NL: NY METS at FLORIDA <div class="pre">NL AT FLORIDA - PITCHING CHANGE NYM: AARON HEILMAN (7-7, 3.08) STARTING THE 9TH CURRENT SCORE: NY METS 7, FLORIDA 2 DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: M CABRERA (.324, 0-FOR-2, RBI)</div>
NL: NY METS at FLORIDA <div class="pre">NL AT FLORIDA - MID INNING UPDATE PLAY: A Heilman relieved O Perez. SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS CURRENT SCORE: NY METS 7 FLORIDA 2 BOTTOM, 9TH DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: M Cabrera (.324, 0-FOR-2, RBI)</div>
NL: NY METS at FLORIDA <div class="pre">NL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - NY METS 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 7 10 2 FLORIDA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 1 (FINAL) BATTERIES: NYM - OLIVER PEREZ, AARON HEILMAN (9TH) AND RAMON CASTRO FLA - BYUNG-HYUN KIM, LOGAN KENSING (6TH), TAYLOR TANKERSLEY (7TH), ROSS WOLF (8TH), MARCOS CARVAJAL (9TH) AND MATT TREANOR HOME RUNS: NYM - RAMON CASTRO (10) OFF BYUNG-HYUN KIM IN THE 4TH, 2 ON FLA - NONE</div>
NL: NY METS at FLORIDA <div class="pre">NL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - NY METS 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 7 10 2 FLORIDA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 1 (FINAL) BATTERIES: NYM - OLIVER PEREZ, AARON HEILMAN (9TH) AND RAMON CASTRO FLA - BYUNG-HYUN KIM, LOGAN KENSING (6TH), TAYLOR TANKERSLEY (7TH), ROSS WOLF (8TH), MARCOS CARVAJAL (9TH) AND MATT TREANOR WP - OLIVER PEREZ (15-9) LP - BYUNG-HYUN KIM (9-8) SAVE - NONE HOME RUNS: NYM - RAMON CASTRO (10) OFF BYUNG-HYUN KIM IN THE 4TH, 2 ON FLA - NONE TIME: 3:15 ATT: 22,517 PROBABLES: NYM - JOHN MAINE (14-10, 4.04) FLA - CHRIS SEDDON (0-1, 8.44)</div>
NL: NY METS at FLORIDA <div class="pre">NY METS (7) VS FLORIDA (2) - FINAL NY METS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Reyes ss 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 .289 L Castillo 2b 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 .276 D Wright 3b 5 2 3 1 0 1 1 .320 C Beltran cf 3 1 1 0 2 2 3 .278 E Chavez cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284 M Alou lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .340 C Gomez pr-lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241 C Delgado 1b 4 0 0 1 1 1 4 .253 S Green rf 3 1 1 0 1 1 3 .288 R Castro c 4 2 2 3 1 0 1 .289 O Perez p 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .145 a-M Anderson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .293 A Heilman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 7 10 6 6 7 20 a-grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop for O Perez in the 9th. BATTING: 2B - J Reyes (35, B Kim). HR - R Castro (10, 4th inning off B Kim 2 on, 2 Out). S - O Perez , L Castillo. RBI - D Wright (104), R Castro 3 (30), C Delgado (82), L Castillo (17). 2-out RBI - R Castro 3, C Delgado, L Castillo. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - O Perez 2, S Green 2, C Beltran 1, M Anderson 1. Team LOB - 11. BASERUNNING: SB - D Wright 2 (33, 2nd base off B Kim/M Treanor, 2nd base off L Kensing/M Treanor), C Gomez (12, 2nd base off M Carvajal/M Treanor). CS - L Castillo (2, 2nd base by B Kim/M Treanor). FIELDING: E - D Wright (21, throw); M Alou (3, bobble). DP: 1 (D Wright-L Castillo-C Delgado). FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg H Ramirez ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 D Uggla 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .246 J Hermida rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .283 M Cabrera 3b 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 .323 M Jacobs 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .279 T Linden lf 4 0 2 0 0 2 1 .235 M Treanor c 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .272 B Carroll cf 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .205 B Kim p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .033 a-R Abercrombie ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 L Kensing p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T Tankersley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 R Wolf p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 b-R Andino ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .444 M Carvajal p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 2 7 1 0 9 11 a-struck out looking for B Kim in the 5th; b-flied out to center for R Wolf in the 8th. BATTING: 2B - D Uggla (47, O Perez); B Carroll (1, O Perez); M Jacobs (27, A Heilman). SF - M Cabrera. RBI - M Cabrera (112). