A good old fashioned Happy Recap, just like ye olden times. Johan Santana went a full seven and got the win. He struck out seven, but also walked two and tossed a pair of wild pitches. He also hit his fourth double of the season. For the most part, Santana looked good. He did get himself into a few jams, but either pitched his way out or got assistance from some quality defense tonigth. The only real sore spot was Reyes error, his third in three games. As generally expected, Santana gave up one homerun.  Dirty and Billy each pitched a scoreless inning.

Reyes and Wright each doubled, but this game’s offense was all about the so called A- team: Castro, Tatis and Easley. Castro and Tatis each went 2 for 3 with two RBIs. Easley added a hit, RBI and a run, and Tatis was part of a double steal with Beltran. While its good to see them contributing, realistically all we did was switch it up from last night, as the front of the order notched just two hits and three walks.  The scoring came primarily in the first, after Reyes, Castillo and Wright all reached, and got brought in by Easley, Tatis and Castro respectively. Hopefully in the next game both the front and middle of the lineup hit.