METS 6, NATIONALS 0

So many great stories tonight. Mike Pelfrey, who last year started 0-7, is now 2-0 after pitching seven incredible shutout innings. Jose Reyes, who missed the weekend because of a hamstring injury, returned to the lineup and went 4 for 5. He was just a home run away from hitting the cycle. David Wright did hit a home run and also drove in 5 of the Mets' 6 runs. Duaner Sanchez made his first appearance since July 2006 and pitched a scoreless ninth inning. Tonight was also the return to Shea of Lastings Milledge - albeit in a Washington National uniform. He was booed. Paul Lo Duca would have been booed even louder had he played. Alas, he did not. Instead Washington's catcher was ex-Met Johnny Estrada. If you can call someone an ex-Met who never actually put their uniform on. Another interesting note was that with Reyes' return to the lineup and Castillo's recent hitting struggles, Willie decided to bat Ryan Church in the #2 slot. Interesting move. I would have thought he'd make Pagan the #2 hitter but we'll see how Church fares. What else? With Sanchez returning to the roster, Carlos Muniz was sent back down to the minors. Too bad because Muniz was effective in his appearances but I'm sure he'll be back. All in all, a very satisfying game. And that's without even mentioning that it was Jackie Robinson night! A bit confusing to see all the players on both teams wearing #42 uniforms - at least for identification purposes!

WP: Mike Pelfrey (2-0)
LP: Odalis Perez (0-3)