Mets take share of first in NL East with win Because of their 7-5 victory against the Reds on Sunday, the Mets again are first-place co-tentants with the Phillies in the National League East. They took advantage of the Reds' bullpen and defense in the 10th inning and achieved their 11th victory in 13 games. More >
Cantu's RBI single wins it in 11th inning Jorge Cantu hit a bomb off the left-center field wall with the bases loaded and nobody out in the bottom of the 11th inning, and the Marlins took the series from the Phillies with a 3-2 win in front of 17,724 at Dolphin Stadium. More >
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Because of their 7-5 victory against the Reds on Sunday, the Mets again are first-place co-tentants with the Phillies in the National League East. They took advantage of the Reds' bullpen and defense in the 10th inning and achieved their 11th victory in 13 games. 
Jorge Cantu hit a bomb off the left-center field wall with the bases loaded and nobody out in the bottom of the 11th inning, and the Marlins took the series from the Phillies with a 3-2 win in front of 17,724 at Dolphin Stadium. 
With nearly every team in the Major Leagues finding ways to win at home in the first half, the competitive balance sweeping through baseball is more apparent than ever before. And if the trend continues, it will be a tight race to the postseason. 
All too frequently, fans are led to believe that what they're about to see will be something truly spectacular, only to be disappointed. There was none of that in Gotham. If anything, we got more than we bargained for. 
On Wednesday, in the most unlikely scenario you could possibly imagine, Brandon Knight was selected to the 24-man team the United States will take to Beijing for the Olympic Games baseball tournament. 