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Treanor 1. GIDP - M Treanor. Team LOB - 5. FIELDING: E - H Ramirez (23, throw). ---------------------------------------------------- NY METS - 200 300 110 -- 7 FLORIDA - 000 100 010 -- 2 ---------------------------------------------------- NY METS ip h r er bb so hr era O Perez (W, 15-9) 8 6 2 1 0 8 0 3.32 A Heilman 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.04 FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era B Kim (L, 9-8) 5 3 5 4 2 5 1 6.11 L Kensing 1 2/3 3 1 1 2 1 0 1.80 T Tankersley 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.11 R Wolf 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 10.32 M Carvajal 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 9.00 IBB - C Beltran (by L Kensing). HBP - S Green (by B Kim); M Alou (by L Kensing). Pitches-strikes: O Perez 102-70; A Heilman 24-14; B Kim 90-54; L Kensing 39-19; T Tankersley 12-5; R Wolf 25-15; M Carvajal 20-12. Ground balls-fly balls: O Perez 5-11; A Heilman 1-1; B Kim 2-7; L Kensing 1-3; T Tankersley 0-1; R Wolf 2-0; M Carvajal 1-2. Batters faced: O Perez 30; A Heilman 4; B Kim 21; L Kensing 11; T Tankersley 2; R Wolf 6; M Carvajal 5. UMPIRES: HP--Jim Wolf. 1B--Tim Tschida. 2B--Jim Joyce. 3B--Adam Dowdy. T--3:15. Att--22,517. Weather: 89 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, in from center.</div>
NL: NY METS at FLORIDA <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NY METS (7) AT FLORIDA (2) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NY METS 1ST: J Reyes doubled to right. L Castillo sacrificed to third, J Reyes to third. D Wright singled to left, J Reyes scored. D Wright stole second. C Beltran struck out looking. M Alou safe at first on throwing error by shortstop H Ramirez, D Wright scored. C Delgado flied out to left. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error) NY METS 2, FLORIDA 0. NY METS 4TH: C Beltran walked. M Alou flied out to center. C Delgado struck out swinging. S Green hit by pitch, C Beltran to second. R Castro homered to left, C Beltran and S Green scored. O Perez popped out to shortstop. (3 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY METS 5, FLORIDA 0. FLORIDA 4TH: D Uggla doubled to left. J Hermida flied out to left, D Uggla to third. M Cabrera hit sacrifice fly to right, D Uggla scored. M Jacobs popped out to shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY METS 5, FLORIDA 1. NY METS 7TH: J Reyes flied out to center. L Castillo grounded out to first. D Wright singled to right. D Wright stole second. C Beltran intentionally walked. M Alou hit by pitch, D Wright to third, C Beltran to second. T Tankersley relieved L Kensing. C Delgado walked, D Wright scored, C Beltran to third, M Alou to second. S Green flied out to center. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY METS 6, FLORIDA 1. NY METS 8TH: R Wolf relieved T Tankersley. R Castro singled to right center. O Perez sacrificed to pitcher, R Castro to second. J Reyes grounded out to second, R Castro to third. L Castillo reached on infield single to shortstop, R Castro scored. D Wright singled to right, L Castillo to second. C Beltran struck out looking. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 7, FLORIDA 1. FLORIDA 8TH: E Chavez in center field. B Carroll doubled to left. R Andino hit for R Wolf. R Andino flied out to center. H Ramirez grounded out to shortstop. D Uggla singled to left, B Carroll scored on error by left fielder M Alou. J Hermida flied out to right. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error) NY METS 7, FLORIDA 2.</div>
NL: NY METS at FLORIDA <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NY METS (7) AT FLORIDA (2) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ny Mets Starting Lineups -- J Reyes SS, L Castillo 2B, D Wright 3B, C Beltran CF, M Alou LF, C Delgado 1B, S Green RF, R Castro C, O Perez LHP. Florida Starting Lineups -- H Ramirez SS, D Uggla 2B, J Hermida RF, M Cabrera 3B, M Jacobs 1B, T Linden LF, M Treanor C, B Carroll CF, B Kim RHP. Umpires -- Jim Wolf (HP), Tim Tschida (1B), Jim Joyce (2B), Adam Dowdy (3B). Gametime Weather: 89 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind in from center at 10 mph. NY METS 1ST: J Reyes doubled to right. L Castillo sacrificed to third, J Reyes to third. D Wright singled to left, J Reyes scored. D Wright stole second. C Beltran struck out looking. M Alou safe at first on throwing error by shortstop H Ramirez, D Wright scored. C Delgado flied out to left. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error) NY METS 2, FLORIDA 0. FLORIDA 1ST: H Ramirez flied out to right. D Uggla grounded out to shortstop. J Hermida struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 2, FLORIDA 0. NY METS 2ND: S Green struck out swinging. R Castro flied out to center. O Perez grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 2, FLORIDA 0. FLORIDA 2ND: M Cabrera struck out swinging. M Jacobs flied out to center. T Linden singled to center. M Treanor struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY METS 2, FLORIDA 0. NY METS 3RD: J Reyes bunt popped out to pitcher. L Castillo walked. D Wright flied out to right. L Castillo caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop.