(by Brett Kahn)The good news: Johan Santana gave the Mets another quality start giving up only one run through seven innings. The bad news: He was credited with a loss because the Mets offense only mustered one run in a 3-1 loss courtesy of a Ryan Church double in the ninth inning.
Atlanta's John Smoltz was sensational, allowing no runs through five innings and striking out six. He left after the fifth and the Braves never looked back.
Are people attributing this to some sort of fall-out from last season? It's possible, and the players in the clubhouse know they are better than 2-3. Those players include 3B David Wright and C Brian Schneider, both of whom have made their thoughts clear on newyorkmets.com today.
The Mets now have a day off before entering their very anticipated match up with the Philadelphia Phillies. Oliver Perez will look to duplicate his first start of the season in which he allowed no runs over six innings, while striking out eight.
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