The Mets had two players rehabbing down in St. Lucie tonight. We all know Beltran's there working his way back, but Oliver Perez also made his first rehab appearance in St. Lucie tonight.
We'll start with Perez, who was, well, Perez. He went six innings, gave up five hits, one walk and four earned runs, including two homers allowed. He did strike out seven on the night, though. Not an altogether terrible start for Perez, but not great either. The seven strikeouts and only one walk were definitely the silver lining. The two home runs? Not so much.
Beltran had himself a very encouraging night, playing all nine innings in CF. He had five balls hit to him all night, but only one putout (the other four were singles or doubles he had no chance of reaching). Nice to see Beltran get tested out in the field tonight. Will be even nicer if all is well with the knee tomorrow. Beltran had a good night at the plate as well, going 2-4 with two singles and an RBI. He's now batting .391 during his rehab assignment. Keep it rolling, Carlos.
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