Mets & Pedro Get Taken to Shed

ROCKIES 7, METS 1

It started out promising. Jose Reyes led off the game with a stand up triple and Louis Castillo drove him in with a sacrifice fly to left. 1-0 Mets.

Pedro Martinez after managing to get through a tricky first inning seemed to be on cruse control through the games first four innings surrendoring only two hits.

Then the roof fell in.

In the bottom of the fifth, Garret Atkins homered to left to quickly tie it up; that was followed by a blast Brad Hawpe to right, and suddenly the Rockies had reclaimed the lead 2-1. It seemed to shock the Mets, who went into a proverbial hole for the rest of the night.

Four more runs came across in the bottom of the fifth, as Willy Taveras drove in Troy Tulowitzi, Jeff Baker singled in pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez, and Matt Holiday drove in Taveras with a single of his own.

Finally, manager Jerry Manuel took out Martinez with one out and six runs across in the inning. Too little too late and the Mets are back under .500.