Mets top Reds 2-1, New Bullpen Perfect in Debut

Opening day-this is what we’ve been waiting for since the Marlins beat the Mets to end their horrid 2008 season.  It is hard to figure out what the story is here.  The Mets win 2-1, Santana has a strong start-he wasn’t exactly dominant battling the cold and the rain, but the bullpen worked just like Omar drew it up Green, Putz, and KRod-who looked unhittable.  Daniel Murphy hit a homer and had two RBI. 
 
I don’t know what happened to David Wright; didn’t I just write yesterday that he needed to have a big season?  Well, I hope yesterday was not an indication of things to come.  I know, I know, it is one game but it is more like a continuation of the past season.  Wright had the opportunity to quiet some of his critics but failed to do so when in the first inning he struck out with a runner on third and less than two out.  If that wasn’t bad enough, he was thrown out at home and to finish out the day, the was picked off first in the top of the ninth with a one run lead.  Am I being too picky, after all they did win the game.  At the end of the day, the Mets are 1-0 the Phillies are 0-1, what’s our magic number? 
 
On a side note-Gary, Keith and Ron are the best booth guys in the business.  Yesterday, Keith Hernandez shared a story about playing in a minor league game where tarantulas covered the field-Keith’s a funny guy!
 
The Mets will play again on Wednesday night.  Mike Pelfrey will be on the mound and the Reds send Edinson Volquesz (17-6 with 3.21 era in 2008) to the hill.  Game time is 7:10 p.m.
 
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A Look Back At the Year End Review

Welcome back!! It’s spring time and the World Baseball classic is in full swing.  Who would have thought that the Netherlands would be such a force?  At least we know that Jose Reyes (and the rest of the Dominican team) won’t wear themselves out! 
 
Time to look back at my year end review; wow I wasn’t even close!  No Lowe (in case you missed it he is with the Braves), No Hudson-instead we are going to stick with Luis Castillo!  Ollie’s back-but I was sorry to see Joe Smith go; however, I couldn’t be happier that Schoeneweis and Heilman are gone.  The Mets chucked Duaner Sanchez too.  So, what will the Mets look like in their new digs?  For the time being it’s named Citifield, but we’ll have to see how Obama digs that since the gov’t owns Citibank now…can you imagine-”Please welcome, the New York Mets brought to you by the United States of America!”  Wow-that gives new meaning to the words, “America’s team”. 
 
Infield..scarily familiar. Delgado, Castillo, Reyes and Wright. Who could have a problem with SS and 3rd? They’ll be there for another 10 years.  It was rumored that the Mets shopped Delgado, but no takers- one can only wonder, will he be as happy this year as he was when Willie was fired last year? And Castillo, losing 20lbs makes those achy knees feel a lot better, eh Luis? The way the Mets are praising this guy so far you’d think he was the second coming of Rogers Hornsby.  At least the B.S. of him hitting lead off is over, I guess that was Jerry’s way of keeping the press from talking about the end of last season. 
 
Outfield..Church, Beltran, Murphy/Tatis..right to left. No surprises here. Maybe the LF platoon but not really.
 
Catcher.. no news..Schnieder and Castro with Cancel in the wings. Snooze
 
Starters..Santana (who has already given us Mets fans a scare but will be ready to pitch opening day), Maine, Pelfrey (the calf injury doesn’t sound serious).  Perez (head case, but usually pitches well against the Yankees and Braves) and who knows who’ll take the ball on the fifth day; Tim Redding looked like Schoeneweis and Heilman together when he gave up those homeruns in that preseason game against the Marlin’s the other night, as it turns out he has a bum shoulder …no worries with Johan’s ability but of course we’ll all wonder about the elbow-and I can only imagine the calls to the Fan when he has his first bad outting; Maine says he’s pain free and messin’ with a curve to give hitters something else to think about, Pelfrey, please don’t let last year be a fluke, Ollie, please don’t be a flake and will the fifth starter please stand up? From among Jon Niese, Tony Armas Jr.,Elmer Dessens, Nelson Figueroa, Freddy Garcia and Livian Hernandez somebody HAS to grab the spot right? Please? Somebody?
 
