelfrey (1)
RBI - Jose Reyes (8), Daniel Murphy 2 (9), David Wright (9), Omir Santos (5), Mike Pelfrey 2 (2)
2-OUT RBI - Mike Pelfrey (1)
SB - Carlos Beltran (2, 2nd base off Durbin/Coste)
CS - David Wright (3, 2nd base by Park/Coste)
Team LOB - 9
Fielding
E - Mike Pelfrey (1, Throwing), Jose Reyes (2, Misplayed grounder)

New York Mets
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Mike Pelfrey (W,3-0)	5.1	7	3	3	4	0	0	6.00
Pedro Feliciano (H,3)	1.2	1	1	1	0	2	1	4.00
J.J. Putz (H,5)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.75
Francisco Rodriguez (S,5)	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1.86
HBP - Utley (by Mike Pelfrey)
Pitches-Strikes - Mike Pelfrey 104-59, Pedro Feliciano 18-14, J.J. Putz 14-9, Francisco Rodriguez 24-14
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Mike Pelfrey 10-5, Pedro Feliciano 2-1, J.J. Putz 1-2
Batters Faced - Mike Pelfrey 27, Pedro Feliciano 6, J.J. Putz 3, Francisco Rodriguez 4