The Mets have lost four of five, so they are certainly in need of good news, and manager Terry Collins had some: Johan Santana will be OK to start Monday against the Giants in the finale of the current four-game series.
“Oh, he’ll be fine. I’m sure he’s fine. Not only that, I’m sure he’s angry,’’ Collins said of Santana, who coughed up six runs in just 1 1/3 innings Tuesday in Atlanta after allowing only a single run in his first two starts of the year.
BOX SCORE
* David Wright, who singled in the 10th inning to extend his hitting streak to 10 games this season and 13 games overall, dating back to last Sept. 26, reiterated last night that he has had “zero” talks with the Mets about a contract extension.
The Mets have a $16 million option for next year, but Wright can void it if they trade him during the season.
Wright tied Darryl Strawberry’s club record for RBI at 733 on Wednesday, and Strawberry called him to congratulate him during batting practice yesterday.
Collins said Wright’s consistency at the plate is because of being healthy and getting back to the same swing he had a couple of years ago.
* Josh Thole singled home the tying run in the ninth inning and has reached safely in all dozen games he has played. He entered the night hitting .355, 10th in the NL.
“Last year it was different. I was really stressing and didn’t get off to a good start so I was digging myself out of a hole all year,’’ Thole said. “This year I want to just keep going.”
* Jason Bay broke up Barry Zito’s no-hit bid with a two-out solo home run to left in the fourth, his third homer of the year.
He also singled to lead off the ninth and scored the game-tying run on Thole’s RBI single to extend his hitting streak to seven games, batting .304 during that span.
But he struck out badly with men on second and third and one out in the 10th.
* In Angel Pagan’s first game against the Mets since they traded him last December for Andres Torres, he hit a solo homer into the Party City Deck in left-center. Not shockingly, he was booed in his next at-bat. ... Catcher Mike Nickeas singled to right in the fifth to snap an 0-for-20 slump dating back to last Sept. 10. ... Ike Davis went 0-for-5 with two strikeouts.
brian.lewis@nypost.com
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