Today's News: Colon takes the hill, Granderson sits, wild night.

Today at 1:10 PM, the Mets turn to Bartolo Colon (1-3)  as they try and take three of four from the St. Louis Cardinals at Citi Field. Colon was much better in his last start against Atlanta than he was when Anaheim tagged him for nine runs. The pitching has been the story for the Mets in the early part of the season, and if they intend to take three of four from a very good team, it'll have to continue.

Also, veteran Bobby Abreu will get the start in right field, Terry Collins told the media. Terry also said he plans on starting Abreu once a week in the outfield. It has yet to be determined if that will stay the same once Juan Lagares comes back off the DL. Granderson, who finally snapped his 0 for skid last night, will sit in place of Abreu. Personally, I think Granderson sits down after a very encouraging night. Not only did he get a base hit, but he battled and drew a walk later in the game, and played exceptional defense. It was nice to see Curtis smiling in the ninth inning.

Last night might win the award for the wildest game of the season. The score is not portray this. Only four runs crossed the plate. Michael Whaca got the start for the red birds, and he was as wild as he was filthy. The man struck out nine Mets batters through three innings, tying a record. Everyone who knows baseball knows what strikeouts do to a pitcher's pitch count. As a result, Wacha had nearly seventy pitches in the fourth inning, and that's when things began to fall apart. Wacha twice walked home a run as the Mets plated two runs without an RBI hit. In fact, their only RBI hit of the night came when Duda blasted a solo home run in the later innings. The other storyline from yesterday's game was the wind. Wow, was it ever fierce! At one point both Wacha's hat and d'Arnauds body were thrown around like feather weights. The last out of the day came on a wind-driven fly ball to Curtis, who secured it right against the Citi Field wall. Wow, what a night.