Mets Fall Into Second Place
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The free-fall continued last night as The New York Mets lost to the Florida Marlins 7-4.
All-Star third baseman David Wright couldn’t find the bag to make an important force play, Oliver Perez hit a pair of batters with the bases loaded and the Mets stumbled out of the NL East lead.
“I think it’s embarrassing,” Mr. Wright said in an eerily silent clubhouse. “It’s pretty pathetic that we have this division within our grasp with seven home games and we can’t find a way to win one of them. It’s a bad feeling.”
New York has lost five straight and 11 of 15. The Mets’ eighth straight home loss dropped them out of first place for the first time since May 15.
“It doesn’t feel real good right now but we’ve still got to get a win so we can have a chance,” manager Willie Randolph said. “We don’t know what’s going to happen down the pipe but we have to take care of ourself first.”