Bottom of lineup delivers By Marty Noble / MLB.com
The superstars -- Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran -- provided the Mets with an early lead, but when the game was tied in the seventh, it was the lower part of the lineup that decided it. Jose Valentin fouled off five pitches before stroking the go-ahead single, and Michael Tucker added a sacrifice fly.
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Mets 6, Nationals 4
David Wright doubled and scored two runs in the Mets' win on Saturday night. (Nick Wass/AP)
Nats rally to tie, but fall short By Bill Ladson / MLB.com
Nick Johnson's solo home run in the fourth was Washington's first hit, and Alfonso Soriano's two-run shot in the sixth sparked a three-run inning that evened the score, but in the end, the Nationals' bullpen was responsible for three runs as the Mets evened the series with Saturday night's victory.
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TODAY'S WRAPS: August 12, 2006
NY Mets 6, Washington 4
Today's Boxes 8/12/06
CLE 5, KC 4
CLE 6, KC 5
NYY 5, LAA 2
CWS 4, DET 3
BOS 8, BAL 7
LAD 6, SF 5
CIN 9, PHI 7
MIL 8, ATL 5
SD 6, HOU 3
PIT 3, STL 2
TOR 4, MIN 0
COL 8, CHC 4
TEX 5, SEA 4
OAK 6, TB 3
ARI 6, FLA 3
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Standings thru 8/12/06 | Gameday | Mets Stats | Nationals Stats
NY Mets AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Reyes , SS4 1 1 1 1 0 1 .297
Lo Duca , C5 1 1 1 0 0 3 .317
Beltran , CF5 1 3 1 0 0 0 .286
Delgado , 1B4 0 0 0 1 0 2 .253
Wright , 3B4 2 1 0 0 1 3 .311
Valentin , 2B4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .287
Tucker , LF1 0 0 1 2 1 0 .222
Milledge , RF4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .219
Heilman , P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Wagner , P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Maine , P1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .000
Feliciano , P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-Chavez , PH-RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300
Totals 33 6 8 6 4 5 14
BATTING 2B : Wright (30, Hughes), Beltran (30, Schroder).3B : Reyes (15, Bergmann), Beltran (1, Bergmann).TB : Reyes 3; Lo Duca; Beltran 6; Wright 2; Valentin; Milledge.RBI : Reyes (55), Lo Duca (37), Beltran (98), Milledge (15), Valentin (48), Tucker (2).Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Wright; Valentin; Lo Duca 2; Milledge.S : Maine.SF : Tucker.Team LOB : 8.
Washington AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Soriano , LF4 1 1 2 0 1 0 .289
Lopez , SS4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .271
Zimmerman , 3B4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .288
Johnson , 1B4 1 2 2 0 1 1 .293
Kearns , RF4 0 0 0 0 3 1 .270
Anderson , 2B2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .265
Schroder , P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Rivera , P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-Jackson , PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .204
Escobar , CF4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .345
Schneider , C3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231
Bergmann , P1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Hughes , P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-Castro , PH-2B 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .125
Totals 33 4 6 4 1 10 6
BATTING HR : Johnson (18, 4th inning off Maine, 0 on, 2 out), Soriano (37, 6th inning off Maine, 1 on, 0 out).TB : Soriano 4; Lopez 2; Johnson 5; Castro.RBI : Johnson 2 (60), Soriano 2 (75).2-out RBI : Johnson.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Anderson.Team LOB : 3.BASERUNNING SB : Lopez (31, 2nd base off Maine/Lo Duca).
NY Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Maine 5.1 4 4 4 1 6 2 2.64
Feliciano (BS, 3)(W, 5-2)1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.14
Heilman (H, 20)1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.23
Wagner (S, 27)1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.48
WP : Feliciano.IBB : Reyes (by Hughes).HBP : Maine (by Bergmann), Wright (by Schroder).Pitches-strikes : Maine 89-59, Feliciano 26-18, Heilman 15-9, Wagner 15-11, Bergmann 91-60, Hughes 21-9, Schroder 22-17, Rivera 19-13.Ground outs-fly outs : Maine 7-3, Feliciano 3-1, Heilman 1-1, Wagner 1-0, Bergmann 4-7, Hughes 2-1, Schroder 1-1, Rivera 4-2.Batters faced : Maine 21, Feliciano 6, Heilman 4, Wagner 3, Bergmann 22, Hughes 7, Schroder 6, Rivera 6.Inherited runners-scored : Feliciano 1-1.Umpires : HP: Adam Dowdy. 1B: Tim Tschida. 2B: Laz Diaz. 3B: Ted Barrett.Weather : 76 degrees, clear.Wind : 3 mph, In from LF.T : 2:46.Att : 42,507.Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
