NL: FLORIDA (68-90) at NY METS (87-71) <h3>Reeling Mets look to rebound, climb out of tie with Phillies</h3> Florida (69-90) at NY Mets (87-72) 7:10 pm EDT FLUSHING, New York (Ticker) -- The New York Mets have companyatop the National League East Division for the first time sinceMay 16. The free-falling Mets look to snap a four-game skid and maintainat least a share of the division lead Friday when they host theFlorida Marlins in the opener of a critical three-game series. The Mets have lost 11 of their last 16 games to watch theironce-commanding lead in the NL East disappear. New York owned a seemingly comfortable seven-game lead over thePhiladelphia Phillies (87-72) as recently as September 13. Noteam has ever not finished in first place after having at leasta seven-game advantage with 17 games to play. The Mets have watched their pitching evaporate over the past 16games, as the staff has allowed an average of 7.25 runs per gamein that span. New York will turn to lefthander Oliver Perez (15-9, 3.32 ERA)to stop the bleeding. Perez turned in the team's best pitchingperformance during their current slide, allowing two runs - oneearned - over eight innings to pick up a win last Saturday atFlorida. Perez is 3-0 in four September starts, allowing 14 runs - butonly eight earned. New York's defense has committed nine errorsin Perez's outings this month. The Marlins will counter with Byung-Hyun Kim (9-8, 6.11), whohas lost his last two starts. The Korean righthander made hisonly appearance this season vs. the Mets last Saturday, allowingfive runs - four earned - in five innings of a 7-2 loss. Florida lost three of four games to the Mets last weekend athome and is just 5-10 this season against New York.
NL: FLORIDA (68-90) at NY METS (87-71) <h3>Maine and second-place Mets aim to stop five-game skid</h3> <div class="pre">Florida (70-90) at Ny Mets (87-73) 1:10 pm EDT</div> FLUSHING, New York (Ticker) - The New York Mets are in danger ofmaking history for all the wrong reasons. In the midst of a historic collapse, the reeling Mets hope tostop a five-game losing streak Saturday when they face theFlorida Marlins. The Mets held a seven-game lead over Philadelphia in theNational League East on September 12. But the Mets havesquandered that advantage and now find themselves one gamebehind Philadelphia (88-72) with two games left. New York fell out of first place for the first time sinceMay 15 with Friday's 7-4 loss. Maine (14-10, 4.07 ERA) will try and do his part to help NewYork avoid becoming the first team in history to fail to win thepennant after holding at least a seven-game lead on September12. The Mets need Maine to get back on track they are going to avoidtheir ninth straight loss here. The 26-year-old righthander hasjust two wins in his last 10 starts, and is 0-2 with a 8.24 ERAin four September starts. Meanwhile, rookie Chris Seddon (0-1, 6.89) takes the mound forFlorida, which is relishing playing the role of spoiler. TheMarlins swept the NL Central champion Chicago Cubs earlier thisweek. Seddon, who is making his seventh career start, allowed two runsand three hits in five innings against New York on Sunday. Heopposed Maine in that start and did not receive a decision.
NL: FLORIDA (70-91) at NY METS (88-73) <h3>Glavine and Mets trying to keep playoff hopes alive</h3> <div class="pre">Florida (70-91) at NY Mets (88-73) 1:10 pm EDT</div> FLUSHING, New York (Ticker) -- A fight and a near no-hitter mayhave given the New York Mets the spark they need to avoid ahistoric collapse. The Mets head into the final game of the season against theFlorida Marlins on Sunday with a chance to wrap up the NationalLeague East Division as long as they get a little help. Behind a stellar pitching performance by Maine, which includedonly one hit and a career-high 14 strikeouts, New York rolled toa 13-0 win on Saturday to pull even with the PhiladelphiaPhillies (88-73) in the NL East. The Phillies dropped a 4-2 loss to the Washington Nationals intheir only game atop the NL East to fall into the tie. Should the Mets fail to win the NL East, they would become thefirst team in history to fail to win the pennant after holding aseven-game lead with 17 games to play. New York is also one game behind the San Diego Padres (89-72) inthe wild card. Saturday's contest also had some fireworks, as Marlins catcherMiguel Olivo charged across the diamond in the fifth inning togo after the Mets' Jose Reyes, igniting a bench-clearing brawl. Now, Tom Glavine (13-7, 4.14 ERA) makes one of the biggeststarts of his career with the Mets, and perhaps the last. Glavine, who is a free agent at the end of the season, is comingoff a rough outing last time out, giving up six runs and ninehits over five innings in a 10-9 loss to the Nationals onTuesday. Glavine will be opposed by Dontrelle Willis (10-15, 5.20), whohas had great success against New York. The lefthander is 11-3with a 2.49 ERA in 18 starts against the Mets, but is just 0-1with a 7.36 ERA in two starts vs. them this season. If New York and Philadelphia finish tied for the division leadthere will be a one-game playoff on Monday at Citizen's BankPark.
