Trachsel's arm, bat helps Mets beat Reds
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Steve Trachsel pitched six effective innings and hit the third home run of his career to help the New York Mets beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-2 Tuesday night.
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Chase Utley hit an RBI single off Billy Wagner in the ninth inning and the Philadelphia Phillies completed a huge sweep of the first-place New York Mets by rallying for an 11-10 victory Thursday in one of the wildest games of the season.
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Jose Reyes and Ruben Gotay opened with consecutive home runs, the first time that's happened in the 46-season history of the Mets, and New York beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 Thursday.
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A little extra work between starts helped Steve Trachsel pitch an unusual complete game.
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Ken Griffey Jr. tied Mike Schmidt on the career home run chart and Bronson Arroyo pitched a complete game to lead the Cincinnati Reds past the New York Mets 4-2 Monday night for their eighth straight victory on the road.
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Brandon Phillips breaks the Cincinnati Reds' record for homers by a second baseman, hitting a two-run shot during a 7-0 victory that ends the New York Mets' five-game winning streak.
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Victor Diaz hit a tying, three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning, and Craig Brazell&#39;s first major league home run in the 11th gave the New York Mets a stunning 4-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Steve Trachsel lasted only four innings and the Mets committed three errors in a 7-3 loss to the Giants last night at SBC Park.
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The New York Mets scored a 5-4 extra inning win over San Francisco on Tuesday, after Giants reliever Armando Benitez balked in the game-tying run and then surrendered a walk-off homer to Carlos Delgado.
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The Reds saw to it that Mets would return home with a losing record from this 10-game road trip, but New York maintains its lead in the N.L. East.
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After two tough losses to the New York Mets, the Florida Marlins are happy to see them leave town. Paul Lo Duca had three RBIs, Jose Reyes had three hits and Carlos Delgado delivered a game-tying, two-out single in the ninth inning as the Mets beat the Marlins 7-4 on Wednesday night &#151; trimming New York's magic number for winning the NL East to two.
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Carlos Beltran hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning, putting a rousing ending to a night of grand-slam derby and rallying the New York Mets over the St. Louis Cardinals 8-7 Tuesday.
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Jose Reyes and Ruben Gotay hit back-to-back first-inning home runs to set the New York Mets on their way to a 3-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday.
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Alex Rodriguez hit his major league-leading 27th homer, Chien-Ming Wang came within one out of a complete game and the New York Yankees won the second Subway Series of the season Sunday night with an 8-2 victory over the stumbling Mets.
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Pat Burrell snapped out of a slump by doing what he does best &#151; breaking the hearts of the New York Mets.
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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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The New York Mets clinched the NL East for the first time since 1988 with a 4-0 victory over the Florida Marlins on Monday.