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WHAT IT MEANS: The Mets finished their rain-shortened trip to Miami and Atlanta with a 9-4 loss to the Braves on Sunday afternoon at Turner Field. Trailing 8-3, the Mets loaded the bases with two outs in the eighth. Terry Collins then inserted pin...

Marvel/Associated Press David Wright, also known as Captain America, had a game-tying ninth-inning homer against Craig Kimbrel on Friday night. ATLANTA FIRST PITCH: After suffering a pair of demoralizing defeats early this week in Miami, the Met...

Lynne Sladky/Associated Press Mike Piazza returns onstage for a curtain call after performing as a gangster during a dress rehearsal of the Miami City Ballet's performance of "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" on Friday. Piazza has a few lines in the compa...

MIAMI -- Hitting coach Dave Hudgens' message to players as the Mets' offense went into hibernation for a week? Don't panic. Stick with the plan. "It's not the first time I've been involved with a team that hasn't hit with runners in scoring pos...

MIAMI FIRST PITCH: After a desperately needed 7-6 win against the Miami Marlins that snapped a six-game losing streak, the Mets spend an off-day in Atlanta today before a weekend series against the first-place Braves. The scheduled pitching mat...

MIAMI - Whether or not David Wright had been named captain in late March, moments like this week in Miami are what make the third baseman a leader, Terry Collins said. David Wright #5 3B New York Mets 2013 STATS GM26 HR3 RBI20 R17 O...

Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports Bobby Parnell got the call and the save Wednesday afternoon. MIAMI -- A day later, Bobby Parnell got a chance to close out the game. He did not disappoint. After consecutive games in which the Mets failed to p...

Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports Ike Davis and Marlon Byrd greet Jordany Valdepsin after his critical pinch-hit three-run homer. MIAMI -- Too valuable to be an everyday player? The more success Jordany Valdespin has as a pinch hitter, the less of...

WHAT IT MEANS: Jordany Valdespin was "El Hombre" Wednesday afternoon. With the Mets in danger of getting swept by the lowly Miami Marlins, Valdespin produced a pinch-hit three-run homer in the sixth against Marlins reliever A.J. Ramos to stake the...

MIAMI -- Trying to get Justin Turner into the lineup while also leaving his infield intact, Terry Collins said he weighed using Turner in the outfield Wednesday for the first time since brief usage there in 2006 at Class A Billings. Collins opted ...

MIAMI -- Here are the lineups for Wednesday's 12:40 p.m. game against the Miami Marlins as the Mets try to avoid getting swept. Terry Collins had indicated Justin Turner, who is hitting .491 in seven starts this season, likely would get the nod at...

MIAMI FIRST PITCH: The Mets' losing streak has reached six games after the club failed to protect a one-run lead with three outs remaining for a second straight day at Marlins Park. Now, Dillon Gee (1-4, 5.96 ERA) takes the mound for a 12:40 p....

MIAMI -- David Wright and Terry Collins unsuccessfully argued that Chris Coghlan overslid third base in the ninth inning and should have been out. Replays supported their assertion. Still, Wright said, the disputed call by third base ump Tim McCle...

MIAMI -- Terry Collins did not mince words after the Mets lost their second straight game in which they were three outs from victory. "I'm pissed off. I'm extremely pissed off," Collins said. "We've been in two games. You know, we were in two game...

David Santiago/El Nuevo Herald/MCT/Getty Images Jeremy Hefner took a hard-luck loss Tuesday after taking a scoreless effort into the ninth. MIAMI -- Probably unfairly, Jeremy Hefner suggested he had no one to blame for Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the...

Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports Bobby Parnell was upset with going unused Tuesday. MIAMI -- Bobby Parnell shooed away a reporter after Tuesday's 2-1 loss, telling him: "Nope." The closer did not have to say anything more to demonstrate his disp...