Three out of four

Friday:
Livan Hernandez was awful early and the Mets were trailing reigning Cy Young winner Tim Lincecum by a score of 5-1. It did not look good. You were surprised to see him bat in the bottom of the 6th after he gave up a couple in the top half. I guess the Giants did not want to go to their bullpen and were they ever right. The Mets eventually got to Lincecum in the 7th, knocked him out and pounded on the relief core, highlighted by a three-run double by David Wright. Does anyone notice Brian Stokes has an ERA of 0.56? The Giants closer, the funny looking guy with the strange haircut was touched up for some winning runs in the 9th for the second straight night.

Saturday:
The Big Unit is done. There's a first time for everything and on Saturday, Randy Johnson gave up four hits to the first four batters in a game for the first time ever. Eventually something like that is going to happen if you keep pitching when you're pushing 50. Johan was not his usual-self, which of course was going to happen in a game where he got plenty of run support. Can Eric Karros kiss the Mets ass anymore than he did on that Fox telecast? At least the Giants had their hometown guy, Jon Miller, doing the game on Sunday night, the ESPN sportsync radio special (I did not get a chance to use the handy sync radio for the Fox game as I did not watch live and had to settle for DVR- at least a familiar voice in Kenny Albert was doing the play-by-play).

Sunday:
Mike Pelfrey committed three balks. You only hope this is not the start of Chuck Knoblauch/Rick Ankiel-like mental problems. If it is, we're in trouble. Matt Cain was walking the country early in the game and the Mets did not take advantage. Add Alex Cora to the list of injuries, forcing Fernando Tatis to play shortstop for the first time in a very long time. I cannot recommend the sportsync radio enough to avoid listening to Joe Morgan and Steve Phillips. All I hear the next day is people bitching about having to listen to that broadcast. Fix it.