Bullpen..K-Rod is the closer and J.J. has the 8th, this we know. Sean Green, Feliciano. That leaves one or two spots depending on if the Mets carry 11 or 12 pitchers. Carlos Muniz, Brandon Knight, Eddie Kunz, Bobby Parnell, Brian Stokes or somebody we don’t know yet will have a big spring to grab those slots.
 
Bench..Alex Cora seems to be the backup infielder so far. Nick Evans and Angel Pagan are back to battle for outfield spots. Evans plays first too so a plus for him. Marlon Anderson is in camp again. Really? Sheesh. But so is Jose Valentin, can he channel 2006 again? And isn’t it about time we stop hearing about what a great player Fernando Martinez is and start seeing it? Really, what is he like 45 now, feels like I’ve been waiting for him for 25 years already. Seriously, Martinez won’t be 21 till Oct. Just in time for the World Series, right? Let’s hope.
 
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The Mets “Stink” Further out of Contention

I wonder what the Mets will be thinking about when they pack up their lockers this weekend?  The closing weekend of Shea Stadium and these losers couldn’t win a game.  What a joke!  The little snot nosed brats who play for the Marlins have all kinds of stuff to say about the Mets and how much they would love to be the ones to again, for a second straight year knock them out of the playoffs, and that junk still isn’t enough to get the Mets fired up.  I don’t get it.
 
The ability of the Mets to get big hits in big spots was putrid, not just last night, but the entire season-we have a team full of inflated statistics, but the numbers that really count aren’t there.  Yeah, Mike Pelfrey stunk in the first inning, but he limited the damage and kept the Mets in the game.  The Mets, don’t forget had the opportunity to get on the board in the first inning, and the second inning, and the third inning… and it goes on from there.  The left a ton of guys on base, they grounded into three double plays, they clearly didn’t want to be there.  Maybe they were melting in the rain.  What is it with this club that no one seems to be able to get the big hit?  So what that David Wright has 124 RBI, when was the last time he won a game for the Mets? 
 
There are so many fingers to point.  Just one question though, how do you give Omar Minaya a contract extension?  Really.  This guy has been the mastermind of two giant flops, and you’re still going to let him make baseball decisions?  Not only should Omar be on the hot seat, they might want rethink the position of Omar’s little trouble making puppet Tony Bernazard too while they’re at it.  There are questions as to whether or not Jerry Manual would be back and of course the talk is the Mets have to win in order for him to become more that just the interim manager.  Sorry, if Jerry’s job hinges on the Mets ability to win, why doesn’t Omar’s?  He must be a smooth talker, or maybe the Wilpons are just so stupid that they believe the bull he feeds them. 
 
One last thing, I have been hard on Johan Santana, but this guy has has been “amazin” down the stretch here in the second half of the season, he has become a leader, and today he has demanded to take the ball-too bad his tenacity hasn’t rubbed off on some of his team mates.
 
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Mets Lead Just 1/2 Game As Nat’s Win 7-2

Just curious, did the Mets know there was a game last night and did they realize that it was important?  Because if they did, shame on them for not showing up.  Nothing was happening for the Mets last night as they were downed 7-2 by the Nationals. 
 
The Mets are now just 7 and 5 in the month of September and have seen their three game lead shrink to just half a game.  The Phillies are tied for the wild card and the Brewers, trying to avoid the collapse of last season, just fired their manager, so the race has heated up and everyone is fighting for a position.  But instead of urgency, it almost seems like a sense of dread had overcome the Mets.  Especially when they the bullpen comes into the game. 
 
Pedro Martinez started, but in his six innings of work he allowed four runs on eight hits, he walked four and struck out three.  Listen I want to be all warm and fuzzy about Pedro but I think we all know that he is not going to be a Met next year and he isn’t exactly helping us down the stretch.  But if you ask him, he went out there and battled.  And, I guess that is all that matters, at least he tried.  Give me a break!  I realize we don’t really have another starter, but really what are they going to do with this guy?  Anyway, after Pedro coughed up four runs, the Pig Pen was at it again.  Duaner Sanchez gave up three runs in a third of an inning.  Wow-face three batters and don’t even get one of them out.  Great job, Duaner! 
 
