Kaz Matsui

g, Matt Lawton, Roger Cedeno, Roberto Alomar, Esix Snead, Marcos Scutaro, Jeff Duncan, Matt Watson, Kaz Matsui, Eric Valent, Gerald Williams, Danny Garcia, Jeff Keppinger and Mike Cameron at the top of the order.  That’s 27 different leadoff hitters (other than Reyes) in four and a half seasons.  Since Reyes assumed the role in ’05, he’s spent just 12 games in the lineup but out of the leadoff spot, and the Mets have used only 10 different leadoff hitters aside from Reyes in the last four years.

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er solid, but insufficiently long, outing from Johan Santana, Schoenweis allowed a solo home run to Kaz Matsui, who has killed the Mets, hitting .438 against his former team over the last three years.  Wagner then gave up a bizzare two-run single to Geoff Blum with the bases loaded in the ninth to blow the save, as both runners crashed into one another and Ramon Castro all at once at the plate.  Then, in the tenth, Heilman put the first two runners on base before handing the ball over to Pedro Feliciano.  Feliciano actually did not pitch poorly, striking out the first batter he faced and then allowing the game-ending sacrifice fly on a weakly hit liner by Darin Erstad.  Fernando Tatis made an excellent catch on Erstad’s sinking flare, but was unable to throw Lance Berkman out at the plate.

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