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Mets end skid, defeat Cards to salvage four-game set

Wildly streaky from week to week, Daniel Murphy is on the right side of the ledger again.Murphy had a pair of doubles among his four hits to go with two runs scored and an RBI in the New York Mets' 5-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals to avoid a sweep in the finale of a four-game set.After a terrific start to the year, Murphy fell into an 0-for-17 slide, but has responded by going 10-of-16 since with four doubles."When he gets it going, he can be very dangerous," Mets manager Terry Collins said of Murphy.Murphy had an unusual ground-rule double in the sixth when he scalded an Adam Wainwright offering that stuck into a gap between the two conjoining walls in the right field corner.David Wright registered two hits, two RBI and a run scored, while Jonathon Niese (3-4) surrendered two runs on six hits and two walks over 7 1/3 frames for the Mets, who snapped a six-game losing skid.Bobby Parnell notched his fourth save after working around a two-out single in the ninth.Wainwright (5-3) took...

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  12. Niese shuts down Braves

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  1. Lucas Duda , John Buck lead Mets over Astros 9-6

    Lucas Duda and John Buck drove in two runs each and Ike Davis scored three times Saturday as the New York Mets beat the Houston Astros 9-6.Duda went 3 for 3 with a d...

  2. Lucas Duda homers in Mets' win over Braves

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  5. Pirates edge Mets

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  6. Peavy shines and White Sox down Mets

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  7. Hefner has no luck, Mets lose to White Sox 6-3

    No luck, no run support — no wins for Jeremy Hefner.Jake Peavy pitched three-hit ball in his return from a balky back and the Chicago White Sox got bookend home runs...

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