Game 94: Mets vs. Padres @ Petco Park

El Duque heads to San Diego to look for the Mets first win in the series.

The Good: El Duque was amazin' tonight. 7 innings of shutout ball, a hit, a stolen base, and a run scored. In the fourth, Lo Duca got a big time two-out hit with a liner to center field. Beltran and Delgado scored to put the Mets up by two. In the fifth, Valentin singled to score a hustling El Duque and Beltran would poke a double to left to score Valentin. Lastings Milledge would hit a sac-fly in the eigth to score David Wright and give the Mets a 4-0 lead. In the ninth, with the Mets having a comfortable 4-0 lead, they would add three runs on a Carlos Delgado bases-loaded, two rbi single, and a Paul Lo Duca rbi ground out. Pedro Feliciano and Guillermo Mota would pitch the eighth and ninth innings to end the game.

The Bad: No complaints.

Overall: Beautiful.

Notes: Hernandez is the first pitcher to steal a base in consecutive starts since Tom Seaver did it in 1967. Valentin and Reyes also stole a base of their own.

Quote of the Day: "It's not only the stolen bases, anything that you can do at the plate or steal a base that can benefit the ballclub to win a ballgame, I got to do it." - El Duque.

2 Cents: It's good to finally see the Mets tack on some runs.

Final Score: Mets 7, Padres 0. Record: 52-41.