Pedro Good, Heilman Good, Wagner Not So Good

It was a rainy night but that didn't seem to bother any of the starting pitchers at Shea tonight. Pedro pitched 6 innings allowing just 1 run in the first inning on a Freddy Sanchez HR. He struck out 9 in his short outing, but due to the rainy conditions Manager Willie Randolph optioned to try to score an extra run by pinch-hitting for Martinez. And that worked out, as the Mets were able to tack on 2 runs to take a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the 6th. Endy Chavez went 4-4 on the night, he also reached on an error and made a great diving catch. Ramon Castro walked twice and had a sac bunt. David Wright broke up his 0 for 17 streak. Delgado had a double, and a game winning HR. Matsui played well again. Aaron Heilman pitched 2 hit-less innings, and Billy Wagner came on with a 2 run lead and walked the leadoff batter, got a K, walked Jason Bay, allowed a single that scored a run, struckout another, and then gave up another single to blow the save. He finished the inning but took away Pedro's sixth win. Ian Snell pitched well and impressed me. He held the Mets to 2 hits and one run before the Mets scored 2 in the sixth. The Pirates bullpen did well holding the fort and the Pirates bullpen attacked Billy Wagner to tie the game in the 9th. But Carlos Delgado smashed an opposite field HR to win it in the bottom of the 12th. Final: Mets 4 - Pirates 3 in the bottom of the 12th inning WP: Chad Bradford (1-1) 1.86 ERA LP: Mike Gonzalez (0-2) 2.89 ERA