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CINCINNATI (Ticker) -- The New York Mets rallied for two runs in
the top of the 10th inning to post a 7-5 victory over the
Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.
The win secured a split of the four game series for New York,
which had lost back to back games after winning 10 straight.
Robinson Cancel led off the 10th with a pinch-hit double off
lefthander Bill Bray (2-1). After Jose Reyes' bunt single,
Cancel scored when Cincinnati third baseman Edwin Encarnacion
threw away a double-play ball hit by Argenis Reyes.
"(Cancel) has that kind of professional approach where you feel
like you are going to get a good at-bat from him," Mets manager
Jerry Manual said. "That was big for him. Not having the
opportunity to hit as much, having the opporuntiy to come in and
get a big hit for the team really makes him feel like a big part
of what we are trying to do here."
Jose Reyes used his speed later in the inning to score on a
sacrifice fly by Carlos Delgado to shallow right field.
Duaner Sanchez (5-1) worked two scoreless innings of relief to
earn the win. Billy Wagner pitched a perfect 10th, striking out
the side for his 24th save.
"We knew coming in here that no matter what their record was,
they were a good hitting team with quality pitching that can
hold you down," Wagner said. "Today we battled their best, and
Pelfrey did a great job for us, and we got the hits to put us
over the top."
All-Star righthander Edinson Volquez labored through five
innings, keeping the Reds in the game by allowing four runs on
eight hits and striking out three.
Volquez ran into trouble in the first, throwing 29 pitches and
allowing a run on Carlos Beltran's RBI single, but escaped
further damage by leaving the bases loaded.
After the Mets stranded two more runners in the second, they
finally caught up with Volquez in the third inning, when Ramon
Castro connected for a two-run home run with two outs for a 3-1
advantage.
"I got a sinker inside," Castro said. "I was waiting for that
pitch and took care of it."
Adam Dunn, Encarncacion and Brandon Phillips each homered - all
solo shots - for Cincinnati.
New York righthander Mike Pelfrey went seven innings, allowing
five runs on six hits and struck out four. He had won his six
previous starts.
"Considering that I had a 4-1 lead early in the game and coughed
it back up (was displeasing)," Pelfrey said. "But pitching into
the seventh I thought was good. And we won, as long as we win
it will be OK."
Phillips' blast gave Cincinnati a 6-5 lead in the bottom of the
sixth but Delgado tied the game for the Mets with an RBI single
in the seventh.
"We're in and out of trouble all day and you can't get into
trouble without something happening," Reds manager Dusty Baker
said. "Edinson battled, he wasn't as sharp as he usually is.
We fought back and fought back, we just had that bad 10th
inning."
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