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2)  With two outs in the top of the sixth, David Wright was batting with Brian Schneider on second and Jose Reyes on first.  He smashed a frozen rope to left field, and right off the bat it looked like a two-run double to give the Mets the lead.  But Willie Harris--the same Willie Harris who, while a member of the Braves last year, robbed Delgado of a game-winning home run in the bottom of the ninth--made an unbelievable catch, snagging the liner while leaping backward.  Wright slammed his helmet down in frustration as he reached first, having just failed yet again with runners in scoring position.  Apparently, Harris actually has a picture of his game-ending catch on Delgado's drive hanging above his locker for motivation.  It seems like he's always a little extra motivated against the Mets.

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e right field line to bring home Beltran with the go-ahead run.  The hit parade continued with Brian Schneider's flare to left, which put the icing on the cake.  New York's four-run eighth inning clinched a two-game split in Philadelphia, and catapulted the Mets back into first place by a half game.

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jor leagues last year or at the beginning of this year?  Before the season the Mets considered Brian Schneider their everyday catcher, but he has since moved into a lefty-righty platoon with Ramon Castro.  Luis Castillo was projected as the starting second baseman, but now Damion Easley and Argenis Reyes are platooning at the position.  Although Moises Alou wasn't healthy enough to start the season with the Mets, designs were for him to play left field every day.  But now rookies Daniel Murphy and Nick Evans are in a lefty-righty platoon.  And while Ryan Church was unable to play right field, Fernando Tatis impressed Jerry Manuel so much that he has been moved into a platoon now that Church has returned; Tatis got the start on Sunday against the lefty Randy Wolf.

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rall this was a sloppy game on both sides.  In the sixth, Carlos Muniz threw a wild pitch that Brian Schneider should have handled.  It allowed Mike Jacobs to advance into scoring position with two outs, and he came around to score the tying run on Cody Ross' single.  Florida's trademark hideous defense was marked by two defensive lapses in the eighth, the first of which allowed David Wright to scamper from first to third on a Delgado grounder.  He then score the go-ahead run on Fernando Tatis' grounder to short, which may have been an inning-ending double play had Hanley Ramirez not thrown errantly to first.  In the bottom of the eighth, after the Marlins scored two to go ahead 4-3, Scott Schoenweis threw a wild pitch with the bases loaded, scoring one, and then to add insult to injury, gave up a two-run double on the next pitch to put the game out of reach.

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as been the performance of role players such as Tatis, Damion Easley, Endy Chavez, Ramon Castro and Brian Schneider.  Naturally David Wright has been solid too, hitting .344 this month with six RBI, and hopefully Beltran's big game last night will break him out of his recent funk.

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Meanwhie church has been the most consistent guy on the team.

In addition, it looks like Brian Schneider is the real deal at catcher. Sure he can't hit a lick but every good Mets team has been built on pitching and defense and the Schnide provides both. The only problem so far is the ridiculous amount of pitches he's dropped or let get passed him. Can't believe a Major League Baseball player would actually blame his glove but hopefully he'll adjust.

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