If Terry Collins is lucky, the next time he picks up the phone to the bullpen he will dial the wrong number.
In a repeat of the ills that crushed the Mets on their last road trip, only angst came from Collins picking up the bullpen phone Wednesday night. The Mets quickly flushed a two-run lead against the putrid Padres in losing 6-5 at Citi Field.
Josh Smoker surrendered a long home run to Hunter Renfroe leading off the eighth after Fernando Salas and Neil Ramirez had helped sink the Mets an inning earlier by allowing two runs.