Mets open with win, A's take command
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The New York Mets' bullpen combined to edge out the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-5 in their series opener on Wednesday, while their Big Apple rivals the Yankees had the second game of their divisional series postponed due to rain.
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The heart of the Mets order -- Carlos Delgado and David Wright -- delivered and the bullpen hung on to give New York a 6-5 victory over the Dodgers on Wednesday in the opener of their divisional playoff series.
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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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Erubiel Durazo hit three homers and drove in all five of Oakland's runs, and Mark Mulder became the majors' first 16-game winner by pitching the Athletics to a 5-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.
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The Mets score their first two runs on errors, and Carlos Beltran's two-run double breaks the game open to help them beat the Marlins, 6-2, Friday night.
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Wandy Rodriguez threw a four-hitter for his first complete game and Lance Berkman had a two-run homer to lead the Houston Astros to a 4-0 win over the New York Mets on Friday night.
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Starter Tom Glavine flirted with a perfect game into the sixth inning on Saturday as the Mets improved to a season-high 19 games above .500.
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The Mets scored early, scored often and relied on another superb outing by John Maine to defeat the Oakland Athletics at Shea Stadium to complete a three-game sweep.
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Shawn Green and the hitters started fast, Billy Wagner closed it out quickly and now the New York Mets are headed to the NL championship series.
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Mike Mussina shuts down Oakland as the Yankees beat the A's, 2-1, on Friday for their first win in a week.
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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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Gerald Williams and Eric Valent hit solo home runs to give the New York Mets a 2-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves in the first game of a doubleheader Tuesday.
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MONTREAL (CP) - Victor Diaz hit his first career home run and Gerald Williams added a two-run shot to power the New York Mets to a 4-2 win Thursday over the Montreal Expos.
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Jose Reyes and Ruben Gotay opened with consecutive home runs, the first time that has happened in Mets history, en route to a victory over Cincinnati.
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Mike Pelfrey allowed one hit in six innings to win his first game of the season after seven losses, as the Mets won their second game in a row in Atlanta.
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Atlanta Braves starter Paul Byrd works in the fourth inning against the New York Mets in Atlanta, in this Aug. 1, 2004 file photo.
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The Mets&#39; objective, Fred Wilpon said last winter and into the spring, was to play meaningful games late into the season. The owner was confident his revamped team could compete for first place