Daniel Murhy had three hits tonight and produced the Mets two runs. Eddie Kunz popped his proverbial cherry a gave up a homerun, but added three grounball outs. Even in a close Mets loss did two who Minya would not trade contribute. The next stop for Kuntz will be to get the last three outs at Shea sometime this week. For Murhpy it will be another day as the number two hitter, but against lefthanders. If he succeeds, it solidifies the line-up and makes Rich Aurillas possible acquisition make more sense for the stretch run. He’s played only 1st and 3rd this season but can probably still provide innings at short. So if Murphy can play everyday in left, the Mets can send down Evans and acquire Aurillia. Chavez can be the number one OF replacement for defense. The wild card on any of this is whether of not Ryan Church can return. Still, non of those could ever be contemplated if the two Mets prospects in Kuntz and Murphy didn’t play like they are ready to be big leaguers.

UPDATE: It appears that Jerry Manuel was influenced by Pedro’s power of persuassion in the Met sixth with two out and a man on first. Grady Little is forever cursed by this that I dont feel Martinez means any harm by. But, no. Manuel did not use a pinch hitter in front of Jose Reyes and hot-hitting Daniel Murphy. As bad as the Mets have been some pinch hitting has been pretty good. Most notably in Argenis Reyes and catchers Ramon Castro and Robinson Cancel. This oppotunity was hot in its potential. Jose Reyes followed and has earned a reputation as a late inning RBI guy. A vetarn manager in Manuel was seduced by a veteran pitcher who wanted to stay in the game as had Grady Little. We saw the results.