Jerry Manuel’s first week as New York Mets manager mirrored the tenure of predecessor Willie Randolph—up and down, with some encouraging performances and a few letdowns.

And Manuel already seems frustrated by the Mets’ erratic play.

Raul Ibanez homered and drove in three runs, knuckleballer R.A. Dickey tossed seven sharp innings and the Seattle Mariners blew out New York 11-0 Tuesday night.

“Right now we’re just a bad offensive club, period,” Manuel said.

Richie Sexson had three RBIs and Kenji Johjima hit a two-run shot for Seattle, which took advantage of a shaky Oliver Perez to boost its AL-worst road record to 13-25. The Mariners also improved to 7-1 all-time against the Mets.

“Kenji, along with Richie, they’ve battled,” said manager Jim Riggleman, who took over the Mariners when John McLaren was fired Thursday. “They’ve had some tough times, but are swinging the bats better.”

Dickey (2-3) allowed six hits and struck out five to earn his first win as a starter since Sept. 18, 2005, for Texas against Seattle. He also improved to 2-11 in his last 19 starts.

Dickey said he talked to Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield on Monday night, and a little help from his fellow knuckleballer helped him lower his ERA from 5.77 to 4.79.

“I hope I can be consistent,” Dickey said. “I had a good knuckleball. I was able to take the spin off it, threw it for strikes.”

A little consistency is also the objective for New York, which absorbed its second consecutive loss since coming home from an eventful road trip. A couple of Mets lost their tempers, too, as Manuel and slugger Carlos Beltran were ejected.

Promoted from bench coach to replace the fired Randolph last week, Manuel said before the game that Perez was tough to figure out and cracked afterward that he was better than an in-game entertainment number involving fans dancing on the dugout. “That was about it,” the manager said.

“I’m definitely concerned about his struggles right now and we’re going to have to address it at some time,” Manuel said later. “We’ll have to seriously address it.”

Perez could skip a turn or be dropped from the rotation altogether, but Manuel declined to elaborate on the team’s plans.

Johjima, who entered with a .218 batting average, hit a 2-1 pitch from Perez into the visitors’ bullpen in left to give Seattle a 5-0 lead in the third inning. Johjima’s two-out drive was his third of the year and scored Sexson, who was aboard after a one-out single.

Perez (5-5) struck out Willie Bloomquist to get out of the inning, and the Shea Stadium crowd booed as the left-hander made his way to the dugout.

“Just a bad day,” he said.

Perez allowed six runs, five earned, and seven hits in five innings. He is 1-2 with a 6.75 ERA in his last seven starts.

Sexson hit sacrifice flies in the first and sixth, then doubled in a run in the ninth. The big first baseman, who entered with a .210 average, went 2-for-3.

After taking consecutive called strikes to begin the fourth, Beltran started talking to plate umpire Brian Runge, who took off his mask and continued the dialogue before he brushed dirt off home plate. Manuel then came out and started arguing. Runge appeared to bump into the manager before throwing him out of the game.

“I thought he did step into me,” Manuel said. “I did not step into him but I felt that he stepped into me.”

Manuel walked to the bench as the crowd roared. Beltran continued the conversation and Runge quickly tossed him, too. An incensed Beltran then got in Runge’s face and had to be held back before Manuel came out to escort him to the dugout.

“He really bumped Jerry to get him an excuse to throw him out of the game,” Beltran said, “and I just let him know that that was weak, the move that he did, you know just being able to do that and he throws me out of the game.

“This is the first time that I’ve been so angry in my career.”

Runge declined comment after the game.

Mark Lowe replaced Dickey in the eighth and got six outs to complete the eight-hitter, Seattle’s fourth shutout this season. The Mets were blanked for the second time.

Seattle won consecutive road games for the first time since April 17-18 in Oakland.

“I think guys are going out there and playing hard, playing the game right,” Ibanez said. “The approach is better.”

New York played without All-Star third baseman David Wright, who got a rare day off. Wright was the only major leaguer to play every inning this season, though he made one start as a designated hitter.

