White, Di Fino chat replay (5/21)
Brandon Belt stays hot in win
by Chris Towers | CBSSports.com
by Chris Towers | CBSSports.com
Belt went 3 for 4 in the game with a double, while driving in a run for the second game in a row. He did strike out in one of his at-bats, but he also scored twice.
Belt has raise dhis batting average from .246 to .264 over the last three games, and he now has a .758 OPS with seven home runs and 31 RBI on the season.
Anthony Recker hits second homer
by Chris Towers | CBSSports.com
by Chris Towers | CBSSports.com
Recker finished the game 2 for 4 with two RBI, one RBI and two runs scored. He is now hitting .190 in 42 at-bats, with eight RBI.
Marlon Byrd comes up big in double dip
by Chris Towers | CBSSports.com
by Chris Towers | CBSSports.com
Byrd went 2 for 3 with a walk and an RBI in game one, a 4-3 win, and then added a 3-for-5 game in game two, with a stolen base. The Mets would win the second game, 6-1, as Byrd scored and doubled in each game.
Byrd raised his batting average from .247 to .264 with the game.
Michael Young triples up on doubles
by Chris Towers | CBSSports.com
by Chris Towers | CBSSports.com
Young went 3 for 4 in the game with an RBI and two runs scored. He now has 12 doubles on the season to go with a .288 average, the highest it has been since May 21.
Marco Scutaro picks up two hits in return
by Chris Towers | CBSSports.com
by Chris Towers | CBSSports.com
Wearing a custom splint, Scutaro went 2 for 4 in the game with a one strikeout, in a 5-4 win. Scutaro is now batting .335 on the season, with hits in each of his last five games.
Carlos Ruiz picks up a single in return
by Chris Towers | CBSSports.com
by Chris Towers | CBSSports.com
Denard Span stays cold in return to lineup
by Chris Towers | CBSSports.com
by Chris Towers | CBSSports.com
Span was hitless in the game, going 0 for 4 in a 4-2 loss. Span is hitting .252 for the season, and is just 1 for 24 over his last six games.
Hiram Burgos makes second rehab start
by Igor Mello | CBSSports.com
by Igor Mello | CBSSports.com
Burgos, who is working his way back from right shoulder impingement, pitched scoreless innings before surrendering two runs on four hits in the fourth for his only damage of the night. He yielded two runs on five hits while striking out four in four innings of work.
He is scheduled to make one more rehab assignment before manager Ron Roenicke decides to bring him back to the majors or option him down to Triple-A.
"It's certainly simpler," Roenicke said. "If we bring somebody up, we've got to make a move, we've got to send somebody out. That's what we're trying to avoid doing."
Tom Wilhelmsen coughs up the lead
by Igor Mello | CBSSports.com
by Igor Mello | CBSSports.com
Wilhelmsen, who entered the game in the eighth inning, served up a solo home run to Albert Pujols and was charged with his fifth blown save of the season. He yielded one run on two hits and one walk while striking out one in 1 2/3 innings pitched in a 3-2 win in extras.
Wilhelmsen has allowed seven runs over his last 3 2/3 innings pitched. His ERA has sky-rocketed from 2.22 to 3.77 over that span.
Carlos Quentin remains in limbo
by Chris Towers | CBSSports.com
by Chris Towers | CBSSports.com
The Padres may be able to avoid that decision Wednesday, as Everth Cabrera is expected to hit the disabled list Wednesday, freeing up a spot on the roster. Quentin remains day to day.
