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• Matt Harvey needs help in his quest for greatness

  us an opportunity to get in the winning column."The Mets again refused to return the favor. Harvey stayed undefeated (4-0) when Mike Baxter 's RBI single tied the score at 2 in the bottom of the seventh inning. But this was his fourth straight no-decision,   Read more »

• Mike Baxter a walk-off hero again for Mets

  Baxter extended his arms, turned his body toward the dugout and waited for the wave of his teammates to crash into him. He stood there for half a second before they arrived to celebrate his latest bit of heroics.Baxter's pinch-hit single in the bottom of the   Read more »

• Dillon Gee breezes until sixth as Phillies' Ryan Howard strikes again

  a Philadelphia blowout.Gee (1-4) had allowed only three hits through five innings -- one was a pop-up lost by rightfielder Mike Baxter and another a weak bloop -- but the nasty sixth left Mets starters, apart from Matt Harvey 's 4-0 record, at 3-7.Mets manager   Read more »

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• Mets lose to Cubs, 8-2

  ball to deep left-center at the wall to end the inning. New York had runners on second and third again in the second, but Mike Baxter popped out to shortstop to end the inning. Chicago then scored four times in the fourth inning. Luis Valbuena had a sacrifice 5/18/13 from Daily Freeman Read more »

• The Catcher Who Parties Too Hard

  clobbered him in the face with a whipped-cream pie. It was a wonder Valdespin didn't land on the disabled list.Then, following Mike Baxter's game-winning single last week, TV cameras caught Buck running up to Baxter, cocking his fist back and apparently slugging   from Wall Street Journal Read more »

• Cardinals 6, Mets 3: Mets Falter Against Cardinals, Losing Fourth Straight

  Beltran, who appeared to lose sight of it. The liner sailed beyond his glove and rolled to the wall, allowing Ankiel and Mike Baxter score. David Wright followed with a dribbler up the middle for a run-scoring infield single. But the Cardinals matched the   from International Herald Tribune Read more »

• Baxter builds up Citi credit

  away Mike Baxter and the Mets could be headed to St. Louis coming off a winless homestand. The part-time outfielder, who had the game-winning hits in the team’s lone wins on this recently completed stay in Queens, continued to be one of the few dependable   from New York Post Read more »

• Bounce goes against Mets in 3-2 loss to Pirates

  straight loss in the four-game series. "It's clichĂŠ to say it, but when times are tough, when it rains, it pours," said Mike Baxter, who had a tying single in the seventh. The Mets lost for the fourth time on a just-completed six-game homestand in which   from The Seattle Times Read more »