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All were on display in the New York Mets' 8-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday in which the left-hander earned his first win since April 19.
"He might drive you nuts every once in a while," New York Manager Willie Randolph said, "but he competes, man."
The oddest moment came not from Perez but the Reds, who batted out of order in the ninth inning after an earlier double switch. Sorting it out resulted in a 10-minute delay.
Outfielder Corey Patterson was charged with an out when backup catcher David Ross came to the plate instead of him in the No. 8 spot and lined out. Ross had to hit again, and this time he singled.
Reds Manager Dusty Baker said the batting order was correct on the dugout board and on his scorecard.
"The guys hit out of order, and it's my job to catch that," Baker said. "So I take full responsibility."
Baker said his only other experience with a team batting out of order came when he was a player and he was the one who hit when he wasn't supposed to. When he came up the second time, he hit a three-run homer.
Crew chief Dale Scott said he'd never seen it happen in 23 years of umpiring.
The Mets, who hadn't hit back-to-back home runs all season before Saturday, did it for the second straight day. Carlos Beltran and Ryan Church went deep in the fifth inning as their offense continues to show hints of finding the consistency that's been lacking much of this year.
Jose Reyes led off a three-run first inning with a single, stole second and scored on Luis Castillo's triple.
Castillo ripped a line drive to right-center between Ken Griffey Jr. and Ryan Freel. Griffey pulled up at the last second, while Freel dived unsuccessfully for the ball, which rolled all the way to the wall.
"We had a little communication problem," Freel said, "but it was also tough to read the wind out there."
Doubles by Beltran and Moises Alou off rookie Johnny Cueto (2-4) drove in two more runs.
Beltran's homer was his first since April 24 and just his third of the season after hitting 33 last year.
"I don't want to say that I'm perfect, but it's getting close," said Beltran, who explained that his left leg has been weaker than his right, which has affected his hitting.
Reds shortstop Jeff Keppinger had a hit in seven straight at-bats before striking out in the eighth. He went 5-for-5 in Saturday's nightcap before adding a single and triple Sunday.
After allowing just one hit through five innings, Perez ran into trouble in the sixth. A walk, double, triple, wild pitch and three deep flyball outs resulted in the Reds pulling within 6-3.
Perez caught the Reds napping after he walked in the second inning -- he stole second without a throw for his third career steal (all against Cincinnati). He added a bunt single in the fourth when he noticed third baseman Edwin Encarnacion playing back.
The Mets got two insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth.
When: 7:10 p.m. TV: FSN Ohio
Pitchers: Marlins, Burke Badenhop 1-2; Reds, Aaron Harang 1-5
Radio: WMKJ-FM 105.5
Cincinnati AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Freel cf-lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .313
Votto 1b 5 0 0 0 0 3 .286
Griffey Jr. rf 2 1 0 0 2 1 .254
BPhillips 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .284
EEncarnacion 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .261
Dunn lf 3 0 0 1 0 3 .214
Weathers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --
Keppinger ss 3 1 2 1 1 1 .324
Bako c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .309
Burton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --
Affeldt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
CPatterson cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .196
Cueto p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --
DRoss c 2 0 1 0 0 0 .222
Totals 31 3 7 2 4 12
New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
JReyes ss 5 2 3 0 0 1 .259
LCastillo 2b 3 2 2 1 0 1 .245
Easley 2b 2 1 1 1 0 1 .245
DWright 3b 4 0 1 1 1 2 .271
Beltran cf 5 2 2 3 0 1 .240
Church rf 4 1 1 1 0 2 .321
Alou lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .292
Delgado 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .236
Schneider c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .301
OlPerez p 1 0 1 0 1 0 .273
a-Pagan ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .278
Schoeneweis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --
JoSmith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --
b-MAnderson ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .219
Feliciano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --
Totals 37 8 14 8 3 10
Cincinnati 000 003 000--3 7 0
New York 300 032 00x--8 14 0
a-struck out for Perez in the 6th. b-doubled for Smith in the 8th.
LOB--Cincinnati 8, New York 8. 2B--EEncarnacion (8), JReyes (8), Beltran (12), Alou (1), MAnderson (2). 3B--Keppinger (1), LCastillo (1). HR--Church (7), off Cueto; Beltran (3), off Cueto. RBIs--Dunn (17), Keppinger (18), LCastillo (8), Easley (5), DWright (31), Beltran 3 (21), Church (26), Alou (4). SB--BPhillips (6), JReyes 2 (12), OlPerez (1). CS--Freel (4), DWright (4). S--Cueto. SF--Dunn.
Runners left in scoring position--Cincinnati 4 (Votto 2, Dunn, Keppinger); New York 5 (JReyes, LCastillo, Beltran 2, Delgado).
Runners moved up--Freel.
DP--Cincinnati 1 (Bako and Keppinger).
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Cueto L, 2-4 42/3 8 6 6 3 5 98 5.91
Bray 1 1 1 1 0 2 15 5.40
Burton 1/3 2 1 1 0 0 14 4.50
Affeldt 1 1 0 0 0 1 10 2.70
Weathers 1 2 0 0 0 2 22 3.48
New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
OlPerez W, 3-3 6 3 3 3 4 8 102 4.61
Schoeneweis 12/3 3 0 0 0 3 28 1.50
JoSmith 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 7 3.00
Feliciano 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 2.13
Inherited runners-scored--Burton 1-1, JoSmith 2-0.
HBP--by OlPerez (Freel). WP--Burton, OlPerez.
Umpires--Home, Dale Scott; First, Dan Iassogna; Second, Ron Kulpa; Third, Rob Drake.
T--3:11. A--49,264 (57,365).
