GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: FLORIDA (55-62) at NY METS (64-52)

NL: FLORIDA at NY METS

<div class="pre">NL AT NY METS - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY CARLOS DELGADO (18) TO CENTER WITH 0
OUT IN THE 8TH OFF TAYLOR TANKERSLEY SCORED DAVID WRIGHT.
CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 4, NY METS 7

DUE UP FOR NY METS: M ALOU (.307, 2-FOR-3, 2 HR, 4 RBI)</div>

 

NL: FLORIDA at NY METS

<div class="pre">NL AT NY METS - PITCHING CHANGE
FLA: ROSS WOLF (0-0, 0.00) IN THE 8TH
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M ALOU ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 4, NY METS 7

DUE UP FOR NYMETS: M DIFELICE (.000, 0-FOR-2)</div>

 

NL: FLORIDA at NY METS

<div class="pre">NL AT NY METS - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: R Wolf relieved T Tankersley.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M ALOU ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 4
NY METS 7 BOTTOM, 8TH

DUE UP FOR NY METS: M DiFelice (.000, 0-FOR-2)</div>

 

NL: FLORIDA at NY METS

<div class="pre">NL AT NY METS - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY LUIS CASTILLO SCORED MOISES ALOU.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, L CASTILLO ON FIRST, M DIFELICE ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 4
NY METS 8 BOTTOM, 8TH

DUE UP FOR NY METS: J REYES (.307, 1-FOR-3, BB, HR, RBI)</div>

 

NL: FLORIDA at NY METS

<div class="pre">NL AT NY METS - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: L Milledge hit for A Heilman.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, J REYES ON FIRST, M DIFELICE ON THIRD, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 4
NY METS 8 BOTTOM, 8TH

DUE UP FOR NY METS: L Milledge (.302, 3 HR, 16 RBI)</div>

 

NL: FLORIDA at NY METS

<div class="pre">NL AT NY METS - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY LASTINGS MILLEDGE SCORED MIKE DIFELICE AND JOSE
REYES.
SITUATION: 5 RUNS IN, L MILLEDGE ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 4
NY METS 10 BOTTOM, 8TH

DUE UP FOR NY METS: C BELTRAN (.259, 0-FOR-4)</div>

 

NL: FLORIDA at NY METS

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
FLORIDA 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 0
NY METS 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 5 10 10 2 (TOP 9)

CURRENT PITCHERS: FLA - ROSS WOLF
NYM - AARON HEILMAN (OUT)

DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: H RAMIREZ (.341, 1-FOR-4, HR, RBI)
A DE AZA (.333, 1-FOR-4)
M CABRERA (.336, 1-FOR-2, 2 BB)</div>

 

NL: FLORIDA at NY METS

<div class="pre">FLORIDA (4) VS NY METS (10) - END 8TH - IN PROGRESS

FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
H Ramirez ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 .341
A De Aza cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .333
M Cabrera 3b 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 .336
J Willingham lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 .271
C Ross rf 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 .301
J Wood 1b 4 0 1 2 0 1 4 .277
T Tankersley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R Wolf p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M Treanor c 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .292
A Amezaga 2b-1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .269
R VandenHurk p 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .071
a-M Jacobs ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .246
L Gardner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
D Uggla 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .248

Totals 32 4 9 4 4 7 18

a-singled to right center for R Vandenhurk in the 6th.

BATTING: 2B - C Ross (9, O Perez). HR - H Ramirez (21, 1st inning off O Perez 0
on, 0 Out). RBI - H Ramirez (59), C Ross (20), J Wood 2 (25). Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - J Wood 2, A De Aza 1, R VandenHurk 1. Team LOB - 8.


BASERUNNING: Picked Off - C Ross (3rd base, M DiFelice).


