After today’s game, the Mets announced that Carlos Delgado will miss at least a week with a strained right hip flexor.
…from what i can gather, there is no plan to promote a player like Mike Carp or Brett Harper, given how well Shawn Green has looked while filling in at first base…

SNY will host a stickball game on the SNY studio plaza tomorrow, September 6, at noon, featuring teams coached by Mets GM Omar Minaya and SNY’s Ron Darling.
Minaya and Darling will hold a live Q&A after the game.

Over the Mets Minor League Report, Toby Hyde recaps yesterday’s Mets minor-league action…
Among other comments, Hyde writes of strong performances by LHP Jon Neise, who allowed no runs while striking out nine through six innings in a win for Single-A St. Lucie.
…toby provides a mets minor league report after each night’s action…thanks, toby…
The 20–year-old Niese is 11–7 with [...]

The Mets (78–61) lost to the Reds (63–77) by the score of 7 to 0 in Cincinnati this afternoon.
For a recap and boxscore, go to Yahoo! Sports.
…John Maine just didn’t have it today, it’s that simple, which is very disappointing coming off his last start against the Braves…he let up a two-run home run to [...]

Prior to today’s game, Orlando Hernandez threw a successful bullpen session, experiencing no pain.
El Duque told reporters that he will throw a anoter bullpen session this weekend, get a second cortisone shot, and hopefully start next week against either the Braves of Phillies.

The Game:
The
first-place Mets (78-60) look for a second straight sweep as they take on the Reds (62-77)
this afternoon at Great American Ballpark, starting at 12:35 pm EDT.
The Lineup:LF Endy
Chavez leads off, followed in order by 2B Luis Castillo, 3B David
Wright, CF Carlos Beltran, 1B Jeff Conine, SS Ruben Gotay, RF Lastings
Milledge, C Mike DiFelice and [...]

The Mets have told reporters that Carlos Delgado has been sent to New York to have an MRI on his right hip.
…from what i can gather, it’s likely to reveal a strained hip flexor, which is not that big of a deal…if it’s a grade one, he should be back by the weekend…fingers crossed…

According to Peter Gammons, in a report for ESPN.com, Peter Gammons, Pedro Martinez will next start on Sunday at Shea Stadium against Houston and then on September 15 at Shea against the Phillies, both of which are day games at home, which is by design. 
Martinez’s first start at night, notes Gammons, will be September 21 at Florida.
In the [...]

Mets OF Carlos Gomez was 0-4 with a sacrifice fly and two strikeouts last night during his fifth minor-league rehab game with Single-A St. Lucie.
In five games, Gomez is batting .154 with no extra base hits and four strike outs in 13 at-bats.

…last season was a cake walk…this season, the team has had to work…a lot…hell, so have we, the fans, for that matter…i think this is why we’ve been so on edge all year…
…i mean, when you think about it, as Mets fans, we are not raised on back-to-back years of success…think about it…typically, we get it, [...]

To register in the online lottery for potential post-season tickets at Shea Stadium, go to Mets.com.

With last night’s win over the Reds, the Mets have won five straight games for the first time all season.
Randolph, on whether he is surprised this is the first five-game winning streak of the season, while talking to reporters…
“Yeah, it is surprising.  I though earlier in the year we have a streak like that, when [...]

Last night, for the first time in six seasons, Paul Lo Duca hit two three-run home runs, while knocking in seven runs.
Lo Duca currently has seven home runs on the season.  He has not hit more than seven in a season since 2004.
Lo Duca, on the team’s recent play, while talking to reporters after last [...]

Shawn Green started a third straight game in right field for the Mets last night.  He had a single, a double, a run scored, one RBI and he did not strike out.
Green has a four-game hitting streak, during which he is hitting .333 with six RBI and zero strike outs.
…from what i can gather, green has been [...]

Prior to yesterday’s game, Willie Randolph told reporters that Orlando Hernandez will likely re-join the team’s rotation next week against the Braves or Phillies.