NL: FLORIDA at NY METS <div class="pre">FLORIDA AT NY METS -- LINEUPS FLORIDA NY METS AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI Hanley Ramirez SS .334 29 81 Jose Reyes SS .283 12 57 Dan Uggla 2B .246 31 86 Luis Castillo 2B .297 1 20 Jeremy Hermida RF .292 18 63 David Wright 3B .325 30 107 Miguel Cabrera 3B .320 34 118 Carlos Beltran CF .275 33 112 Cody Ross LF .333 12 37 Moises Alou LF .342 13 49 Mike Jacobs 1B .265 17 54 Carlos Delgado 1B .258 24 87 Matt Treanor C .274 4 19 Ramon Castro C .293 11 31 Alejandro De Aza CF .221 0 7 Lastings Milledge RF .275 7 29 Dontrelle Willis LHP .274 2 6 Tom Glavine LHP .214 0 4 (10-15, 5.20) (13-7, 4.14)</div>
NL: FLORIDA at NY METS <div class="pre">NL AT NY METS WARMUPS: FLA - DONTRELLE WILLIS (10-15, 5.20) NYM - TOM GLAVINE (13-7, 4.14) UMPIRES: HP - JOE WEST 1B - ED RAPUANO 2B - ED HICKOX 3B - C.B. BUCKNOR WEATHER: 68 Degrees, partly cloudy WIND: 9 mph, in from center</div>
NL: FLORIDA at NY METS <div class="pre">NL AT NY METS STARTING BATS: FLA - DONTRELLE WILLIS AND MATT TREANOR NYM - TOM GLAVINE AND RAMON CASTRO DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: H RAMIREZ (.334, 29 HR, 81 RBI) D UGGLA (.246, 31 HR, 86 RBI) J HERMIDA (.292, 18 HR, 63 RBI)</div>
NL: FLORIDA at NY METS <div class="pre">NL AT NY METS - SCORING UPDATE SINGLE BY MIGUEL CABRERA SCORED DAN UGGLA. SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M CABRERA ON FIRST, J HERMIDA ON SECOND, 1 OUT CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 1 NY METS 0 TOP, 1ST DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: C ROSS (.333, 12 HR, 37 RBI)</div>
NL: FLORIDA at NY METS <div class="pre">NL AT NY METS - SCORING UPDATE DOUBLE BY CODY ROSS SCORED JEREMY HERMIDA AND MIGUEL CABRERA. ERROR BY TOM GLAVINE ALLOWED CODY ROSS TO SCORE. SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 1 OUT CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 4 NY METS 0 TOP, 1ST DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: M JACOBS (.265, 17 HR, 54 RBI)</div>
NL: FLORIDA at NY METS <div class="pre">NL AT NY METS - SCORING UPDATE DONTRELLE WILLIS HIT BY TOM GLAVINE PITCH WITH BASES LOADED SCORED MIKE JACOBS. SITUATION: 5 RUNS IN, D WILLIS ON FIRST, A DE AZA ON SECOND, M TREANOR ON THIRD, 1 OUT CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 5 NY METS 0 TOP, 1ST DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: H RAMIREZ (.334, 0-FOR-0, BB)</div>
NL: FLORIDA at NY METS <div class="pre">NL AT NY METS - PITCHING CHANGE NYM: JORGE SOSA (9-8, 4.54) IN THE 1ST SITUATION: 5 RUNS IN, D WILLIS ON FIRST, A DE AZA ON SECOND, M TREANOR ON THIRD, 1 OUT CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 5, NY METS 0 DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: H RAMIREZ (.334, 29 HR, 81 RBI)</div>
NL: FLORIDA at NY METS <div class="pre">NL AT NY METS - MID INNING UPDATE PLAY: J Sosa relieved T Glavine. SITUATION: 5 RUNS IN, D WILLIS ON FIRST, A DE AZA ON SECOND, M TREANOR ON THIRD, 1 OUT CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 5 NY METS 0 TOP, 1ST DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: H Ramirez (.334, 0-FOR-0)</div>
NL: FLORIDA at NY METS <div class="pre">NL AT NY METS - SCORING UPDATE DOUBLE BY DAN UGGLA SCORED MATT TREANOR AND ALEJANDRO DE AZA. SITUATION: 7 RUNS IN, D UGGLA ON SECOND, D WILLIS ON THIRD, 2 OUT CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 7 NY METS 0 TOP, 1ST DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: J HERMIDA (.294, 1-FOR-1)</div>
NL: FLORIDA at NY METS <div class="pre">NL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - FLORIDA 7 7 6 0 NY METS 0 0 1 (BOT 1) CURRENT PITCHERS: FLA - DONTRELLE WILLIS NYM - JORGE SOSA DUE UP FOR NY METS: J REYES (.283, 12 HR, 57 RBI) L CASTILLO (.297, 1 HR, 20 RBI) D WRIGHT (.325, 30 HR, 107 RBI)</div>
NL: FLORIDA at NY METS <div class="pre">FLORIDA (7) VS NY METS (0) - MID 1ST - IN PROGRESS FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg H Ramirez ss 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 .333 D Uggla 2b 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 .246 J Hermida rf 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 .293 M Cabrera 3b 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .321 C Ross lf 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .337 M Jacobs 1b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .267 M Treanor c 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .274 A De Aza cf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .227 D Willis p 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .274 Totals 9 7 6 6 2 1 6 BATTING: 2B - C Ross (19, T Glavine); D Uggla (49, J Sosa). RBI - M Cabrera (119), C Ross 2 (39), D Willis (7), D Uggla 2 (88). 