NY METS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Reyes ss 4 2 1 1 1 0 2 .306
R Gotay 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .343
A Heilman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-L Milledge ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 .309
C Beltran cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 5 .258
D Wright 3b 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 .305
C Delgado 1b 4 2 2 2 0 0 1 .251
M Alou lf 4 3 3 4 0 1 0 .311
S Green rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .272
R Castro c 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .282
M DiFelice c 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 .333
O Perez p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
a-D Newhan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .203
J Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208
b-D Easley ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .269
L Castillo 2b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .326

Totals 34 10 10 10 5 10 11

a-lined out to third for O Perez in the 5th; b-walked for J Sosa in the 7th;
c-reached on infield single to second for A Heilman in the 8th.

BATTING: HR - M Alou 2 (7, 2nd inning off R VandenHurk 2 on, 0 Out, 6th inning
off L Gardner 0 on, 2 Out), J Reyes (9, 3rd inning off R VandenHurk 0 on, 0
Out), C Delgado (18, 8th inning off T Tankersley 1 on, 0 Out). RBI - M Alou 4
(23), J Reyes (47), C Delgado 2 (67), L Castillo (5), L Milledge 2 (18). 2-out
RBI - M Alou, L Milledge 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Delgado
1, C Beltran 2. Team LOB - 5.

BASERUNNING: SB - R Gotay (3, 2nd base off R VandenHurk/M Treanor), J Reyes
(56, 2nd base off R VandenHurk/M Treanor).

FIELDING: E - O Perez (3, throw); C Delgado (7, throw).


----------------------------------------------------
FLORIDA - 103 000 00 -- 4
NY METS - 031 001 05 -- 10
----------------------------------------------------

FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era
R VandenHurk 5 3 4 4 3 6 2 7.46
L Gardner 1 1/3 1 1 1 1 3 1 2.52
T Tankersley 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5.24
R Wolf 2/3 3 2 2 0 0 0 18.00

NY METS ip h r er bb so hr era
O Perez 5 6 4 4 4 4 1 3.46
J Sosa 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 4.12
A Heilman 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.60

WP - O Perez 2. BALK - R VandenHurk. Pitches-strikes: R VandenHurk 86-52; L
Gardner 24-14; T Tankersley 27-18; R Wolf 17-11; O Perez 97-60; J Sosa 33-22; A
Heilman 10-6. Ground balls-fly balls: R VandenHurk 2-7; L Gardner 1-0; T
Tankersley 0-2; R Wolf 1-1; O Perez 2-8; J Sosa 0-4; A Heilman 1-1. Batters
faced: R VandenHurk 21; L Gardner 6; T Tankersley 7; R Wolf 5; O Perez 24; J
Sosa 9; A Heilman 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Chad Fairchild. 1B--Chuck Meriwether. 2B--Rick Reed. 3B--Alfonso
Marquez.

(Plus ceremonies delay totaling 29 minutes in the 1st). Weather: 84 degrees,
sunny. Wind: 11 mph, right to left.</div>

 

NL: FLORIDA at NY METS

<div class="pre">NL AT NY METS - PITCHING CHANGE
NYM: BILLY WAGNER (1-1, 1.61) STARTING THE 9TH
CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 4, NY METS 10

DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: H RAMIREZ (.341, 1-FOR-4, HR, RBI)</div>

 

NL: FLORIDA at NY METS

<div class="pre">NL AT NY METS - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: B Wagner relieved A Heilman.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 4
NY METS 10 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: H Ramirez (.341, 1-FOR-4, HR, RBI)</div>

 

NL: FLORIDA at NY METS

<div class="pre">NL AT NY METS - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: T Linden hit for A De Aza.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 4
NY METS 10 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: T Linden (.237, 1 HR, 7 RBI)</div>

 

NL: FLORIDA at NY METS

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
FLORIDA 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 0
NY METS 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 5 x 10 10 2 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: FLA - RICK VANDENHURK, LEE GARDNER (6TH), TAYLOR TANKERSLEY (7TH),
ROSS WOLF (8TH) AND MATT TREANOR

NYM - OLIVER PEREZ, JORGE SOSA (6TH), AARON HEILMAN
(8TH), BILLY WAGNER (9TH) AND RAMON CASTRO, MIKE DIFELICE
(4TH)

