The Mets snapped their skid in a strong fashion, beating the Rockies this afternoon 9-2.

Nick Evans, welcome to the Mets. Filling in for Marlon Anderson, recently DLed, Evans was called up from AA and hit three doubles. Castillo, Beltran and Castro added doubles of their own.  Castro, playing the day game, went 3 for 4.  Wright and Delgado both homered.

Offensively, over half the Met runs came quickly, as the Mets pounced on Francis while he struggled in the first. They added a few more here and there throughout the rest of the game. Its good to see them jump quickly on a pitcher like this, but this game was mostly Castro and Evans. The homerun from Delgado was nice, but as I said yesterday, his one homerun doesn’t balance out the four outs, including two down on strikes. Beltrans sole hit was timely, giving him 3 RBI’s, but likewise, 1 for 5 isn’t any more impressive with 3 RBIs than it is from Delgado’s 1 for 5 with one. If this is going to be more than one win, they need to hit more.

Vargas took the win, going long with seven full innings, giving up both Rockies runs. More than acceptable from a substitute fifth starter. Dirty Sanchez and Pedro Feliciano each pitched one scoreless, hitless inning. Pedro walked one.

Evans definitely made his major league debut in style, while Tatis showed us why he’s kept in the minors. If Evans can keep this up, once Church comes back we’ll have a nice outfield. Perhaps the two of them can provide the offensive jump start that Reyes and Wright haven’t been able to.