Not the prettiest win, but a win. Johan struggled a tad, gave up ten hits and three runs including a homer to Edwin Encarnacion. Santana used 38 pitches in the sixth inning, 116 overall. Its his first victory at Shea. Heilman, Feliciano and Sosa each added an inning of relief, with Heilman and Feleciano doing their part to see if they could make it a save situation for Sosa. Sosa walked one, but gave up no hits. Unlike his other friends in the bullpen.

Carlos Beltran had a bit of a nice day. Two for three, with a triple. And a few (5) RBIs, to bring him to 18 for the year. Delgado and Schneider had back to back homeruns in the seventh, so maybe further down in the order is better Carlos. Delgado was 3 for 4 and also doubled. Wright went 2 for 3, joining in on the hitting party.

Reyes and Castillo were the only position players to not use their bats in a constructive fashion, walking once apiece while going a combined 0 for 8. Castillo will be riding the bench in this evenings second game of the double header.

The Foot will be back shortly with the preview of your night game in todays day night double header. So make your beer runs, fire up the grill, and smoke if you got them. We’ll see you all back here in about an hour.

The Reds (14-21) come to NY to face off against the Mets (17-15) in game one of a three game set and of today’s double header. Johan Santana (3-2) will make a start for the Mets in and toeing the mound against him will be Matt Belisle (1-2)

Your starting line up courtesy of Mets Blog:

• SS Jose Reyes
• 2B Luis Castillo
• 3B David Wright
• CF Carlos Beltran
• RF Ryan Church
• LF Moises Alou
• 1B Carlos Delgado
• C Brian Schneider
• P Johan Santana

Game time is set for 1:10pm (SNY, WFAN). As always, join us in the Hot Foot Bleachers to chat with your follow Mets fans from around the world.

In his column today in the NY Post Kevin Kernan has some quotes from David Wright regarding Willie Randolph that may surprise some. David told Kernan that:

“There is another side to Randolph, I’ve seen him throw chairs. I’ve seen him flip tables. I’ve seen him kick people in the butt, The motivation is there, now it’s completely up to us as players to go out there and do our jobs and to get it done.”

So, maybe the Wally Backman, Larry Bowa and Lou Pinella side of Willie is not talked about much, but according to Wright there is a side to Willie that can be Mark Foleyesque. Maybe if he were to be thrown out of games the way Bobby Cox is, just to prove to us that he cares, he’d accumulate as many rings as Cox has. Yeah, and with all that talent for all those many years in Atlanta, one ring would have been suffice here in NY? … No, folks, he would have been getting tossed from games elsewhere a long long time ago.

The following are a list of clues for you to guess three different Ex-Mets:

Player #1 (easy):

• This former Mets’ first round pick made his debut with the team in 1984.
• After failing to produce in 1984-1985, he was traded to the Twins. He would later be traded to the Tigers, then sign as a free agent with the A’s.
• He is now the GM of the A’s, famous for being profiled in the book Moneyball.

Player #2 (medium)

• This ex-Met made a name for himself as an OF/1B in Pittsburgh, making four All-Star appearences for them.
• Prior to the 1992 season he signed a monster (for the time) contract with the Mets worth $25 million over five years.
• He was trade mid-way through the season in 1995 for Alex Ochoa, despite having made an All-Star appearance that year.  He also made an All-Star appearence for the Mets in 1993 for six total in his career.
• In 1998 he was traded by Marlins along with Gary Sheffield for Mike Piazza. In November of 1998 he was traded to the Mets.
• The Mets are still paying this player to the day, because when they released him in 200 they agreed to pay the $25 million left on his contract over time through the year 2035.

Player #3 (hard)

• In 2002, this 36 year old Japanese RP pitched for the Mets. 
• He had an 0-3 record in 25 appearances with a 5.61 ERA.
• This RP has played for Bobby Valentine in both the United States and in Japan.
• He is famous for his trademark goggles and for throwing a “shakeball.”

Answers will be posted later tomorrow, good luck.

Tonight’s game against the Cincinnati Reds has been postponed and will be part of a day/night doubleheader tomorrow.

Johan Santana will be moved up to pitch the day game, at 1:10pm. Mike Pelfrey will pitch the night game, at 7:30pm