HOME RUNS: FLA - HANLEY RAMIREZ (21) OFF OLIVER PEREZ IN THE 1ST, 0 ON

NYM - MOISES ALOU (6) OFF RICK VANDENHURK IN THE 2ND, 2 ON
JOSE REYES (9) OFF RICK VANDENHURK IN THE 3RD, 0 ON
MOISES ALOU (7) OFF LEE GARDNER IN THE 6TH, 0 ON
CARLOS DELGADO (18) OFF TAYLOR TANKERSLEY IN THE 8TH, 1 ON</div>

 

Mets hit four homers, avoid sweep against Marlins

<h3>NY METS 10, FLORIDA 4</h3>By Larry Fleisher
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


FLUSHING, New York (Ticker) - The New York Mets were fortunatethat Moises' Alou's miscue did not cost them any more runs. Theywere extremely pleased when he stepped to the plate in thebottom of the sixth and restored their advantage.


Three innings after losing a fly ball in the sun in left field,Alou slugged a go-ahead home run with two outs in the sixth asthe Mets salvaged the finale of a three-game series with a 10-4victory over the Florida Marlins on Sunday.


It was mixed day for Alou, who also had a three-run home runwith none out in the second. Alou's first blast gave the Mets a3-1 lead but that quickly evaporated due to a sloppy top of thethird.


The Marlins took a 4-3 lead thanks to a pair of wild pitches byOliver Perez.


The first wild pitch allowed rookie Alejandro De Aza to moveinto scoring position and he scored on Cody Ross' single.Perez's second wild pitch put Miguel Cabrera and Ross at secondand third and they scored on Jason Wood's single to right-centerfield.


Florida had an opportunity to extend its lead when Alou lostMatt Treanor's fly ball in the sun. But Alou cleanly recordedthe final two outs of the inning and the Mets tied it in thebottom of the third on Jose Reyes' ninth home run of the season.

The game stayed tied until the sixth when Alou hit a 2-1 pitchfrom Lee Gardner (3-3) over the left field fence. It was Alou'sthird multi-home run game as a Met and the 41-year-old'sseventh homer of the season.


Alou's blast made a winner out of Jorge Sosa (8-6), who workedtwo innings in relief of an ineffective Perez.


Perez lasted five innings and allowed four runs and six hits.Sosa worked out of trouble in the sixth and seventh to get thegame to Aaron Heilman.


Heilman, who allowed Cabrera's go-ahead single in Saturday's 7-5loss, tossed a perfect eighth. Billy Wagner, who blew hissecond save in Friday's series opener, finished up in the ninth.

New York scored its first seven runs on home runs and added fivein the eighth. Carlos Delgado hit a two-run home run offTaylor Tankersley while Luis Castillo had an RBI single andpinch hitter Lastings Milledge had a two-run base hit off RossWolf.


Florida starter Rick VandenHurk also lasted five innings,allowing four runs and seven hits.


The Marlins missed a chance to sweep a series at Shea Stadiumfor the first time in nearly three years. They standed eightrunners, including two in the first after Hanley Ramirez openedthe contest with his 12th career leadoff home run.

 

NL: FLORIDA at NY METS

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
FLORIDA 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 0
NY METS 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 5 x 10 10 2 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: FLA - RICK VANDENHURK, LEE GARDNER (6TH), TAYLOR TANKERSLEY (7TH),
ROSS WOLF (8TH) AND MATT TREANOR

NYM - OLIVER PEREZ, JORGE SOSA (6TH), AARON HEILMAN
(8TH), BILLY WAGNER (9TH) AND RAMON CASTRO, MIKE DIFELICE
(4TH)


WP - JORGE SOSA (8-6)
LP - LEE GARDNER (3-3)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: FLA - HANLEY RAMIREZ (21) OFF OLIVER PEREZ IN THE 1ST, 0 ON

NYM - MOISES ALOU (6) OFF RICK VANDENHURK IN THE 2ND, 2 ON
JOSE REYES (9) OFF RICK VANDENHURK IN THE 3RD, 0 ON
MOISES ALOU (7) OFF LEE GARDNER IN THE 6TH, 0 ON
CARLOS DELGADO (18) OFF TAYLOR TANKERSLEY IN THE 8TH, 1 ON



