Pedro Martinez appeared in two exhibition games in spring training because of an aching toe; Tom Glavine is 40; Steve Trachsel was coming off back surgery; Brian Bannister hadn't thrown a major-league pitch; and Victor Zambrano's career has been erratic.
Zambrano has been erratic, although he gave up one run in a solid six innings in Monday night's 2-1 victory over Washington. Bannister won his first two decisions before going on the disabled list last week with a strained hamstring.
Trachsel worked a staff-short 3 2/3 innings Sunday, but otherwise has been good. Glavine and Martinez have been superb.
"Our pitching," Randolph said of the biggest surprise of the young season. "I told them that we're not going to do anything unless we pitched well. Our starters have done a nice job and our bullpen has been much better."
REPLAY: Monday night, he was the good Victor.
Victor Zambrano's career has been one of inconsistency; decent one start and bad the next. He entered Monday night's start at 1-2 with a 9.64 ERA, but he gave up one run on five hits in six innings in the Mets' 2-1 victory over the Washington Nationals.
Zambrano's poor start led to speculation he might be dropped from the rotation, but that ended when Brian Bannister went on the disabled list last week with a strained right hamstring.
NOTES, QUOTES
RHP Victor Zambrano entered Monday's game with a 9.64 ERA, but pitched a solid six innings against Washington, giving up one run on five hits.
RHP John Maine will be recalled from Triple-A Norfolk to start Tuesday night against Washington at Shea Stadium.
1B Carlos Delgado hit his 10th homer of the season and 379th of his career Monday night, tying him with Hall of Famers Orlando Cepeda and Tony Perez for 54th place on the career list.
INF Julio Franco, 47, was given a taped tribute prior to Monday's game. On April 20, Franco became the oldest player to homer in a major league game.
LF Cliff Floyd is in a 4-for-31 slide that dropped his average to .198. Floyd has been taking extra batting practice and derives optimism from the fact that he has not struck out in 49 at-bats.
ROSTER REPORT
MEDICAL WATCH:
RHP Juan Padilla is lost for the year with elbow surgery.
2B Anderson Hernandez went on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to April 18 due to a bulging disk in his back.
CF Carlos Beltran missed eight days with hamstring tightness, but he was back in the starting lineup Saturday (April 29).
RHP Brian Bannister suffered a strained right hamstring Wednesday (April 26) and was placed on the disabled list.
Player Stats
LINEUP
1. Jose Reyes, SS
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .500 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Last 7 Games .304 23 6 7 0 1 0 4 5
Season .250 100 21 25 4 3 1 12 11
2. Kazuo Matsui, 2B
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .321 28 2 9 1 0 0 1 1
Season .297 37 3 11 1 0 1 2 1
3. Carlos Beltran, CF
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .250 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0
Last 7 Games .263 19 4 5 2 0 2 3 0
Season .279 43 14 12 2 0 4 11 2
4. Carlos Delgado, 1B
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .179 28 3 5 1 0 1 2 0
Season .298 94 18 28 3 0 9 20 0
5. David Wright, 3B
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .250 28 4 7 2 0 2 5 1
Season .303 89 16 27 6 2 5 18 6
6. Cliff Floyd, LF
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .400 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
Last 7 Games .172 29 3 5 0 0 1 4 0
Season .195 77 8 15 3 0 2 11 2
7. Ramon Castro, C
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .400 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Last 6 Games .423 26 4 11 3 0 1 3 0
Season .423 26 4 11 3 0 1 3 0
8. Endy Chavez, RF
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .500 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0
Last 7 Games .346 26 3 9 1 0 1 4 2
Season .255 47 6 12 2 0 1 5 2
9. Steve Trachsel, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 5 Games .222 9 1 2 1 0 0 1 0
Season .222 9 1 2 1 0 0 1 0
OTHER ROSTER PLAYERS
Brian Bannister, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .667 3 1 2 2 0 0 2 0
Last 5 Games .400 10 2 4 3 0 0 2 0
