The Mets are working hard to capture the lead in the NL East, and with the All Star break quickly approaching, they find themselves only three games out of the lead behind Philadelphia.

On Wednesday night, they hit a stumbling block in Baltimore, as the Orioles turned them back 6-4. It would have been a great opportunity for them if they had managed to win, as the Philies are currently riding a two-game losing streak.

The difference-maker in the game for Baltimore was Aubrey Huff, whose 7th inning two-run blast put the Orlioles in the lead for good. Reliever Pedro Feliciano took the loss for the Mets and fell to 2-2 for the year.

All things considered, the Mets are looking good this year and have a real shot at winning the East – of course a lead going into the All Star break would be a huge morale booster. Grab some Mets tickets and help them make their mark!

The Mets landed in Baltimore with an opportunity to cut into Philadelphia’s NL East league lead, and got of to a great start on Monday night with a 6-4 win over the Orioles.

Leadoff hitter Alex Cora was the star for New York as he went 3-5 on the night with a run scored. Pitcher John Pelfrey also pitched a gem in holding the Orioles scoreless through five innings.

The win is huge for the Mets as the Phillies were off – giving the Mets a free shot at the Philies lead. As the All Star break approaches, the Mets would love to capitalize on every opportunity.

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David Wright’s two run double, and incidentally his fourth hit of the night, broke 1-1 tie in the 10th inning on Friday as the NL East #2 Mets defeated the basement-dwelling Nationals in Washington 3-1. For the Mets, the win snapped a three game losing streak.

Luis Castillo led off the 10th inning for the Mets with a single off of Nats reliever Joel Hanrahan before Carlos Beltran walked. Wright then did his thing when he lined a 2-2 pitch into the right centerfiled gap to score both Mets base runners. This four hits, match his single game high.

Sean Green threw a perfect ninth inning for New York before Francisco Rodriquez polished off his 15th save opportunity of the season to remain perfect in his scoreless 10th.

Washington has dropped 9 out of their last 10 games and have fallen even further down the food chain in the NL East. The Mets are sitting three games out of first behind the Phillies, and would miss the playoff by one game in the Wild Card, if the season ended today.

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Though Livan Hernandez had the flu this week, he was able to shut down the Nationals by throwing seven shutout innings while, his offense supported him with seven runs.

“I was sick and threw up before the game,” Hernandez said. “I don’t care. I like to pitch. I didn’t sleep good last night. … I didn’t feel good, but I like to pitch, no matter what.”

With the much needed win, the Mets improved to 7-2 on the season against Washington. It was a huge series victory for New York who now must play host to league-leading Philadelphia for a three game series, before heading across town to face the Yankees.

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The Nationals are bad. Really bad. And the Mets are only the latest to hand Washington a loss this season. At 13-33, the Nats have more losses than any major league team has wins on this still blossoming season.

In their latest tangle, Johan Santana was solid allowing three runs in the 4th inning, but otherwise shutting down the Nats for his lucky 7th win of the season.

For the Mets, rookie Daniel Murphy hit a homerun (his fourth on the season), while powerful Adam Dunn hit his 16th on the season for Washington.

The win was huge for the Mets as they are now sitting atop the NL Eastern Division a half game above the World Champion Phillies. Up next, the Mets host the Marlins for a weekend series that could help them gain on the division. Grab some New York Mets tickets and enjoy!

It’s only May, but the Mets have already had their share of ups and downs this season. And next up will be, potentially, one of their most challenging series of the young year.

Traveling to Fenway Park to take on the Boston Red Sox is never an easy task, and for a young team, like the Mets it could be even more challenging to play in the most historic park in the entire league. Combine that with the Mets roller coaster of a season and its and understandably difficult weekend for the Mets.

One helpful item is that Mets skipper has stated that Daniel Murphy is now his guy on first base, leaving left field open for a more experienced outfielder – something that will make coping with the intimidating Green Monster just a little easier to deal with.

If you’re in Boston, this is bound to be a great series – so grab some Mets tickets and enjoy yourself.

On the heels of last year’s late season power surge, Carlos Delgado looked certain to make the Mets look good, when they picked up his $12M option for 2009. But this season, he’s been nagged by a pair of leg injuries that has finally gotten the best of him.

Mets team Physician, Struan Coleman says that Delgado must have surgery in order to repair a labrum tear and remove a bone spur in his right hip.

The Mets have not released a timetable on Delgado’s return. “I wasn’t too optimistic about it,” Mets manager Jerry Manuel said. “What we have to do now is try to find out how we’re going to continue to play good baseball without Carlos Delgado.”

In the meantime, Met’s fans will face some uncertainty as Fernando Tatis, Daniel Murphy, and Jeremy Reed will take turns on first base.

In their second consecutive 12-inning affair, the Mets came up short against the Braves in New York on Wednesday. So close to victory in the ninth, the Mets weren’t able to hang on and were finally bested in a dozen innings by their NL East opponents.

A grand slam by Fernando Tatis, a home run by Gary Sheffield, and several great defensive moments put the Mets up early – but they were unable to hold on, as the Braves chipped away finally tying the game in the 7th, before both teams scored single runs in the 8th.

The 9th, 10th, and 11th innings were uneventful, until the Braves’ Mark Prado hit a homerun in the top of the 12th off of the Mets last available pitcher, Ken Takahashi.

