The Mets were defeated tonight by the Dodgers by a score of 5-1. For a full box score, check out SNY.TV.

Well, Oliver Perez pitched better, but not well. Perez lasted 6 innings, which should please Billy Wagner, and brought his walks down to a very reasonable 2. Unfortunately, the pitches over the plate were hit a long way to the tune of 3 HRs. Perez finished with 5 ER and 3K. Show and Sosa each added scoreless innings in relief.

On the offensive side, well, there wasn’t much. Beltran was the only multi-hit Met, going 2-for-4 with a triple and scoring the Mets only run. Credit Alou with his first RBI of the season. Reyes, Church, and Wright were a combined 0-for-10, which should tell you all you need to know about this game.

This series continues tomorrow as Nelson Figueroa takes on Hiroki Kuroda.

The offense looked sluggish tonight and the Mets squandered some early opportunities to score. In the top of the second, down 2 runs, the Mets had runners on second and third and one out. But they couldn’t capitalize on the opportunity as Schneider struck out and Castillo grounded out. Then, down 5 in the 6th Beltran led off with a triple and then Alou singled him in. Instead of building on that momentum Delgado hits into a double play, and the Mets were more or less done from there.

Tough loss but tomorrow is another day. Let’s roll off the next 2 and come back home on a high note.