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The New York Mets defeated the Cincinnati Reds, 8-3 this afternoon at Shea Stadium.Jose Feliciano came on in the ninth to finish.

It was a solid outing for Oliver perez, who pitched six solid innings.

In the top of the ninth inning, a very strange thing occurred; the Reds batted out of order. David  Ross led  off...out  of  order, he  flied out to  center. Willie Randolph  came  out  to   inform  the Umpire. Mistake, Willie. If  he  had  kept  quiet  unless something  happened, it  would  have  been  a  better  result.  What  occurred was, Randolph  complained, Ross batted for  second time and of  course  got a hit.  Had Willie waited, if the next batter got a hit, then he complained, they would both be out. It caused a twelve minute delay. But it ended well.    

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The New York Mets dropped the night cap of yesterday's doubleheader, 7-1  to the  Cincinnati Reds. Starter  Mike  Pelfrey  gave the  Mets  a  chance  going  six  innings and  allowing two runs.  However, the  Mets offense  must  have  shot  their  load  in  game  one  since  they  made  Reds  starter  Bronson  Arroyo  look  like  Sandy  Koufax in  game two. The  Mets  managed  just  one  run  on  four  hits  against  Arroyo.

As I have stated all year long, and many of you disagree, I just think this is who the 2008 Mets are, a little better then a .500 club. They are a very talented team with some major flaws; aging players (Carlos Delgado, Moises Alou, Pedro Martinez, etc), no set up man in the bullpen, a lack of clutch hitters and some questionable gloves in the field. It seems every time they are poised to make a run, they come up with a stinker, as was the case yesterday.

Yes, I still love my team, and yes I will be with them regardless of what happens. But I truly believe we should get used to seeing more of the same all season long...I would LOVE to be proven wrong.

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The New York Mets defeated the Cincinnati Reds 12-6 on the front end of a day/night doubleheader.

Mets ace pitcher, Johan Santana got his fourth win of the season. He struggled allowing three runs, ten hits and well over 100 pitches thrown, but as always, Santana put the New York Mets in position to get a win. Nice job Johan!

There was plenty of offense as the Mets put up twelve for the second straight game. Carlos Beltran was the big gun with five RBI, including a three run triple. Lets hope this is Beltran coming back to form.

Game two is set for 7:30pm. Mike Pelfrey gets the start.

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The New York Mets lead the Cincinnati Reds 6-3 with two out in the sixth.

Mets starter Johan Santana has been effective, but struggling. He is already at about 107 pitches and just yielded his tenth hit. This inning will be all for Santana.

Check back for post game coverage.

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The Game between the New York Mets and the Cincinnati Reds was rained out last night. It will be made up as a day-night doubleheader (so of course they can get the gate $ twice from Mets fans).  Game one is set  for 1:10 game two will be at 7:30. There has been no changes to the pitching match ups.

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Weather permitting, the New York Mets open up a three game series against the Cincinnati Reds at Shea Stadium. First pitch is set for 7:10pm, however, I would keep a close eye on the weather before heading to the park.

The starters will be Mike Pelfrey for the Mets vs Matt Belisle for the Reds.

The Mets are coming off a .500 road trip out West.

New York Mets quick hits for 5/9/08, 5/10/08 and 5/11/08:

• on 5/9/70, the Mets scored 8 runs in the fifth inning to defeat the San Francisco Giants, 14-5, Bobby Bonds had an inside the park homer
• the Mets come into the contest at 17-15, 2 games off the pace in the NL East
• the Reds are 14-21 and 7.5 back
• 5/10 starters will be Johan Santana vs Bronson Arroyo
• 5/11/ starters will be Oliver Perez vs Johnny Cueto

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The New York Mets crushed the Los Angeles Dodgers, 12-1 today. Mets starter  John Maine was awesome; eight and a third innings, three hits, one run allowed and a two run single. Maine improved to 4-2 on the season. Great job John!

The offense was led by David Wright, Raul Casanova and Luis Castillo who each drove in a pair of runs.

As always, lets hope this is the start of a nice run for the Mets.

  

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The New York Mets are beating the Los Angeles Dodgers, 12-0  mid way through the seventh.  John  Maine has only allowed  two  hits  thus  far. Check back later for full details. 

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The New York Mets lost last night to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-4.

The loss showed many of the teams flaws; lack of ability to hold a lead (the Mets were up 4-1), lack of clutch hitting....the Mets were 2-14 with runners in scoring position, lack of focus...Ryan Church losing site of a ball that bounced off his glove and just sitting there while runners advanced (although in fairness to Church, he did make a great effort and hit the wall pretty good...but what the heck, I am trying to make a point here).

I am sad to say it, but I believe that absent some major changes to the team, we are just about a .500 club. As I have said often, it isn't just about this season, look back over the final thirty games of 2007, combine it with 2008, and you get a mediocre ball club.