Mets 7, Angels 3

The Mets' offense keeps rolling along against these AL West opponents, and the team is now above .500 on days in which they've played only one game. Their 0-6 record in doubleheaders leaves them at 30-35 overall, but they continue to look like a competent baseball team. Timo Perez got things going with a first inning solo home run, his first of the season, and Mike Bacsik held on to this early lead and pitched well enough for the win while the offense expanded the lead. He wound up going five innings, giving up two runs on six hits while striking out three, lowering his ERA to 10.38.

In the fourth inning, the Mets put five singles and a sacrifice fly together to score four more runs. Included among these was Jose Reyes' third hit of the season, which looked more like a sacrifice bunt before he beat the throw to first base. Reyes went one for four with a run scored. In the field he had one tremendous diving catch and one error. The Mets added two more runs in the sixth on a home run by Jeromy Burnitz, his eighth of the season.

David Weathers relieved Bacsik in the sixth and gave up a run on two hits and a walk over two inning while striking out three. Armando Benitez pitched an unusual but perfect pair of innings, striking out two.

Tonight the Mets send rookie Jason Roach to the mound against Ramon Ortiz (6-5, 5.45) as the Mets try for their longest winning streak of the year. The normal pattern for the Mets this year would call for today's game to get rained out and made up in a doubleheader tomorrow, in which the Mets would of course be swept, so hopefully they'll break that habit tonight.  ¶ joe | 5:00 PM |