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For much of the season they were the personification of what was wrong with the Mets.

While the Mets only managed a split in Cincinnati, it was enough to ensure a first-place tie with the Philadelphia Phillies , who, as luck with have it, are the Mets' next opponents.

Friday, Billy Wagner will turn 37 years old. He looks every bit his age, too, with the slight limp in his walk and a receding hairline adding to the evidence.

So Taguchi's game-tying pinch hit in the Phillies' wild comeback win Tuesday night wasn't his first clutch hit at Shea Stadium.

It's a steamy Shea Stadium dinner hour - thankfully one of not many more to come - and Shane Victorino seems to be spending it in a bit of a slow burn in the air-conditioned clubhouse.

Atlanta slugger Chipper Jones and ace Tim Hudson left Wednesday night's game against Florida with injuries, a pair of blows to the Braves' already slim playoff hopes.

Pitcher Joe Blanton will make his Phillies debut in the opener of a big three-game series with the Mets tonight.

Adam McKay used to lie to tourists for a living. A mere 19 years ago, as a Temple student and struggling stand-up comic, the Malvern-bred McKay was one of those carriage drivers offering out-of-towners a ...

Endy Chavez couldn't remember the last time he was thrown out at home. As for getting thrown out twice in one game, both times by such a wide margin even Chavez thought to himself, "Wow, I'm really far away," ...

Tests on Mets closer Billy Wagner's left shoulder showed he has muscle spasms around the joint, and his availability for New York's first-place matchup with the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night will ...

AP Photo Florida Marlins' Hanley Ramirez, right, of the Dominican Republic, slides safely into home as Philadelphia Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz, left, of Panama, waits for the ball on a single.

Rookie right-hander Chris Volstad makes his second big- league start in the midst of a tight divisional race tonight, when his Florida Marlins host the Atlanta Braves in the first of three games at Dolphin ...

An important baseball series in July? Really? The Phillies visit Shea tomorrow for a pivotal NL East three-game set.

In Kyle Kendrick's last start, he tried to hightail it out of Citizens Bank Park to beat the impending firework-driven traffic out of South Philly.

The Philadelphia Phillies recalled pitcher Brett Myers from his minor league assignment at Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Monday.

Phillies OF Pat Burrell is annoyed after being yanked late in Sunday's loss to the Marlins, Philly.com says.

If the darkening skies creeping over Great American Ball Park late yesterday were capable of foreshadowing events, then what awaits the Mets might be more troublesome than what they accomplished here.

Jorge Cantu hit a bases-loaded single off the scoreboard with none out in the 11th inning, and the Florida Marlins tightened the NL East race by beating the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 Sunday.

Alfredo Amezaga led off the 11th with a single against Clay Condrey (2-2), and Hanley Ramirez walked on a 3-2 pitch. Jeremy Hermida bunted to Condrey, who looked to third base before throwing late to first, and the infield single loaded the bases.

Cantu singled on a 1-1 pitch and was mobbed by his teammates.

The Marlins' Scott Olsen pitches against the Phillies at Dolphin Stadium on Saturday, July 19, 2008.