And clearly the Nationals (who are coming off a five game losing streak) had all star pitching last night as the Mets were only able to generate five hits.  Not one player had more than one hit and David Wright, Carlos Beltran and Carlos Delgado were hitless in the game.  Wright had a tough night, he struck out with a runner in scoring position in the first inning and then grounded into a double play with the bases loaded in the eighth.  I know they’ll give us the whole thing about having to go back out there and get it done tomorrow, but guys-you’re running out of tomorrows.  Not only that but you are playing teams under .500 and out of the race, these are the teams you are supposed to beat!  Is anyone going to show up and play “tomorrow”?  This whole falling apart thing is all starting to feel a little to familiar.  If this team does this a second year in a row, they may never bounce back. 
 
On a side note, John Maine is hoping to rejoin the team at Shea Stadium when they return home on Monday.  Apparently he has even volunteered to be the closer if the Mets want him too.  Might as well give him a shot, he can’t be any worse than anyone else who is out there.  I wonder, how do you look your teammates in the face after you go out there night after night and play like this?  I guess it is ok because they all stink too.  Also, I guess we should realize that they clearly don’t feel any heat, they were all able to have fun after that terrible weekend of play as it was all fun and games when they went about their hazing rituals for the rookies.  So, I guess as fans these losses just hit us a little harder and if that is the case, maybe I need to rethink this fan thing…
 
The Mets and the Nationals meet again tonight, Mike Pelfrey will pitch for the Mets.  Game time is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. 
 
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Mets 13-Nationals 10

The Mets had a huge inning against Odalis Perez scoring six runs in the bottom of the third.  It looked as if they would cruise to the finish, but the Nationals would not go down with out a fight.  New York blew a six run lead but, they seem to have found some offense at the right time and are playing like winners.  After the game was tied at seven, the Mets scored six more runs to win 13-10.  This is a hard time right now, the Mets have a three and half game (four in the loss column) lead with just 17 games left to play.  This is right where the Mets were last year when they blew the seven game lead.  But, this year is different, these Mets are different.  

Mike Pelfrey pitched just five innings, allowed five runs on eight hits walked two did not record a strike out.  Pelfrey had some trouble early on, his pitches were up in the zone and they were hitting him hard.  It again raises the question if Pelfrey is going to (or has he already) hit a wall given that he has never pitched this many innings in one season before.  But as Jerry Manual said, and I agree-the Mets are I in a pennant race and they need everyone to get them there. 
 
The bullpen was not great last night, but I guess when you see that the other team has scored 10 runs it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize that the pitching stunk.  Ah–where is Matt Wise when you need him?  Aaron Heilman is a nightmare.  I really don’t want to see this guy again unless the Mets are winning by 14 or losing by the same number.  The Mets need to chuck him and just be done with that head case.  Also, if you aren’t on the DL I really don’t care where you have tendonitis.  If you are playing, then you are not injured.  I hate when someone stinks and they all the sudden it is like, Oh…we’ll he has been hurt-who cares?  Is he playing?  If the answer is yes, then shut up.  Anyway, the Mets had a two run lead and Heilman gave up a two run homer to Christian Guzman.  Brian Stokes, who had been really good as of late wasn’t so great last night.  He gave up a three run homer to who–uh, Christian Guzman.  But, Joe Smith had another great outing and Luis Ayala closed out the game for his seventh save of the season for the Mets. 
 
The offense, after not getting it done in the first two games against the Philles over the weekend has done an all out turn around.  The Mets scored 29 runs in their past three games.  Interestingly, it wasn’t Carlos Delgado who carried the team last night, although he did have an RBI in the game.  Carlos Beltran had three big hit; he scored two and drove in two.  The Mets also got RBI from Fernando Tatis (2) and Brian Schneider (2) and Damion Easley (1).  David Wright had a great night; he was 4-4, scored four runs and drove in three.  Wright said after the game that this is the best he has felt at the plate in a long time, and boy is that good to hear because the Mets need all their big hitters to get them through these next few weeks. 
 
