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WRIGHT, CASTILLO DEBUT WITH EXCELLENCE; PITCHERS AND BAY HUGELY DISAPPOINT

View Photo Gallery From Today's Game | The top of the order was in full gear. Gary Matthews Jr. and Luis Castillo combined to go 4-for-4 with five runs scored and two RBIs. David Wright hit a two-run homer on a line drive to right field in the first inning, and Matthews added a solo shot in the fifth. Jason Bay, making his Mets debut, went 0-for-2 with a walk and a strikeout. Ike Davis pounded a ninth-inning grand slam well past the picnic tables in right field.
R.A. Dickey had his knuckleball working early, then it went downhill. He was unable to finish the third inning, and his outing ended with five earned runs allowed on seven hits and two walks in 2 2/3 innings. Tobi Stoner followed up and gave up a run in 2 1/3 frames. Jack Egbert hurled two shutout innings, striking out three and walking two. Sean Green checked in for the eighth, but he was able to get just two outs and exited early. He was charged with two runs.
The wind was estimated to be blowing at about 18 mph at Tradition Field, which made for an interesting sight considering two knuckleballers -- Dickey and Zink -- saw action. But the wind factor was never more evident than in the top of the third, when Ludwick's liner to straightaway center field hooked towards right field and spun Matthews completely around, resulting in a two-run double.
Video of Ike Davis's HR: