Mets Bring Home Division Title for First Time Since 1988
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Carlos Delgado lights up a victory cigar Monday as the New York Mets clinch their first division title since 1988 with a 4-0 victory over the Florida Marlins as Shea Stadium.
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David Wright singles home the decisive run in the 11th inning and the New York Mets took a big step toward the playoffs by beating the  Marlins.
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Carlos Delgado hit a tiebreaking home run off John Smoltz, and Shawn Green added his first homer with the Mets.
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For seven innings the New York Mets couldn't score. Then the Florida Marlins couldn't field. Carlos Gomez scored the go-ahead run on an error in the ninth inning, and Carlos Beltran's two-run double broke the game open to help New York win 6-2 on Friday night.
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Shawn Green hits a leadoff home run in the 11th inning and the New York Mets beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 2-1, on Monday night.
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The Philadelphia Phillies moved to within four games of the New York Mets in the National League East after Ryan Howard's two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning sealed a 4-2 home victory on Tuesday.
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Carlos Beltran's powerful display helped the New York Mets sweep their way out of Atlanta and increase their ever-growing NL East lead over their longtime nemesis.
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Tom Glavine won for the first time in more than a month, and Jose Reyes flew around the bases for his first career inside-the-park home run as the Mets battered Brad Penny and the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-0 Thursday night.
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The red-hot New York Mets rode Tom Glavine's 303rd career victory and David Wright's 27th home run to of the season to a 3-1 win over the visiting Houston Astros on Saturday.
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The St. Louis Cardinals became the first major league team to clinch a playoff spot this season, winning the NL Central for the third time in five seasons.
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Minus two top starters, the New York Mets got dynamic postseason debuts from Carlos Delgado and David Wright to jump ahead of the Dodgers. Back in the playoffs for the first time since losing the 2000 Subway Series, the Mets capitalized on a wild baserunning blunder by Los Angeles and a perfectly respectable performance from emergency starter John Maine in a 6-5 victory Wednesday.
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After helping the Boston Red Sox win their first title in 86 years, Pedro Martinez will try to lead the New York Mets to their first championship since 1986.
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Tony Batista homered twice to reach 30 this season, Livan Hernandez pitched another complete game and the Montreal Expos beat the New York Mets 6-1 Tuesday night before just 3,839 at Olympic Stadium.
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Chip Ambres singled home the go-ahead run in the 10th inning, and the New York Mets beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 Sunday to take three of four in a series between division leaders.
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Greg Dobbs and the Philadelphia Phillies picked up right where they left off against the New York Mets.
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The New York Mets became the first   major league team to clinch a playoff berth as second baseman   Jose Valentin belted two home runs to lead the New Yorkers to a   4-0 win over the Florida Marlins on Monday.
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David Wright hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the eighth inning to help the New York Mets beat the Florida Marlins 7-6 Sunday.