Wow-two ESPN “Top Ten” plays for the Mets last night.  Fernando Tatis took the wrong route to a ball in left field and made an outstanding leaping catch to record the out it was great.  Then David Wright, who at times has not been good with the glove, made a beautiful barehanded play on a slow hopper to third to throw the runner out at first.  It was great!  The Mets have played great fundamental baseball after having kind of a tough weekend in the field.  Right now, this team is in a groove and they are playing some good baseball. 
 
Elijah Dukes is a head case, this is a guy who needs a round the clock “minder” (is that another word for babysitter?) because he can’t keep himself out of trouble.  Is it really worth it to have that guy on your team?  I mean, his reaction to the “inside pitch” was a little extreme.  Yes, Dukes hit a homer off Pelfrey in his first at bat-but the pitch wasn’t even close.  They guy reacted as if Pelfrey threw at his head.  Meanwhile, like two innings later Pelfrey trying to go inside hit Dukes and this time he just took his base.  Whatever.   
 
Jose Reyes stole his 282nd and 283rd bases in the bottom of the third inning and now is the Mets all time leader in stolen bases.  It took Jose just six season to break the record that it took Mookie Wilson ten seasons to set.  Just glad that Reyes is getting on base and that his slump against the Phillies didn’t carry over. 
 
The Mets have an off day and then the Braves will be in town over the weekend.  The Phillies will start a four game set with the Brewers tonight.  Go Brew Crew!  The Mets need to take care of business against the Braves.  I must say though, it is kind of sad that in Shea Stadium’s last season the Braves come to town and not be anywhere near the race.  I think they should as Chipper Jones to take down #10. 
 
Friday’s starters: Johan Santana v. Mike Hampton, game time is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. 
 
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10-8 Seems to be Lucky As Mets Win and Phillies Lose By Same Score

The Mets were able to get by the Nats 10-8 last night, and strangely the Phillies lost to the Marlins by the same score.  So the Mets stretched their lead over the Phillies by two and a half-three in the loss column.  The Phillies were down early and came back to make it interesting, but in the end just couldn’t get it done.  Unlike the Mets who seemed to be determined last night. 
 
I don’t know if the Mets were scoreboard watching or what happened but they played like crazy last night.  The Carloses hit back to back homeruns to give the Mets the lead in the inning.  For Carlos Delgado that was his second homer of the night.  He is in a zone that I pray lasts until the end of September.  He hit two shots that were just unbelievable.  It isn’t just Delgado who has been in a zone, Carol Beltran is hitting .348 with six homers and 17 RBIs in his last 14 games, he also joined Wright and Delgado in 100 RBI club.  I thought it was a good sign last night that both David Wright and Jose Reyes did a much better job with the bat.  Wright actually had a two out RBI.  In addition, Ryan Church hit in the two spot last night, he had two RBI, one of the solo homerun. 
 
Oliver Perez stunk up the joint, for the most part the pitching for both teams was terrible.  Lucky for the Mets the Nationals pitched worse.  Perez, who has really been good for the Mets just didn’t have it last night.  He only worked three and a third innings; allowing seven runs on eight hits while walking three and striking out two.  It was uncharacteristic of the Perez we have seen recently.  Nelson Figueroa and Brandon Knight were awful, but kudos to Joe Smith, Brian Stokes, Scott Schoeneweis and Luis Ayala who combined to pitch four shut out innings.   
 
For as much as I have ragged on Billy Wagner in the blog this season, I actually felt bad for him last night when they showed clips of his press conference from earlier in the day.  He really broke down when asked what his son thought of what was happening.  I guess you can understand how it feels.  It isn’t a life threatening illness, but it is your livelihood, and while I’m sure he has plenty of money, but it is always better to leave your terms.  Who knows if he’ll ever pitch again. 
 
The Mets and the Nationals will meet again tonight at 7:10 p.m.  Mike Pelfrey will be on the hill for the Mets and the Nats will counter with Odalis Perez. 
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Mets Shut Out by Phillies in Opener 3-0

It’s hard not to feel disappointed with the way the game went last night, but it is amazing that I am not feeling panic mode, because the Mets have shown us that they can bounce back.  The Mets really only need to win one of the three games to maintain a two game lead.  They are 10-6 against the Phillies this season and while I think they have last year hanging over their head the realize last year they beat themselves by not playing well.  However, given that this is the last time the Mets will see the Phillies this season; this series is a good way to show the Phillies that they don’t sweat them.
 
