Progress

In the offseason Mets manager Jerry Manuel stressed timely hitting as an area they needed to address. He worked with his coaches to invent drills to help put his players in the correct mindset and talked to the players individually to make sure mentally they were taking the right approach at the plate. Case in point, David Wright hits the game-tying home run in the bottom of the 5th inning with two outs, giving the team new life and taking a struggling Mike Pelfrey off the hook for the loss.

Less of a priority in the offseason was defense. Case in point, the game winning run the past two games was scored after a dropped fly ball in the outfield. Last night, one of the lone holdovers from last season's crappy bullpen even balked in the winning run for good measure. On the bright side, Citifield got rave reviews from those in attendance and the crowd seemed a little more involved at key moments in the game.