Delgado, Mets outlast Dodgers

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07/20/2007 - Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Carlos Delgado hit one of three New York home runs, and the Mets overcame 19 Los Angeles hits to beat the Dodgers, 13-9, in the opener of a four-game series.

Delgado and Ramon Castro hit consecutive homers in the sixth inning, and Carlos Beltran also went deep, but Tom Glavine failed to get career win No. 299.

Both starting pitchers exited early, as the teams combined for 15 runs over the first three innings. The Mets scored six times in the first inning and made that lead stand up.

Glavine was battered for 10 hits and six runs over two-plus frames before being lifted. Aaron Sele (3-0) threw three innings to get the victory.

"Did we win that game?" Mets manager Willie Randolph asked. "It's not fun to manage a game like this. Tom struggled. We were hoping to get him his 299th. Aaron pitched well. We knew they'd come back, so we hung in there and kept fighting."

Ruben Gotay had three hits with an RBI and scored twice for the NL East- leading Mets, who won for the fourth time in six games. The Mets totaled 16 hits and benefited from the Dodgers leaving 13 men on base.

Derek Lowe (8-9) was pounded for 10 hits and nine runs -- eight earned-- with three walks over three innings to remain winless in his last five outings.

"We dug ourselves a hole early," Lowe said. "I made countless mistakes with my pitches and they hit my mistakes."

Matt Kemp belted a two-run homer and Jeff Kent added a solo shot for Los Angeles, which had won six of seven, but are now one percentage point behind the Padres for the lead in the NL West.

Beltran homered to left field off Mark Hendrickson leading off the eighth, boosting the lead to 13-8.

James Loney singled in a run in the bottom of the inning, but the Dodgers left runners at the corners when Kemp grounded out. The Dodgers had two runners on again in the ninth, but couldn't score.

The Mets sent 11 men to the plate in the opening inning. David Wright doubled in two runs, Castro stroked an RBI single, as did Shawn Green and Gotay. Another run scored on an error by Kemp in center field.

Luis Gonzalez singled in two runs in the bottom of the inning, but Kent was thrown out trying to go to third base on the hit, and Nomar Garciaparra grounded out to end the inning.

Kemp homered in the second inning, but the Mets expanded their lead to 9-4 in the third on an RBI groundout by Jose Reyes and a two-run single by Marlon Anderson.

Kent led off the bottom of the inning with a homer, and pinch-hitter Olmedo Saenz hit a sacrifice fly later in the inning, but Garciaparra was thrown out trying to advance to third to cap the frame.

Reyes singled in a run in the fifth, but the Dodgers countered with pinch- hitter Wilson Betemit's RBI hit, leaving the score at 10-7 going into the sixth.

Delgado homered to center off Rudy Seanez with one out in the sixth, and Castro followed with a blast to left.

Rafael Furcal doubled in Kemp in the seventh for a 12-8 margin.

Game Notes

The Dodgers swept the Mets in a three-game set in LA from June 11-13...Juan Pierre extended his hitting streak to 12 games for the Dodgers...The Mets committed three errors.

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