Despite the setback, the Mets ticket holders have something to hold their heads high about, as they completed their homestand a formidable 6-2 and have seemingly bounced back a bit from their early frustrations.

When the Mets head out west to San Francisco this weekend, they will be without the help of two of their key players. The Mets announced today that relief pitcher J.J. Putz and first baseman Carlos Delgado have both been diagnosed with bone spurs and will not be available for the weekend.

Putz has been suffering from inflammation in the back of his right elbow and is dealing with a bone spur in the joint. Putz has been doing a fine job this year as a setup man to Francisco Rodriguez, an adjustment that some thought might be difficult. A team spokesman said that Putz will miss at least the first two games of the coming series.

Delgado is also fighting a hip injury that has been reclassified as an impingement of the right hip, a slight muscle tear, and a bone spur. Delgado will be missed, as the team announced he will miss at least four games – including the entire series with the Giants.

So if you have Mets tickets this weekend, you won’t be seeing Delgado or Putz, but the Mets have plenty of star power to go around.

Having won in some bizarre fashions this season, it was the Mets who were on the losing end of one of the stranger outcomes in MLB history. The Giants only mustered two runs against New York’s Mike Pelfrey, but two of Pelfrey’s record tying three balks directly led to runs as San Francisco managed the win 2-0.

It was the first time in Mets history that any pitcher has balked three times, and the first time any Major Leaguer has done so in 15 years.

In the first inning, Pelfrey’s first balk moved Pablo Sandoval to second with two outs – Benji Molina would then drive Sandoval home for San Fran’s first run.
In the fifth inning, Pelfrey balked again, sending Aaron Rowand to second before being driven in by pitcher Matt Cain.

Though the third balk moved runners to second and third with one out, Pelfrey was able to get out of the inning with no damage – except to that of the record books.

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In the early innings it looked as though the Mets would handle the Marlins in Queens last yesterday, but the offense fell silent after the first few innings and the Mets’ bullpen was unable to hold on as the Marlins defeated New York 7-4.

Gary Sheffield’s two-run triple showed that the old man still has wheels, but also showed that the Mets offense is capable of striking hard and fast. But unfortunately for the Mets, they were unable to hold their early lead in the latter innings.

Sean Green, a Mets reliever allowed four runs in the seventh inning. A three-run homerun from Jorge Cantu on ‘a sinker that didn’t sink’ was the shot to the heart of the Mets pitching staff in what was to be the first Marlins victory in the past eight games after a fast start to the season. Furthermore, it was the Mets fourth loss this season in a game in which they were up by at least three runs at some point.

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In perhaps the most crowded outfield in the National League, it would be easy – very easy – for a rookie to get lost in the crowd. But, the Met’s Daniel Murphy is holding onto his coaches confidence as he vies to keep his position in left field against Ryan Church, Fernando Tatis, and Gary Sheffield.

Jerry Manuel picked Murphy as a starter in the early going of Spring Training, and Murphy didn’t let his manager down, as he got off to a stellar start in the first two weeks of the season. But, since then he’s cooled off a good bit, but Manuel was impressed enough to keep his confidence in his young left fielder, recently stating that he planned on ‘sticking with Murphy in left’ during a post-game press conference.

The 25 year old Murphy has performed superbly in the outfield and is currently batting .317 with two doubles and a home run in the early going of ’09. Its hard to say whether or not Murphy will be able to maintain his great start, but Manuel’s confidence in him is a good sign.

So if you’re near Queens this summer, grab some Mets tickets and watch the rookie do his thing!

After horrible endings in 2007 and 2008, the New York Mets are off to a slow start in 2009. Individually, several of the Mets are playing great baseball, including Ryan Church, Daniel Murphy, and Johan Santana. But despite great individual efforts, the Mets are off to a sub-500 start at 2-4 to begin the very young season.

There are no such thing as must-win games in April, but in baseball, every game matters and a slow start could come back to haunt the Mets later on, especially considering their past troubles in trying to close out the season.

They have a new stadium, some new firepower, and lots of great young talent, so grab some Mets tickets and come out and enjoy some baseball with Mr. Met.

Just as the AL East is the premier division in the American League, the NL East is the standard barer for the Senior Circuit. And the New York Mets are looking to continue in 2009 to be the best the NL has to offer.

For 15 years, the Atlanta Braves were the only team of consequence in the National League East – winning the division year after year, after year. Only in the strike-shortened 1995 season (when the Montreal Expos were on pace to make it into the pennant) have the Braves not led almost the entire season.

In the past few years it has been the Mets, along with the Phillies, who have been major contenders out of the East. In each of the past two years, the Mets have struggled in the later weeks to seal the deal as the Phillies have taken the division, and last year, the World Series.

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One game played, one game won. For the Mets, 2009 got off to a good start as the Mets were able to outlast the Reds for a 2-1 win on opening day. Johan Santana was brilliant in his first start with the Mets, while newly acquired Francisco Rodriguez did what he does, recording his first save of the year, after setting a single-season record in 2008.

Because of the great pitching from New York, they only need two runs to close the door on Cincinnati, and those came courtesy of a two-run homer by rookie, Daniel Murphy. Whose third inning two-run bomb provided the Mets with all they needed for win #1.

Obviously, it’s a long season, but if you were to ask any of the New York Mets Mets organization – or any Mets ticket holders, for that matter- if they’d rather win or lose, their first game, they’d tell you they are perfectly happy with the results of opening day.