Season .400 10 2 4 3 0 0 2 0
Victor Diaz, LF
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 6 Games .182 11 0 2 1 0 0 2 0
Season .182 11 0 2 1 0 0 2 0
Pedro Feliciano,
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 6 Games .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Julio Franco,
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .429 7 2 3 0 0 1 4 1
Season .333 12 2 4 0 0 1 4 1
Tom Glavine, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 6 Games .375 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Season .375 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Anderson Hernandez, 2B
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .136 22 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Season .146 41 1 6 0 0 0 0 0
Jorge Julio,
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Lo Duca, C
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .500 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0
Last 7 Games .233 30 2 7 1 0 1 3 0
Season .306 72 9 22 5 0 1 7 1
Pedro Martinez, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 5 Games .083 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Season .083 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Xavier Nady, RF
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .250 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Last 7 Games .258 31 2 8 1 0 2 3 1
Season .311 90 12 28 6 0 6 11 1
Darren Oliver,
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .500 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
Season .500 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
Duaner Sanchez,
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Valentin, LF
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game 1.000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .333 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Season .136 22 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Woodward, SS
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .500 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
Last 7 Games .261 23 2 6 1 0 1 6 1
Season .250 24 2 6 1 0 1 6 1
Victor Zambrano, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 3 Games .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PITCHERS
Brian Bannister, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 5.40 0 0 0 1 5 7 3 0 2 1
Last 3 Games 3.00 1 0 0 3 15 17 5 0 13 9
Season 2.89 2 0 0 5 28 22 9 2 17 14
Chad Bradford, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0 0 1 0
Last 3 Games 3.86 0 0 0 3 2.1 4 1 0 1 3
Season 2.35 0 1 0 10 7.2 9 2 0 1 11
Pedro Feliciano, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Last 3 Games 3.86 0 0 0 3 2.1 2 1 0 0 2
Season 1.50 0 0 0 6 6 6 1 0 1 4
Tom Glavine, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 1 0 0 1 7 4 0 0 2 1
Last 3 Games 2.95 1 2 0 3 21.1 14 7 2 7 10
Season 2.29 3 2 0 6 39.1 31 10 2 13 31
Aaron Heilman, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Last 3 Games 2.45 0 0 0 3 3.2 3 1 0 2 6
Season 2.63 0 0 0 12 13.2 13 4 0 5 14
Jorge Julio, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 9.00 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 5
Last 3 Games 3.60 0 0 0 3 5 3 2 1 3 11
Season 7.71 0 1 0 10 11.2 15 10 4 5 22
Pedro Martinez, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 2.57 1 0 0 1 7 4 2 1 1 5
Last 3 Games 2.61 3 0 0 3 20.2 12 6 3 5 24
Season 2.94 5 0 0 5 33.2 19 11 5 11 33
Darren Oliver, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 1.1 1 0 0 1 1
Last 3 Games 0.00 1 0 0 3 3.2 2 0 0 3 3
Season 2.61 1 0 0 8 10.1 8 3 2 3 11
Duaner Sanchez, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Last 3 Games 0.00 0 0 0 3 4 3 0 0 1 2
Season 0.00 1 0 0 11 16 7 0 0 6 13
Steve Trachsel, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 14.71 0 1 0 1 3.2 8 6 0 5 1
Last 3 Games 5.17 1 1 0 3 15.2 17 9 1 9 6
Season 4.72 2 2 0 5 26.2 29 14 2 11 16
Billy Wagner, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
Last 3 Games 0.00 0 0 2 3 3 5 0 1 0 7
Season 0.69 1 0 7 12 13 8 1 2 5 15
Victor Zambrano, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 11.25 0 1 0 1 4 7 5 2 3 1
Last 3 Games 9.64 1 2 0 3 14 20 15 5 9 8
Season 9.64 1 2 0 3 14 20 15 5 9 8