TIME: 3:08 ATT: 51,023

PROBABLES: NYM - ORLANDO HERNANDEZ (7-4, 3.05)
PIT - IAN SNELL (7-10, 3.87)

PROBABLES: ARI - BYUNG-HYUN KIM (6-5, 4.93)
FLA - DONTRELLE WILLIS (7-12, 4.98)</div>

 

NL: FLORIDA at NY METS

<div class="pre">FLORIDA (4) VS NY METS (10) - FINAL

FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
H Ramirez ss 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 .341
A De Aza cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .333
b-T Linden ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .235
M Cabrera 3b 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 .335
J Willingham lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 .271
C Ross rf 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 .301
J Wood 1b 4 0 1 2 0 1 4 .277
T Tankersley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R Wolf p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M Treanor c 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .292
A Amezaga 2b-1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .269
R VandenHurk p 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .071
a-M Jacobs ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .246
L Gardner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
D Uggla 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .248

Totals 35 4 9 4 4 8 18

a-singled to right center for R Vandenhurk in the 6th; b-struck out looking
for A De Aza in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - C Ross (9, O Perez). HR - H Ramirez (21, 1st inning off O Perez 0
on, 0 Out). RBI - H Ramirez (59), C Ross (20), J Wood 2 (25). Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - J Wood 2, A De Aza 1, R VandenHurk 1. Team LOB - 8.


BASERUNNING: Picked Off - C Ross (3rd base, M DiFelice).


NY METS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Reyes ss 4 2 1 1 1 0 2 .306
R Gotay 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .343
A Heilman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-L Milledge ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 .309
B Wagner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
C Beltran cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 5 .258
D Wright 3b 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 .305
C Delgado 1b 4 2 2 2 0 0 1 .251
M Alou lf 4 3 3 4 0 1 0 .311
S Green rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .272
R Castro c 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .282
M DiFelice c 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 .333
O Perez p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
a-D Newhan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .203
J Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208
b-D Easley ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .269
L Castillo 2b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .326

Totals 34 10 10 10 5 10 11

a-lined out to third for O Perez in the 5th; b-walked for J Sosa in the 7th;
c-reached on infield single to second for A Heilman in the 8th.

BATTING: HR - M Alou 2 (7, 2nd inning off R VandenHurk 2 on, 0 Out, 6th inning
off L Gardner 0 on, 2 Out), J Reyes (9, 3rd inning off R VandenHurk 0 on, 0
Out), C Delgado (18, 8th inning off T Tankersley 1 on, 0 Out). RBI - M Alou 4
(23), J Reyes (47), C Delgado 2 (67), L Castillo (5), L Milledge 2 (18). 2-out
RBI - M Alou, L Milledge 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Delgado
1, C Beltran 2. Team LOB - 5.

BASERUNNING: SB - R Gotay (3, 2nd base off R VandenHurk/M Treanor), J Reyes
(56, 2nd base off R VandenHurk/M Treanor).

FIELDING: E - O Perez (3, throw); C Delgado (7, throw).


----------------------------------------------------
FLORIDA - 103 000 000 -- 4
NY METS - 031 001 05x -- 10
----------------------------------------------------

FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era
R VandenHurk 5 3 4 4 3 6 2 7.46
L Gardner (L, 3-3) 1 1/3 1 1 1 1 3 1 2.52
T Tankersley 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5.24
R Wolf 2/3 3 2 2 0 0 0 18.00

NY METS ip h r er bb so hr era
O Perez 5 6 4 4 4 4 1 3.46
J Sosa (W, 8-6) 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 4.12
A Heilman (H, 13) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.60
B Wagner 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.58

WP - O Perez 2. BALK - R VandenHurk. Pitches-strikes: R VandenHurk 86-52; L
Gardner 24-14; T Tankersley 27-18; R Wolf 17-11; O Perez 97-60; J Sosa 33-22; A
Heilman 10-6; B Wagner 17-10. Ground balls-fly balls: R VandenHurk 2-7; L
Gardner 1-0; T Tankersley 0-2; R Wolf 1-1; O Perez 2-8; J Sosa 0-4; A Heilman
1-1; B Wagner 0-2. Batters faced: R VandenHurk 21; L Gardner 6; T Tankersley 7;
R Wolf 5; O Perez 24; J Sosa 9; A Heilman 3; B Wagner 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Chad Fairchild. 1B--Chuck Meriwether. 2B--Rick Reed. 3B--Alfonso
Marquez.