Brett Meyers was fantastic.  Since his screaming matching with Phillies manager Charlie Manual, he has been virtually unhittable.  However, the Mets out hit the Phillies 5-4 and squandered their opportunities.  They left runners in scoring position in the first, second and sixth innings.  The Mets had two on and one out in the bottom of the ninth and couldn’t get a runner home.  It was really frustrating to watch David Wright pop up in the sixth inning, Carlos Beltran didn’t have a good at bat against Brad Lidge in the bottom of the ninth.  Look, there will be games like this, what is important is what the offense does next.  They are scheduled to see Jamie Moyer today and Cole Hammels in the final game of the series.  The Phillies know how important these games are as they adjusted their rotations so that Hammels would pitch against Santana on Sunday.
 
The Mets were able to bounce back against the Phillies in games after a loss.  When they were in Philly just over a week ago, after they blew their 7 run lead, they were able to come back the next night and beat the Phillies.  So, here we are-sitting in New York and it is supposed to rain all day Saturday, meaning that the Mets and the Phillies will probably have to play a double header on Sunday-which could actually play into the Mets favor, given that it is very difficult to sweep both games of a double header. 
 
Mike Pelfrey was great last night.  He made one mistake on an inside fast ball to Greg Dobbs who took it over teh fence in right field to put the Phillies on top 3-0.  Replays show that Ryan Church nearly caught that ball, he went up over the fence but the ball hit just of the tip of his glove.  In his seven inning of work Pelfrey allowed three runs, only two earned, on four hits.  He struck out four and walked two.  The bullpen pitched two innings without any drama. 
 
Good job by Mike Schmidt looking to fire up his old team.  Too bad the old codger has to live vicariously through his old team.  I’m glad that he has a such insight into the minds of the Mets to just put it out there that the Mets know that the Phillies are better than them.  Although, given that the Mets have beat the Phillies 10-6 so far this season, that bit of news might have been lost on the Mets.  And, I guess since the Mets were able to catch the Phillies who looked like they could run away with the division when the Mets were stinking up the joint in the earlier part of the season-they probably didn’t realize then that the Phillies were better than they are.  So, while I do think the collapse of 2007 weighs on the Mets-the focus on the Phillies is that they are their only competition in the division. 
 
Mets and Phillies are scheduled to meet at 3:55 this after noon with Jamie Moyer on the hill for the Phillies and the Mets will counter with Pedro Martinez. 
 
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Heilman gives up walk as Mets fall to the Marlins 4-3

David Wright Home RunSaturday nights loss was a bad one for the New York Mets as they gave up single runs in the eighth and ninth innings and the Flordia Marlins finished off the comeback with a 4-3 victory over the Mets. When you are in a playoff race like the Mets are right now, you can’t be losing games like that.

With the Mets up 3-0 on a two-run home run by David Wright and a rbi single by Luis Castillo, the Marlins started their comeback in the sixth inning. Dan Uggla singled to center field off of Mike Pelfrey to score the first two Marlins run. Then in the eighth inning, MIke Jacobs hit a solo home run to tie the game. In the ninth it was Aaron Heilman who walked in the game winning run to give the Marlins the 4-3 victory.

With the loss and a Phillies win, the Mets are only up one game in the division. Pedro Martinez will get the start on the mound Sunday so hopefully we will see a Mets victory.

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Mets Pound Astros 9-1

 
 
 
Mike Pelfrey and Carlos Delgado combined to have a great night for the Mets last night.  Pelfrey pitched his second consecutive complete game.  He allowed only one run (which came in the ninth inning) off six hits, he walked none and stuck out six.  He got the Astros to hit into three double plays.  Not only did Pelfrey pitch well but he scored from first on a triple by Jose Reyes in the bottom of the eighth.  Reyes had a good night at the plate going 3-2 with a walk, two RBI, two runs scored, and a stolen base.   
 
Delgado, was 2-4 with six RBI, he belted two three run homers for the Mets and made an outstanding play on a grounder by Ty Wiggington in the ninth inning.  Carlos even came out for a curtain call after he hit the second homer.  Ryan Church who drew big applause from the crowd was 2-4.  I think when Chruch comes up to bat-you know how all players have their “song”-well I think they should play “Living On a Prayer” just because it would be funny! 
 
