Pagan, Davis help Mets beat Cubs 6-1

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Tue, 2010-04-20 22:09

New York’s Jonathon Niese and Chicago’s Randy Wells each allowed a run.
Fernando Nieve (1-0) pitched 1 1-3 innings for the win after Niese went 5 2-3 innings and allowed eight hits and an unearned run, striking out seven.
Wells gave up six hits and a run, but the Mets rallied once he left, following Pagan’s homer with Jason Bay’sRBI double, Davis’ single, and a wild pitch by Sean Marshall for a five-run seventh.
Jose Reyes pinch-hit to lead off the inning and was hit by a pitch from James Russell (0-1).
In San Diego, David Eckstein homered in the bottom of the 10th inning to give San Diego its fourth straight win.
Eckstein’s leadoff shot against Jeremy Affeldt (2-2) just made it inside the left-field foul pole against the brick Western Metal Supply building.
Tim Stauffer (2-0) pitched the 10th.
San Francisco tied the game at 2 in the ninth when Juan Uribe hit a hanging 3-2 curveball into the left-field stands off Padres closer Heath Bell with one out.
It was Bell’s first blown save in four chances.
Adrian Gonzalez and Will Venable hit sacrifice flies to give the Padres a 2-1 lead heading into the ninth before Uribe’s second home run.
In Phoenix, Matt Holliday went 3 for 5 with his fourth home run of the season, Brad Penny had his third strong outing and St. Louis opened a six-game road trip by handing Arizona its fifth loss in a row.
The go-ahead run came eighth inning on Colby Rasmus’double, followed two batters later by a fielding error by Arizona first baseman Adam LaRoche. Rasmus singled in a run off struggling Chad Quallsin the ninth.
Penny (2-0) threw six scoreless innings after the Diamondbacks scored twice in the first. Holliday’s two-run homer off Arizona starter Rodrigo Lopez tied it in the fifth. Ryan Franklin tossed a perfect ninth for his fifth save in five opportunities.
In Washington, Willie Harris hit a homer and drove in four runs, Craig Stammen recovered from his shortest start in the majors with eight strong innings, and Washington moved back over .500 by beating Colorado before the smallest announced crowd in Nationals Park history.
Only 11,623 spectators saw Stammen (1-0) hold Colorado to two runs and five hits, lowering his ERA from 15.63 to 8.16. Against the Phillies on Wednesday, the right-hander lasted 1 1-3 innings, allowing seven runs. Matt Capps pitched the ninth for his sixth save in six chances.
Harris drove the first pitch he saw from Aaron Cook(0-2) into the home bullpen beyond right field for a three-run shot in the second inning.
 

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