On the Mets beat

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Top 4: Is this the same pitcher who started the game? Knight whiffs Albert Pujols on a diving slider, stranding a runner. 4-4, middle of 4.

Bottom 4: Jose Reyes puts the Mets in front with a solo homer on the first pitch of the frame from Piniero. Two doubles and a homer for Reyes now, in four innings. 5-4 Mets, end of 4.

Top 5: Knight hits one and walks one, but he gets out of another jam on Adam Kennedy's grounder to second. He's thrown 97 pitches and may be done -- he's due up fourth in the 5th -- but have to say he did a capable job, especially after the awful first. 5-4, middle of 5.

Bottom 5: Knight is done after 5, and Robinson Cancel stole a base. Really? And they still might win? 5-4, end of 5.

Top 6: Well, so much for that... Carlos Muniz (bad), Pedro Feliciano (good, but brief) and Joe Smith (bad meaning bad, not bad meaning good) pour some gasoline on this one. 8-5, middle of 6.

Bottom 6: Delgado cannot be stopped. A two-run homer, his second of the game and 11th in his last 26 games. Mets inch closer. 8-7, end of 6.

Top 7: Nice recovery by Smith to retire Pujols with a runner on. Mets still in it. 8-7, middle of 7.

Bottom 7: Reyes can't produce more magic, and here comes Sanchez... Might be some more runs on the horizon. 8-7, end of 7.

Top 8: Leadoff double by Rick Ankiel, then nothing for the Cards. Duaner gets it done. Delgado up third this inning. 8-7, middle of 8.

Bottom 8: That was impressive by Kyle McClellan... Strikes out Wright, Delgado and Beltran. Hmm. I'm sure the bottom of the lineup will rally in the 9th. 8-7, end of 8.

Top 9: Scott Schoenweis escapes a jam with a Pujols DP. Six Mets pitchers and they're still a run down. 8-7, middle of 9.

Bottom 9: That was a bit of a shock. Tatis takes all of the park and the ball barely clears Ankiel's glove in center. On to extras! 8-8, end of 9.

Top 10: Wagner comes on (7th pitcher for the Mets) and gets the first 1-2-3 inning of the night. Top of the order up. 8-8, middle of 10.

Bottom 10: Delgado has another chance to be heroic, but it's a 1-6-3 DP to end a good scoring chance. On to extra extras! 8-8, end of 10.

Top 11: Six straight for Wagner. Spasm? What spasm? 8-8, middle of 11.

Bottom 11: That wasn't so great at the bottom of the order. Castro swings at the first pitch as a pinch-hitter and bounces back to the mound. On to the 12th. 8-8, end of 11.

Top 12: Heilman on, the last man out of the pen. Two hits, but Ankiel and Troy Glaus go down. 8-8, middle of 12.

Top 14: No, we're not superstitious here, just had to skip a bit to take care of some other reporting... 2-and-0 counts to Pujols don't usually end well. Neither did this one. Two-run shot, and now the Mets have to rally again. 10-8, middle of 14.

Bottom 14: No rally. 10-8 Cardinals, final.