2-out RBI - D Uggla 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Hermida 2. Team LOB - 2. NY METS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Reyes ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283 L Castillo 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .297 D Wright 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .325 C Beltran cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275 M Alou lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .342 C Delgado 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258 R Castro c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293 L Milledge rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275 T Glavine p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 J Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BATTING: Team LOB - 0. FIELDING: E - T Glavine (1, throw). ---------------------------------------------------- FLORIDA - 7 -- 7 NY METS - -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era D Willis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.20 NY METS ip h r er bb so hr era T Glavine 1/3 5 7 7 2 0 0 4.45 J Sosa 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.51 HBP - D Willis (by T Glavine). Pitches-strikes: T Glavine 36-17; J Sosa 16-10. Ground balls-fly balls: T Glavine 1-0; J Sosa 1-0. Batters faced: T Glavine 9; J Sosa 3. UMPIRES: HP--Joe West. 1B--Ed Rapuano. 2B--Ed Hickox. 3B--C.B. Bucknor. Weather: 71 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 9 mph, in from left.</div>
NL: FLORIDA at NY METS <div class="pre">NL AT NY METS CONFIRMED STARTERS: FLA - DONTRELLE WILLIS NYM - TOM GLAVINE</div>
NL: FLORIDA at NY METS <div class="pre">NL AT NY METS - SCORING UPDATE WILD PITCH BY DONTRELLE WILLIS ALLOWED LUIS CASTILLO TO SCORE. SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C BELTRAN ON FIRST, 2 OUT CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 7 NY METS 1 BOTTOM, 1ST DUE UP FOR NY METS: M ALOU (.342, 0-FOR-0)</div>
NL: FLORIDA at NY METS <div class="pre">NL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - FLORIDA 7 7 6 0 NY METS 1 1 3 1 (TOP 2) CURRENT PITCHERS: FLA - DONTRELLE WILLIS NYM - JORGE SOSA DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: M CABRERA (.321, 1-FOR-1, RBI) C ROSS (.337, 1-FOR-1, 2 RBI) M JACOBS (.267, 1-FOR-1)</div>
NL: FLORIDA at NY METS <div class="pre">FLORIDA (7) VS NY METS (1) - END 1ST - IN PROGRESS FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg H Ramirez ss 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 .333 D Uggla 2b 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 .246 J Hermida rf 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 .293 M Cabrera 3b 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .321 C Ross lf 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .337 M Jacobs 1b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .267 M Treanor c 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .274 A De Aza cf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .227 D Willis p 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .274 Totals 9 7 6 6 2 1 6 BATTING: 2B - C Ross (19, T Glavine); D Uggla (49, J Sosa). RBI - M Cabrera (119), C Ross 2 (39), D Willis (7), D Uggla 2 (88). 2-out RBI - D Uggla 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Hermida 2. Team LOB - 2. NY METS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Reyes ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282 L Castillo 2b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .301 D Wright 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .324 C Beltran cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .276 M Alou lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .344 C Delgado 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258 R Castro c 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .291 L Milledge rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275 T Glavine p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 J Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Totals 6 1 3 0 0 0 3 BATTING: 2B - L Castillo (8, D Willis). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Castro 2. Team LOB - 3. FIELDING: E - T Glavine (1, throw). ---------------------------------------------------- FLORIDA - 7 -- 7 NY METS - 1 -- 1 ---------------------------------------------------- FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era D Willis 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 5.21 NY METS ip h r er bb so hr era T Glavine 1/3 5 7 7 2 0 0 4.45 J Sosa 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.51 WP - D Willis. HBP - D Willis (by T Glavine); C Delgado (by D Willis). Pitches-strikes: D Willis 24-10; T Glavine 36-17; J Sosa 16-10. Ground balls-fly balls: D Willis 0-3; T Glavine 1-0; J Sosa 1-0. Batters faced: D Willis 7; T Glavine 9; J Sosa 3. UMPIRES: HP--Joe West. 1B--Ed Rapuano. 2B--Ed Hickox. 3B--C.B. Bucknor. Weather: 71 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 9 mph, in from left.</div>
NL: FLORIDA at NY METS <div class="pre">NL AT NY METS - MID INNING UPDATE PLAY: J Conine at first base. SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 7 NY METS 1 TOP, 2ND DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: M Cabrera (.321, 1-FOR-1, RBI)</div>
NL: FLORIDA at NY METS <div class="pre">NL FLORIDA AT NY METS NOTE: NEW YORK FIRST BASEMAN CARLOS DELGADO LEFT THE GAME IN THE TOP OF THE SECOND INNING WITH AN APPARENT LEFT HAND INJURY.</div>
