Slap hands!The Mets took advantage of a controversial (to the Cubs) ball call by Ryan Dempster on a 2-2 count to David Wright which eventually led to a walk, to explode for 4 runs in the 9th at Wrigley & top the Cubs, 6-2.
Another good outing from El Duque even though he got a no decision & the Mets looked to have squandered numerous men left on base from Carlos Zambrano's 7 walks through 5 innings.
Dempster threw a pitch just off the plate that Cubs fans' thought had caught the outside corner & David Wright walked on the next pitch. Carlos Delgado then laced the next pitch from Dempster down the right field line & Wright scored to give the Mets the go-ahead for good. Then after Marlon Anderson & Ramon Castro were retired the Mets got 4 2-out singles in a row by Shawn Green, Ruben Gotay, pinch-hitter Moises Alou & Jose Reyes scoring 3 more runs in all & battering Ryan Dempster for 4 runs in 1 inning in relief.
Bill Wagner came on to close out the 9th retiring 3 in a row after giving up 2 singles to lead off the bottom of the 9th.
Mets win their 3rd in a row with Philly & Atlanta playing tonight & currently, respectively. The Mets are 4.5 up on Philly & 5 up on Atlanta at the time of this posting...
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