Ok so its against the hapless Bucs who cant get out of there own way but pennant striving teams have not had the same skill at beating the Pirates as the Mets have. The Mets fell behind 5-0 but rallied and beat the Bucs 8-7 even with Takahashi giving a lead off homer in the 9th.
The Mets scored 7 runs in the 4th helped by the Pirates blowing a play at the plate that eventually scored 2 runs. The Mets had the bases loaded and Tejada hit a chop that the Bucs 3rd baseman Alvarez threw home and the catcher Snyder just let it go off the top of his glove .
Mejia only lasted into the 3rd inning before he was removed for shoulder/back stiffness. The Mets sent him for a MRI last night and I am sure he is more then likely done for the year. Raul Valdes got the win even though he gave up 4 runs in a inning and 2/3rds .
Reyes hit his 10th home run of the season and Pagan & Beltran each had 2 hits.
The Mets are now at .500 with 16 games to go before we can call it a season. Mets send Pelfrey to the mound against Morton of the Pirates as the Mets go for a 4 game sweep.
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