The Mets beat the Cards yesterday by the score of 9-5 thanks to some nice offense from the heart of our lineup and some average pitching by John Maine. Maine allowed three runs in 5 innings, but he allowed only one earned run. He is working with a new delivery but things seem to be getting better, so hopefully he will be spot on when its time to get to the regular season. Anyway, here are some of the highlights from yesterday's game:
The good:
    Reyes 2-4, R, 3 RBI, BB, 2B, SB
    Santos 1-1, R, 2 RBI, HR
    Beltran 2-5, R, 2B
    Delgado 2-4, RBI
    Valentine 2-3, 2R
    Maine 5.0 IP, 6H, 3 R, ER, 5 K
    Putz 1.0 IP, K
    Parnell 1.0 IP, BB
The Bad:
    Castillo 0-3
    Murphy 0-3
    Evans 0-2
Back on the topic of Maine for a second, you can tell that he is starting to right the ship due to his strikeout numbers that are starting to rise again. On the topic of pitchers, Putz showed why its good to have him and Parnell continues to make his case for the bullpen even stronger. It was really a good game yesterday, with the exception of the 0 spots from Murphy and Castillo, the team really hit well and they pitched well. The Mets I believe had a 7 run inning at one point. At this point I would like to see the Mets tighten up their defense but we are getting to that time where players are probably getting restless and ready for the regular season.