Robinson Cancel

he bases properly, you had better not mess up.  Credit Jerry Manuel with a great call, because Robinson Cancel executed a picture perfect hit-and-run, stroking a ground single through the hole on the right side of the infield.  Martinez, who had been running on the play, inexplicably hesitated and then stopped at second.  Had he made it to third with one out, the Mets would have had a chance to score the tying run with Jose Reyes up next.  Reyes bounced back to the pitcher, who threw high to second, and Cancel would have been safe had he slid, but instead he tip-toed into the bag and was forced out.  Those two baserunning errors severely limited the Mets' chances to tie the game in that inning.

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rt due to contributions from the likes of Fernando Tatis, Argenis Reyes, Daniel Murphy, Nick Evans, Robinson Cancel, and the core of players who have remained healthy.  Excuses don't win games, but a solid bench does.

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s' success in Cincy as anyone getting paid upwards of $12 million per year:  Argenis Reyes and Robinson Cancel.

    The feisty Reyes has played excellent defense at second base, and his knack for being right smack in the middle of countless rallies has been impressive.  He provides a solid presence in the number two hole, and if he and Easley keep up their production, we may see a small-scale Wally Pipp/Lou Gherig situation when Luis Castillo returns from injury.  Cancel only has two hits for the Mets this year--and only two since 1999 for that matter--but they could not have come at more opportune times.  His first was a two-out, two-run, pinch-hit single to give the Mets the lead in a 4-2 win against the Rangers on June 15, and the second was a pinch-hit double to lead off the tenth inning on Sunday in Cincinnati.  Argenis Reyes eventually followed with the grounder that Edwin Encarnacion threw into right field to score Cancel and give the Mets the lead.

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