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-Giants 7 Mets 6 12inn: It was a game that had a lot of familiar events. Armando Benitez blowing a save and the Mets coming back in dramatic fashion, but the ending was different. Jose Valentin and Lastings Milledge homered in the tenth off of Benitez to bring New York back from a 6-4 deficit, but Pedro Feliz knocked in the winning run in the twelfth to give the Giants a series win.

The story of the night was the bullpen. If the Yankees can find a way to get into the sixth or seventh inning with the lead it is going to be very tough to beat them. Quantrill thrives on work, after working two games in five days early in the season, Quantrill walked into Joe Torre's office and asked the manager if he had to go to the other clubhouse to get some work. Quantrill wants to work 4 out of five games. Right now, there is no concern that he is working too much. Gordon and Rivera on the other hand, may need to rest a little bit more in the next 8 weeks.

Despite the score, the game was actually close...until the 3rd inning when the Expos scored 7 runs and batted around. That's Ugly and the Mets had no alibi. If you're looking for some positive aspects of the game (there were some, but Gothamist had to look long and hard at the box score), you would be happy to know that Richard Hidalgo had two home runs and David Wight hit his first career homer. It ends about there.

Entering the bottom of the ninth, the Mets turned to Braden Looper, the Former Marlin to close the game. Three singles in a row by the Marlins and an error by Mike Cameron led to a tie game. Lenny Harris, a former Met hit a single to take a one-run lead. In the bottom of the inning, Armando Benitez, also a former Met, closed out the game, dropping the Mets back to .500 and into a tie with the Marlins for 3rd. Benitez's performance was something the Mets never saw consistently when he was in Flushing, which was clear when fans booed him when he came onto the field.

After 87 games, the Mets are at 44-43, barely over .500, but in a position few expected. They are in fourth place (that was expected), but are only 2 games out of first place in the NL East. Sure, their division isn't playing that well, but with the Phillies, Braves, Marlins and Mets all in the hunt for the pennant, it looks like the rest of the season will be exciting.