Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Baseball news - Mets 6, Florida 3

Endy Chavez hit a key two-run single Wednesday afternoon to help the New York Mets beat Florida, 6-3.

Jose Reyes, Carlos Beltran, David Wright and Ruben Gotay all drove in a run. Starter and winner Oliver Perez had two runs and two hits, while David Wright and Shawn Green also had two hits for the Mets, who have split their last four games.

Perez (3-2) yielded three earned runs and three hits in 5 2/3 innings, with three walks and 10 strikeouts.

Billy Wagner recorded his fifth save of the season.

Miguel Cabrera hit an RBI single, and two runs scored on Wright's error in the sixth inning for the Marlins, who had only four hits and had a two-game winning streak broken.

Losing pitcher Anibal Sanchez (2-1) gave up three earned runs and seven hits in 3 1/3 innings.

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