As Jenrry Mejia gets set to start his first game, highly regarded pitching prospects who made their big league debuts with the Mets have had varying degrees of success in their first starts.

Jason Giambi homered and made a key defensive play to back Aaron Cook in Friday night's victory over the National League West-leading Padres.

A pair of Rockies homers spoiled Cory Luebke's big league debut and a late charge came up short as the Padres took their eighth straight loss.

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Brett Myers pitched six innings for his 28th consecutive start on Friday night against the D-backs, which is all well and good, except that the game was decided in the eighth.

Known for performing impressively in the season's second half, Barry Zito lost his seventh consecutive decision Friday. And the Giants began their crucial three-city, 10-game trip with a misstep as they fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 4-2.

Chad Billingsley tossed a two-hitter over eight innings and singled home the decisive runs as the Dodgers beat the Giants on Friday night, 4-2.

Despite a fine complete-game effort, Fausto Carmona took his sixth consecutive loss. The Indians managed just one hit off Mariners starter Luke French in Friday's 1-0 loss.

Luke French didn't make history with a no-hitter Friday, but his seven-inning, one-hit performance helped the Mariners eke out a 1-0 victory over the Indians.

If Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips isn't Public Enemy No. 1 in St. Louis, he's probably No.