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An anticipated pitchers’ duel melted away, leaving in its place a battle on the basepaths that the Mets won, 7-5, in 10 innings.

The Mets’ uninspired offense and suddenly hittable bullpen could not bail out Oliver Pérez in front of a capacity crowd of 41,959.

John Maine faced 10 batters and walked in two runs to sink the Mets, and their 10-game winning streak, in a 5-2 loss to the Reds.

A two-run homer in the ninth rallied the Mets to their 10th straight victory Thursday night and moved New York back into first place in the National League East.

Raúl Ibáñez’s tiebreaking homer in the fourth was enough offense as the Seattle Mariners won for the eighth time in 11 games beating the Detroit Tigers on Friday.

Ken Griffey Jr.’s two-run homer helped the Reds defeat the Pirates and the Astros released Shawn Chacon following a scuffle with the team’s general manager.

Andy Phillips begin his Mets career against the Yankees, his former team, after being traded after his short stay with the Reds.

In Sunday’s 4-1 victory over Cincinnati, Jason Giambi drove in two runs with a double, scored two others and even stole a base.

Dan Giese of the Yankees pitched pretty well Saturday in his first major league start but his crucial fielding mistake got him in trouble late in the game and led to a victory by the Cincinnati Reds.

Edinson Vólquez beat out Mike Mussina in a contest of youth versus experience at Yankee Stadium on Friday night.