(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 2, FLORIDA 0. FLORIDA 3RD: B Carroll struck out swinging. B Kim struck out looking. H Ramirez popped out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 2, FLORIDA 0. NY METS 4TH: C Beltran walked. M Alou flied out to center. C Delgado struck out swinging. S Green hit by pitch, C Beltran to second. R Castro homered to left, C Beltran and S Green scored. O Perez popped out to shortstop. (3 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY METS 5, FLORIDA 0. FLORIDA 4TH: D Uggla doubled to left. J Hermida flied out to left, D Uggla to third. M Cabrera hit sacrifice fly to right, D Uggla scored. M Jacobs popped out to shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY METS 5, FLORIDA 1. NY METS 5TH: J Reyes flied out to left. L Castillo struck out swinging. D Wright struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 5, FLORIDA 1. FLORIDA 5TH: T Linden reached on infield single to third. M Treanor grounded into double play, third to second to first, T Linden out at second. B Carroll safe at first on throwing error by third baseman D Wright. R Abercrombie hit for B Kim. R Abercrombie struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error) NY METS 5, FLORIDA 1. NY METS 6TH: L Kensing relieved B Kim. C Beltran singled to center. M Alou flied out to right. C Delgado flied out to center. S Green singled to center, C Beltran to second. R Castro walked, C Beltran to third, S Green to second. O Perez struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 5, FLORIDA 1. FLORIDA 6TH: H Ramirez singled to left center. D Uggla flied out to center. J Hermida popped out to third. M Cabrera grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY METS 5, FLORIDA 1. NY METS 7TH: J Reyes flied out to center. L Castillo grounded out to first. D Wright singled to right. D Wright stole second. C Beltran intentionally walked. M Alou hit by pitch, D Wright to third, C Beltran to second. T Tankersley relieved L Kensing. C Delgado walked, D Wright scored, C Beltran to third, M Alou to second. S Green flied out to center. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY METS 6, FLORIDA 1. FLORIDA 7TH: M Jacobs struck out swinging. T Linden struck out looking. M Treanor flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 6, FLORIDA 1. NY METS 8TH: R Wolf relieved T Tankersley. R Castro singled to right center. O Perez sacrificed to pitcher, R Castro to second. J Reyes grounded out to second, R Castro to third. L Castillo reached on infield single to shortstop, R Castro scored. D Wright singled to right, L Castillo to second. C Beltran struck out looking. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 7, FLORIDA 1. FLORIDA 8TH: E Chavez in center field. B Carroll doubled to left. R Andino hit for R Wolf. R Andino flied out to center. H Ramirez grounded out to shortstop. D Uggla singled to left, B Carroll scored on error by left fielder M Alou. J Hermida flied out to right. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error) NY METS 7, FLORIDA 2. NY METS 9TH: M Carvajal relieved R Wolf. M Alou singled to left. C Gomez ran for M Alou. C Gomez stole second. C Delgado popped out to shortstop. S Green walked. R Castro flied out to right, C Gomez to third. M Anderson hit for O Perez. M Anderson grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, S Green out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY METS 7, FLORIDA 2. FLORIDA 9TH: C Gomez in left field. A Heilman relieved O Perez. M Cabrera flied out to center. M Jacobs doubled to deep right. T Linden struck out swinging. M Treanor grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY METS 7, FLORIDA 2.</div>
Perez sharp as Mets win second straight over Marlins <h3>NY METS 7, FLORIDA 2</h3>MIAMI (Ticker) -- Oliver Perez and the New York Mets aren'tpanicking just yet. Perez tossed eight solid innings and Ramon Castro blasted athree-run homer as the Mets won their second straight game witha 7-2 victory over the Florida Marlins in the second contest ofa four-game set on Saturday afternoon. David Wright, Luis Castillo and Carlos Delgado each drove in arun for New York (86-68), which is two games ahead of thestreaking Philadelphia Phillies (84-70) in the National LeagueEast Division. The Phillies face off with the Washington Nationals laterSaturday night. Entering Friday's game, it looked bleak for the Mets, who hadlost five of their last six contests - including an excruciatingextra-inning defeat on Thursday night. But New York has notfolded. The Mets avoided a complete collapse one night later against theMarlins, taking advantage of six errors by Florida en route toa 9-6 victory. The win seemed to energize them in this one. Staked to an early two-run lead, Perez (15-9) worked quickly andefficiently - throwing just 102 pitches. He yielded two runsand six hits while striking out eight without a walk. AaronHeilman pitched the ninth in a non-save situation. The Mets blew the game open in