Johan Santana was roughed up Monday night for five runs, on seven hits, in seven innings. Santana lost for the sixth time this season, and is now 7-6 with a 2.93 era. Felix Hernandez, the Mariners pitcher hit a grandslam in the second inning to give the Mariners a quick 4-0 lead. The lead held until the fifth when an rbi single by Lopez made the score 5-0. The Mets threatened in the fifth but only got one run, and also a single tally in the 9th,  but that was not enough in their 5-2 defeat to the Mariners.

Felix Hernandez was not able to get through 5 innings, therefore not picking up the win. Felix left the game in the fifth with an apparent ankle injury. He will be re-evaluated, and is day to day at the time. Ryan Rowland-Smith picked up the win for the Mariners, his second of the season.

Reyes went 2-4 on the night, but did not score, or drive in a run. Jose is now hitting .297 on the season.

The Mets beat the Colorado Rockies 3-1 Sunday, to win the three game series 2-1. Mike Pelfrey picked up the win for the Mets, beating Greg Reynolds. The win for the Mets put them back at the .500 mark at 37-37. The Mets have now crept to within 3.5 games in the NL East. The Rockies are now 32-44, and sit 7 back of the Diamondbacks in the West.

The Mets will take on the Seattle Mariners Monday night out west!

The Mets scored first, but that was it, off Rockies youngster Ublado Jiminez. Jiminez went 8 strong innings, only allowing one run, as the Rockies beat the Mets 7-1.

Pedro Martinez took the loss for the Mets, dropping him to 2-1. He allowed 9 hits, and 6 runs in 4.1 innings.

Our guy Jose Reyes went 1-4, keeping his average at .295.

The Mets and Rockies will play the rubber match tomorrow.

The New York Mets scored 5 runs in the second inning, which proved to be more than enough, as they knocked off Aaron Cook(10-4) and the Colorado Rockies 7-2 Friday night. The Mets banged out 15 hits, and scored 7 runs.

Colorado picked up 2 in the first off of  John Maine, but that would be it. Carlos Delgado got the party started with a 2 run homerun, followed by a Reyes rbi single, a Chavez rbi single, and a David Wright rbi single. Trot Nixon’s solo homerun gave the Mets their 6th run, and then a Jose Reyes sacrifice brought in run #7.

Maine went 6.2 innings for his 7th win of the season.

Our boy Jose Reyes went 1-5 on the night, but picked up 2 rbi’s. He is now batting .295

Mike Pelfrey threw 6 strong innings for the Mets, which was enough for a 9-6 win over the Anaheim Angels Monday night. Pelfrey went 6, giving up 8 hits, 6 runs, all earned, and walking two, before giving way to Feliciano, Heilman, Sanchez, and Wagner, who slammed the door on Anaheim.

The Mets scored two in the first on a Reyes stolen base, scoring on a passed ball, then a solo shot by Carlos Beltran. The Angels got one in the bottom half of the first. Mets got single tallies in the second and third, one off the bat of Carlos Beltran, who hit another solo homerun. The Angels then chipped away in the fourth, making the score 4-3, before the big 4 run 7th for the Mets, then the Angels added 3 to make the score 8-6, heading into the 9th. Jose Reyes then scored on David Wright’s sac fly, Billy Wagner then slammed the door shut for his 15th save, and the Mets won 9-6.

Jose Reyes, batting .289, went 2-4 with 3 runs scored on the night, adding two doubles, and a walk.

Behind two hits from our boy Jose Reyes, who raised his season average to .291, and seven strong innings from Oliver Perez the Mets defeated the Texas Rangers 7-1 Friday night.  Along with the two hits, Jose also scored two runs.  Endy Chavez also garnered two hits.

Oliver Perez pitched seven strong innings, allowing just 3 hits, and 1 earned run for his fifth win, along with four losses on the season.

The win for the Mets improved them to 32-34 overall, while the loss for the Rangers dropped them to 34-35.