BALTIMORE - This time, the New York Mets were the ones to benefit from a dropped pop-up.
Baltimore first baseman Aubrey Huff muffed a seventh-inning pop down the right-field line that produced two unearned runs, and the Mets beat the bumbling Orioles, 6-4, last night.
Three Baltimore errors led to three tainted Mets runs, helping Mike Pelfrey (5-2) earn his first win in more than five weeks.
Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez gave up a bases-loaded walk to Ty Wigginton and a run-scoring groundout to Brian Roberts in the ninth, then struck out Adam Jones with two runners in scoring position for his 17th save in 18 opportunities.
New York had lost eight of 12, including two of three to the hated Yankees over the weekend. But after a day off, they enjoyed a reversal of fortune against the last-place Orioles.
New York (N) 000 400 200 – 6 11 0
Baltimore 000 002 002 – 4 7 3
New York AB R H BI Avg. Baltimore AB R H BI Avg.
Cora ss 5 1 3 0 .277 B.Roberts 2b 5 0 0 1 .293
F.Martinez lf 4 2 1 0 .218 Ad.Jones cf 5 1 1 0 .322
Beltran cf 5 1 0 0 .336 Markakis rf 4 1 2 2 .287
D.Wright 3b 5 1 2 1 .365 A.Huff 1b 4 0 1 0 .261
Church rf 5 1 1 1 .268 Mora 3b 4 1 1 0 .266
Sheffield dh 4 0 1 0 .270 Scott dh 3 1 1 0 .315
Dan.Murphy 1b 3 0 0 1 .234 Reimold lf 2 0 0 0 .281
Schneider c 3 0 2 1 .238 Wieters c 4 0 1 0 .234
L.Castillo 2b 4 0 1 0 .279 Andino ss 2 0 0 0 .250
Totals 38 6 11 4 a-Wigginton ph 0 0 0 1 .235
1-Pie pr 0 0 0 0 .202