the fourth after Carlos Beltranwas issued a leadoff walk. Moises Alou flied out and Delgadostruck out before Shawn Green was hit by a pitch. Castro then lined a three-run homer to left field off Marlinsstarter Byung-Hyun Kim (9-8) to make it 5-0. After MiguelCabrera's sacrifice fly in the fourth inning cut Florida'sdeficit to four, New York added single tallies in the seventhand eighth to make it 7-1. New York started the scoring in the first thanks to Jose Reyes,who led off the game with a double. Luis Castillo then executeda perfect sacrifice bunt to put the speedy Reyes on third withjust one out. Wright singled him home to start the scoring and stole second toget himself into scoring position. After Beltran struck out,Wright scored on Marlins shortstop Hanley Ramirez's throwingerror on Alou's grounder to make it 2-0. Kim surrendered five runs and three hits in five frames. Hestruck out five and walked two for Florida, which has lost sixof its last seven.
Perez sharp as Mets win second straight over Marlins <h3>NY METS 7, FLORIDA 2</h3>MIAMI (Ticker) -- Oliver Perez and the New York Mets aren'tpanicking just yet. Perez tossed eight solid innings and Ramon Castro blasted athree-run homer as the Mets won their second straight game witha 7-2 victory over the Florida Marlins in the second contest ofa four-game set on Saturday afternoon. David Wright, Luis Castillo and Carlos Delgado each drove in arun for New York (86-68), which is two games ahead of thestreaking Philadelphia Phillies (84-70) in the National LeagueEast Division. "We're still grinding it out," Mets manager Willie Randolphsaid. "Sometimes you get one win and it feels like three. Weare in playoff mode now. Each one is huge. You don't win now,you don't get to 'the show.'" The Phillies face off with the Washington Nationals laterSaturday night. Entering Friday's game, it looked bleak for the Mets, who hadlost five of their last six contests - including an excruciatingextra-inning defeat on Thursday night. But New York has notfolded. "We're just thinking of winning every single ballgame rightnow," New York center fielder Carlos Beltran said. The Mets avoided a complete collapse one night later against theMarlins, taking advantage of six errors by Florida en route toa 9-6 victory. The win seemed to energize them in this one. Playing before a largely pro-Mets crowd at Dolphin Stadium didnot hurt either. "That was nice, but just being able to go out and win (washuge)," Beltran said. "Oliver did a great job, and we put a fewruns on the board. Ramon Castro came up with a big home run.That feels great." Staked to an early two-run lead, Perez (15-9) worked quickly andefficiently - throwing just 102 pitches. He yielded two runsand six hits while striking out eight without a walk. AaronHeilman pitched the ninth in a non-save situation. "(Perez was) outstanding," Randolph said. "He stepped up at theright time for us - as he has all year. It's all about gettingit done. It's huge (to not have to rely on the bullpen) thistime of year. "I challenged him as much as anybody on the staff, but he'sresponded." Perez said he had command of all his pitches. "My fastball - both sides - my slider and my changeup," Perezsaid. "Sometimes you have to be more focused when you have thelead. I was using all my pitches in the zone." The Mets blew the game open in the fourth after Beltran wasissued a leadoff walk. Moises Alou flied out and Delgado struckout before Shawn Green was hit by a pitch. Castro then lined a three-run homer to left field off Marlinsstarter Byung-Hyun Kim (9-8) to make it 5-0. After MiguelCabrera's sacrifice fly in the fourth inning cut Florida'sdeficit to four, New York added single tallies in the seventhand eighth to make it 7-1. "It was a slider," Castro said of his shot. "I got lucky andhit it good." New York started the scoring in the first thanks to Jose Reyes,who led off the game with a double. Luis Castillo then executeda perfect sacrifice bunt to put the speedy Reyes on third withjust one out. Wright singled him home to start the scoring and stole second toget himself into scoring position. After Beltran struck out,Wright scored on Marlins shortstop Hanley Ramirez's throwingerror on Alou's grounder to make it 2-0. Perez has now won three of his last four starts. "(He was) aggressive going after hitters. He wasn't walkingguys," Castro said. "He was aggressive with his fastball. Whenhe was on top of the hitters, he'd throw a slider, and theywould have no chance." Kim surrendered five runs and three hits in five frames. Hestruck out five and walked two for Florida, which has lost sixof its last seven. "I thought he just made one bad pitch and that was to Castro -the three-run homer - but other than that he was good," Marlinsmanager Fredi Gonzalez said. Alou set a Mets' single-season markand tied the longest streak in the major leagues this seasonwhen he singled in the ninth to extend his hitting streak to 26.
