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METS 8
MARINERS 2

Do not hit the refresh button, the Mets actually won a baseball game!?!?!?!?!?!

For the first time in this current homestand the Mets bats took advantage of early oportunities to burry the last place Mariners 8-2 at Shea Stadium, Wednesday night.

Already up 1-0, David Wirght, who was given the night off on Tuesday, blasted a homerun to left center for a 2-0 lead.

Then in the second, Wright added to his virtuoso performance hitting a two-run shot to left to give the Mets a 4-0 lead.

Wright was just one homerun away from becoming the first Met to homer three times in a single game at Shea Stadium, but he came up short on his next two at bats.
Even the usually invisible Jose Reyes got into the action, slapping a three run homer to right into the louge area of Shea.
Apparently that was enough for the Mets and pitcher John Maine who labored through six innings, throwing 101 pitches in the effort. Clearly not good enough for the Mets who need to rest their awful bullpen.
Still the combination of Aaron "OH NO" Heilman, Duaner Sanchez and Joe Smith worked around three baserunners to get through the games final three innings to get the win.
In spite of the win, the Mets are still four and a half games out of first, and will face a really tough stretch in coming weeks; starting Friday with a four game series against the Yankees. This series will be followed by a big road trip @ St. Louis and @ Philadelphia - the two teams the Mets are chasing in the division and wild card races.

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