T--3:08. (Plus ceremonies delay totaling 29 minutes in the 1st). Att--51,023.

Weather: 84 degrees, sunny. Wind: 11 mph, right to left.</div>

 

NL: FLORIDA at NY METS

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
FLORIDA 4
NY METS 10 FINAL</div>

 

NL: FLORIDA at NY METS

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FLORIDA (4) AT NY METS (10) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

FLORIDA 1ST: H Ramirez homered to left. A De Aza grounded out to pitcher.
M Cabrera walked. J Willingham struck out swinging. C Ross doubled to deep
left, M Cabrera to third. J Wood flied out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) FLORIDA 1, NY METS 0.

NY METS 2ND: D Wright walked. D Wright to second on balk by R VandenHurk.
C Delgado singled to right, D Wright to third. M Alou homered to left,
D Wright and C Delgado scored. S Green grounded out to second. R Castro struck
out swinging. O Perez grounded out to first. (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
FLORIDA 1, NY METS 3.

FLORIDA 3RD: A De Aza singled to center. A De Aza to second on wild pitch
by O Perez. M Cabrera walked. J Willingham flied out to center, A De Aza to
third. C Ross singled to right center, A De Aza scored, M Cabrera to second.
M Cabrera to third, C Ross to second on wild pitch by O Perez. J Wood singled
to right center, M Cabrera and C Ross scored. M Treanor singled to left,
J Wood to second. A Amezaga flied out to left. R VandenHurk lined out to left.
(3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 4, NY METS 3.

NY METS 3RD: J Reyes homered to right. R Gotay walked. C Beltran struck
out swinging. R Gotay stole second. D Wright struck out swinging. C Delgado
lined out to second. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 4, NY METS 4.

NY METS 6TH: L Gardner relieved R VandenHurk. D Wright struck out swinging.
C Delgado grounded out to second. M Alou homered to left. S Green struck out
looking. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 4, NY METS 5.

NY METS 8TH: D Wright walked. C Delgado homered to center, D Wright
scored. M Alou reached on infield single to second. S Green struck out
swinging. R Wolf relieved T Tankersley. M DiFelice singled to right center,
M Alou to third. L Castillo singled to center, M Alou scored, M DiFelice to
second. J Reyes grounded into fielder's choice to first, L Castillo out at
second, M DiFelice to third. L Milledge hit for A Heilman. L Milledge reached
on infield single to second, M DiFelice and J Reyes scored. C Beltran flied
out to left. (5 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 4, NY METS 10.</div>

 

NL: FLORIDA at NY METS

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FLORIDA (4) AT NY METS (10) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Florida Starting Lineups -- H Ramirez SS, A De Aza CF, M Cabrera 3B,
J Willingham LF, C Ross RF, J Wood 1B, M Treanor C, A Amezaga 2B, R VandenHurk RHP.

Ny Mets Starting Lineups -- J Reyes SS, R Gotay 2B, C Beltran CF, D Wright 3B,
C Delgado 1B, M Alou LF, S Green RF, R Castro C, O Perez LHP.

Umpires -- Chad Fairchild (HP), Chuck Meriwether (1B), Rick Reed (2B),
Alfonso Marquez (3B).

Gametime Weather: 84 degrees, Sunny, wind right to left at 11 mph.


FLORIDA 1ST: H Ramirez homered to left. A De Aza grounded out to pitcher.
M Cabrera walked. J Willingham struck out swinging. C Ross doubled to deep
left, M Cabrera to third. J Wood flied out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) FLORIDA 1, NY METS 0.

NY METS 1ST: J Reyes fouled out to shortstop. R Gotay flied out to center.
C Beltran flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 1, NY METS 0.