John Maine will return to the DL because of discomfort in his shoulder caused by bone spurs.  The Mets will not have to fill the rotation spot until next week Tuesday when they are in Milwaukee.  No news yet as to who will be starting but some of the names thrown around are Jon Neise, Nelson Figueroa, and Brian Stokes.  When something like this happens you can’t help by worry-the Mets are really in the thick of it, and while Perez, Pelfrey and Santana have been great, there is concern about the fourth and fifth starters-Pedro pitched better in his last outing, but has really struggled, and you can only guess what you will get from the guy who will take Maine’s spot in the rotation-especially considering that we’re still not sure if the bullpen can be trusted-clearly Pedro Feliciano didn’t have his good stuff on Sunday. 
 
So, the Mets open a two game short series with the Phillies down in Philly.  Tonight, the Mets will face Jamie Moyer-and we know how well that always goes.  Pedro is on the mound for the Mets, but after seeing the homeruns he’s given up recently, one can only imagine what can happen in that bandbox the Phillies play in.  At worst the Mets can split the series and not lose any ground, but they really can’t drop both games.  The Mets have played well against the Phillies this season, but we’ve all seen how tough the Phillies can play.  Hopefully the positive win against the Astros last night can give the Mets some momentum. 
 
Also, on a side note-last night was my birthday and I’m lucky enough to share it with my nephew Danny who just happens to be an Astors fan-so you guessed it, we spent the evening at Shea Stadium.  The win was bittersweet for me, because I really wanted Danny to have a great birthday.  But, after the second Delgado three run homer-Dan kind of new that it wasn’t the Astros night and did his best to handle his disappointment.  I have to give that kid credit because he proudly wore his Bagwell jersey to the game and cheered loudly for his Astros.  Dan turned 10 yesterday, and I have to tell you, conducted himself much better than a few Mets fan did.  Between the subway ride and the walk out of Shea Stadium more than one grown male had some snide remark for the kid-seriously guys?  Where do these jerks get off razzing a 10 year old kid?  I was really disappointed that there are so many JERKS that call themselves Mets fans.
 
Game time tonight is set for 7:10 p.m.  The crowd is going to be tough down there in Phillie.  Lets Go Mets! 
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Pelfrey Pitches Complete Game to Lead Mets Past Braves 6-3

 

It is hard to believe that just a few short months ago I wrote that Mike Pelfrey wasn’t ready for the majors.  Boy was I wrong!  Pelfrey dazzled the Amazin’s crowd last night, pitching the first complete game of his young career and earning his twelfth win of the season.  Not only did Mike pitch well, but he also drove in a run on a single in the first inning.  Pelfrey allowed just three runs on three hits walking three and striking out three.  Clearly with the bullpen where it is right now, the fact the Pelfry went nine throwing only 108 pitches was a good thing.  However, as Gary, Keith and Ron were talking about before the game, do we have to worry about how many innings Pelfrey has thrown because he as the season progresses he will end up pitching more innings than he ever has before.  I guess we can only wait to see what happens.   

The Mets scored early of Jair Jurrjens last night.  Jurrgens struggled with his control walking two in the inning, but was his defense didn’t help him either, as runs scored on throwing errors by both Chipper Jones and Yunel Escobar.  The Mets scored five in the inning all of those runs coming with two out.  There were only two charged errors in the inning, but Kelly Johnson showed that he has no range at second base.  One ball went right under his glove and while it wasn’t an error, it is a ball that most second basemen get to.  The Mets added one more run in the fifth inning, when David Wright hit his 24th homer of the season.  David is still third in the NL with 97 RBI.   

Again though, the Mets bats were quiet after the first inning.  It is so strange that they just outscore every body in the first three innings and then do nothing there on out.  That is why Tuesday night’s win was such a big deal because we aren’t use to seeing the Mets score runs like that late in the game.   

The Mets and the Braves wrap things up tonight.  Pedro Martinez will be on the mound for the Mets and the Braves will counter with Mike Hampton.  Game time is set for 7:10 p.m.   

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