This is a snapshot of me directly after seeing the Giants starting lineup before tonight's game. With names like Fransden, Feliz, Ortmeier, and Vizquel, and Barry Bonds on the bench with a lefty pitching, where the hell was the Giant offense going to come from? That evil grin quickly turned upside down when I also saw a Molina's name in the lineup. This one being Benji. Turns out, my Molina theory is dead on balls accurate. Randy Winn opens the game with a solo Molina, and then 2 batters later, Molina bombs the token Molina that Molina's always hit when they play the Mets. (Guess that answers where the offense was going to come from. Some tool named Ortmeier bombed a Molina too.) Perez allowed 3 solo shots in 7 innings. Working around a slider that wasn't sliding, throwing mostly fastballs, he still managed to strike out 8, and walk none. Not his best outing but what more can you ask from your pitcher when you just don't have your best stuff. Normally, Perez' off night stuff resulted in 7-8 runs, 7-8 walks, and a couple hit batsmen. Perez at least "Art Howe'd" his way to a 7th inning tie, then watched as Scott Schoenweis tried (once again, The Lone Met Fan is getting tired of repeating himself with this guy) tried to lose the game all by himself. After giving up a hit, and yet another walk, he gives the game to Heilman(!) with runners on 2nd and 3rd. Heilman made it out of the inning(!) and the game stretched to extra innings. Joe Smith gave up the lead in the 12th to make way for everyones favorite ex-Met, Armando Benitez. Turns out, Benitez was Benitez becoming the first person since this guy, to balk twice in an inning, tying the game at 4. As usual, Benitez became discombobulated, and grooved one to Delgado, who won the game in the 12th with his very own 420ft walk-off Molina. (The best type of Molina money can buy if you ask me) Braves lose again as well, so the Mets have a 5 game lead in the East.

Glavine and Almost Met Barry Zito in game 2 tomorrow.