FLORIDA 2ND: M Treanor struck out swinging. A Amezaga flied out to center.
R VandenHurk walked. H Ramirez flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
FLORIDA 1, NY METS 0.

NY METS 2ND: D Wright walked. D Wright to second on balk by R VandenHurk.
C Delgado singled to right, D Wright to third. M Alou homered to left,
D Wright and C Delgado scored. S Green grounded out to second. R Castro struck
out swinging. O Perez grounded out to first. (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
FLORIDA 1, NY METS 3.

FLORIDA 3RD: A De Aza singled to center. A De Aza to second on wild pitch
by O Perez. M Cabrera walked. J Willingham flied out to center, A De Aza to
third. C Ross singled to right center, A De Aza scored, M Cabrera to second.
M Cabrera to third, C Ross to second on wild pitch by O Perez. J Wood singled
to right center, M Cabrera and C Ross scored. M Treanor singled to left,
J Wood to second. A Amezaga flied out to left. R VandenHurk lined out to left.
(3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 4, NY METS 3.

NY METS 3RD: J Reyes homered to right. R Gotay walked. C Beltran struck
out swinging. R Gotay stole second. D Wright struck out swinging. C Delgado
lined out to second. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 4, NY METS 4.

FLORIDA 4TH: M DiFelice catching. H Ramirez flied out to left. A De Aza
fouled out to third. M Cabrera struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
FLORIDA 4, NY METS 4.

NY METS 4TH: M Alou struck out looking. S Green flied out to center.
M DiFelice struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 4, NY METS 4.

FLORIDA 5TH: J Willingham walked. C Ross grounded into fielder's choice to
third, J Willingham out at second. C Ross safe at second on throwing error by
pitcher O Perez. C Ross safe at third on throwing error by first baseman
C Delgado. J Wood struck out swinging. C Ross picked off third.(0 Runs, 0 Hits,
2 Errors) FLORIDA 4, NY METS 4.

NY METS 5TH: D Newhan hit for O Perez. D Newhan lined out to third.
J Reyes walked. J Reyes stole second. R Gotay lined out to right. C Beltran
struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 4, NY METS 4.

FLORIDA 6TH: J Sosa relieved O Perez. M Treanor flied out to center.
A Amezaga singled to center. M Jacobs hit for R VandenHurk. M Jacobs singled to
right center, A Amezaga to third. H Ramirez flied out to left. A De Aza
struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 4, NY METS 4.

NY METS 6TH: L Gardner relieved R VandenHurk. D Wright struck out swinging.
C Delgado grounded out to second. M Alou homered to left. S Green struck out
looking. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 4, NY METS 5.

FLORIDA 7TH: M Cabrera singled to center. J Willingham flied out to right.
C Ross struck out swinging. J Wood flied out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0
Errors) FLORIDA 4, NY METS 5.

NY METS 7TH: M DiFelice struck out looking. D Easley hit for J Sosa.
D Easley walked. T Tankersley relieved L Gardner. A Amezaga at first base.
D Uggla at second base. J Reyes flied out to center. R Gotay reached on infield
single to shortstop, D Easley to second. C Beltran flied out to left. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 4, NY METS 5.

FLORIDA 8TH: A Heilman relieved J Sosa. L Castillo at second base.
M Treanor popped out to second. A Amezaga grounded out to shortstop. D Uggla
struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 4, NY METS 5.

NY METS 8TH: D Wright walked. C Delgado homered to center, D Wright
scored. M Alou reached on infield single to second. S Green struck out
swinging. R Wolf relieved T Tankersley. M DiFelice singled to right center,
M Alou to third. L Castillo singled to center, M Alou scored, M DiFelice to
second. J Reyes grounded into fielder's choice to first, L Castillo out at
second, M DiFelice to third. L Milledge hit for A Heilman. L Milledge reached
on infield single to second, M DiFelice and J Reyes scored. C Beltran flied
out to left. (5 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 4, NY METS 10.