Perez sharp as Mets win second straight over Marlins <h3>NY METS 7, FLORIDA 2</h3>MIAMI (Ticker) -- Oliver Perez and the New York Mets aren'tpanicking just yet. Perez tossed eight solid innings and Ramon Castro blasted athree-run homer as the Mets won their second straight game witha 7-2 victory over the Florida Marlins in the second contest ofa four-game set on Saturday afternoon. David Wright, Luis Castillo and Carlos Delgado each drove in arun for New York (86-68), which remained 1 1/2 games ahead ofthe streaking Philadelphia Phillies (85-70) in the NationalLeague East Division. "We're still grinding it out," Mets manager Willie Randolphsaid. "Sometimes you get one win and it feels like three. Weare in playoff mode now. Each one is huge. You don't win now,you don't get to 'the show.'" The Phillies face off with the Washington Nationals laterSaturday night. Entering Friday's game, it looked bleak for the Mets, who hadlost five of their last six contests - including an excruciatingextra-inning defeat on Thursday night. But New York has notfolded. "We're just thinking of winning every single ballgame rightnow," New York center fielder Carlos Beltran said. The Mets avoided a complete collapse one night later against theMarlins, taking advantage of six errors by Florida en route toa 9-6 victory. The win seemed to energize them in this one. Playing before a largely pro-Mets crowd at Dolphin Stadium didnot hurt either. "That was nice, but just being able to go out and win (washuge)," Beltran said. "Oliver did a great job, and we put a fewruns on the board. Ramon Castro came up with a big home run.That feels great." Staked to an early two-run lead, Perez (15-9) worked quickly andefficiently - throwing just 102 pitches. He yielded two runsand six hits while striking out eight without a walk. AaronHeilman pitched the ninth in a non-save situation. "(Perez was) outstanding," Randolph said. "He stepped up at theright time for us - as he has all year. It's all about gettingit done. It's huge (to not have to rely on the bullpen) thistime of year. "I challenged him as much as anybody on the staff, but he'sresponded." Perez said he had command of all his pitches. "My fastball - both sides - my slider and my changeup," Perezsaid. "Sometimes you have to be more focused when you have thelead. I was using all my pitches in the zone." The Mets blew the game open in the fourth after Beltran wasissued a leadoff walk. Moises Alou flied out and Delgado struckout before Shawn Green was hit by a pitch. Castro then lined a three-run homer to left field off Marlinsstarter Byung-Hyun Kim (9-8) to make it 5-0. After MiguelCabrera's sacrifice fly in the fourth inning cut Florida'sdeficit to four, New York added single tallies in the seventhand eighth to make it 7-1. "It was a slider," Castro said of his shot. "I got lucky andhit it good." New York started the scoring in the first thanks to Jose Reyes,who led off the game with a double. Luis Castillo then executeda perfect sacrifice bunt to put the speedy Reyes on third withjust one out. Wright singled him home to start the scoring and stole second toget himself into scoring position. After Beltran struck out,Wright scored on Marlins shortstop Hanley Ramirez's throwingerror on Alou's grounder to make it 2-0. Perez has now won three of his last four starts. "(He was) aggressive going after hitters. He wasn't walkingguys," Castro said. "He was aggressive with his fastball. Whenhe was on top of the hitters, he'd throw a slider, and theywould have no chance." Kim surrendered five runs and three hits in five frames. Hestruck out five and walked two for Florida, which has lost sixof its last seven. "I thought he just made one bad pitch and that was to Castro -the three-run homer - but other than that he was good," Marlinsmanager Fredi Gonzalez said. Alou set a Mets' single-season markand tied the longest streak in the major leagues this seasonwhen he singled in the ninth to extend his hitting streak to 26.