FLORIDA 9TH: B Wagner relieved A Heilman. H Ramirez flied out to right.
T Linden hit for A De Aza. T Linden struck out looking. M Cabrera flied out to
right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 4, NY METS 10.</div>

 

Mets hit four homers, avoid sweep against Marlins

<h3>NY METS 10, FLORIDA 4</h3>By Larry Fleisher
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


FLUSHING, New York (Ticker) - The New York Mets were fortunatethat Moises' Alou's miscue did not cost them any more runs.They were extremely pleased when he stepped to the plate in thebottom of the sixth and restored their advantage.


Three innings after losing a fly ball in the sun in left field,Alou slugged a go-ahead home run with two outs in the sixth asthe Mets salvaged the finale of a three-game series with a 10-4victory over the Florida Marlins on Sunday.


"It was nice to get some runs, get the win and hopefully start along winning streak," said Alou after the Mets concluded a 2-4homestand against Atlanta and Florida.


"Moises had a great obviously with a couple of home runs," NewYork manager Willie Randolph said. "We swung the bats prettywell today. It was a nice win for us."


It was mixed day for Alou, who also had a three-run home runwith none out in the second. Alou's first blast gave the Mets a3-1 lead but that quickly evaporated due to a sloppy top of thethird.


The Marlins took a 4-3 lead thanks to a pair of wild pitches byOliver Perez.


The first wild pitch allowed rookie Alejandro De Aza to moveinto scoring position and he scored on Cody Ross' single.Perez's second wild pitch put Miguel Cabrera and Ross at secondand third and they scored on Jason Wood's single to right-centerfield.


Florida had an opportunity to extend its lead when Alou lostMatt Treanor's fly ball in the sun. But Alou cleanly recordedthe final two outs of the inning and the Mets tied it in thebottom of the third on Jose Reyes' ninth home run of the season.

The game stayed tied until the sixth when Alou hit a 2-1 pitchfrom Lee Gardner (3-3) over the left field fence. It was Alou'sthird multi-home run game as a Met and the 41-year-old'sseventh homer of the season.


"I'm a big fan of Moises Alou," Mets first baseman CarlosDelgado said. "Anytime I can see him hit a fastball out or afastball at his ankle out, it's fun to watch."


After Alou's second home run, the Marlins managed just one hitthe rest of the way.


"I don't want to say it deflated us," Treanor said. "But whenyou give up the lead, you're kind of down."


Two of Alou's multi home run games have come since he returnedfrom the disabled list on July 27. Alou missed over two monthswith a strained quad but is hitting .349 (15-for-43) over hislast 12 contests.


"He's a good player," New York third baseman David Wright said."He solidifys this lineup. He's a big RBI guy and it's tough topitch around guys when you've got guys like Moises Alou hittingsixth in the lineup.


"I'm seeing the ball pretty good," Alou said. "I'm not in thezone like somebody gets every once in a while. I'm very happywith the way I'm feeling at the plate right now. I'm confidentto wait a little longer and when you trust your hands goodthings will happen."


Alou's blast made a winner out of Jorge Sosa (8-6), who workedtwo innings in relief of an ineffective Perez.


Perez lasted five innings and allowed four runs and six hits.Sosa worked out of trouble in the sixth and seventh to get thegame to Aaron Heilman.


Heilman, who allowed Cabrera's go-ahead single in Saturday's 7-5loss, tossed a perfect eighth. Billy Wagner, who blew hissecond save in Friday's series opener, finished up in the ninth.

New York scored its first seven runs on home runs and added fivein the eighth. Delgado hit a two-run home run off TaylorTankersley while Luis Castillo had an RBI single and pinchhitter Lastings Milledge had a two-run base hit off Ross Wolf.

Florida starter Rick VandenHurk also lasted five innings,allowing four runs and seven hits.


"They're by far one of the best (lineups)," said VandenHurk, whoallowed eight runs and seven hits in four innings against theMets on April 19. "They have veterans that have been in the gamefor a long time."


The Marlins missed a chance to sweep a series at Shea Stadiumfor the first time in nearly three years. They standed eightrunners, including two in the first after Hanley Ramirez openedthe contest with his 12th career leadoff home run.