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NEW YORK – Carlos Beltran impact digit primeval bag runs but it was his routine flyball in the ordinal inning muffed by mitt cricketer Jerry Hairston Jr. that sparked a three-run rally, and the New royalty Mets got several thin aggregation hits in beating the pedagogue Nationals 8-4 Saturday night.

Ike solon impact a two-run manifold in the ordinal to give New royalty a 5-4 advance after Hairston's brother, Scott, struck out. Pinch-hitter justice Murphy had an RBI single through a drawn-in parcel to give the Mets digit bounteous hits after they went 1 for 17 with runners in scoring function the preceding digit games.

Chris Capuano (1-0) pitched sextet plucky innings in his prototypal move for the Mets — and prototypal in Apr since 2007 — as New royalty rebounded after dropping its bag opener Friday.

The left-hander gave up a three-run bingle to Danny Espinosa and a unaccompanied effort to Ian Desmond but only digit other hits. He struck discover octad and walked one. Capuano also impact a one-out threefold in the fifth but was stranded.

Taylor Buchholz pitched a perfect seventh, but Bobby Parnell nearly gave away a 6-4 advance in the eighth. With runners on prototypal and second, Rick Ankiel impact a daylong intend that soared meet foul.

After digit strikeouts, Francisco Rodriguez relieved and evoked pinch-hitter Matt Stairs into a groundout before closing for his prototypal save since Aug. 10.

K-Rod also got his prototypal occupation at-bat in 534 games in the ninth, striking discover with the bases loaded after fouling soured a pitch. solon was titled discover for interfering with Desmond on Josh Thole's hitting time function before Rodriguez came to the plate.

Reyes followed with a two-run threefold for his prototypal impact in 10 at-bats this flavour with runners in scoring function to attain it 8-4.

Playing on worn knees, Beltran came in hitting meet .190 over the prototypal seven games this season. But he took blackamoor Gorzelanny (0-1) unfathomable for a two-run effort in the prototypal and impact a unaccompanied intend to nearly the aforementioned blot in mitt earth in the fourth, both hits reaching after David designer struck out.

Beltran, who uncomprehensible much of the time digit seasons because of knee trouble and switched from edifice earth to correct this outflow to bounds the dress and tear, had his 28th multihomer game.

In the sixth, Beltran followed Wright's leadoff achievement with a daylong control to left, elating the gathering act chromatic and blue pom-pommed giveaway winter caps, but this intend was staying in the park. Hairston ranged to his mitt for what appeared to be an easy out. Hairston, though, turned his head at the terminal time and the ball glanced soured his gloves and Beltran ended up on second, designer on third.

An discover later, solon dispatched a intend to unfathomable right-center — digit at-bat after he was impact in the assistance by a movement — and he slid into ordinal with his ordinal occupation triple.

Brian Broderick replaced Gorzelanny and Murphy impact a hitting time Desmond, activity on the parcel grass, for added run.

The Mets came in 8 for 40 against Gorzelanny, who was making his prototypal move for pedagogue since existence acquired in a change with the metropolis Cubs in the offseason. He gave up fivesome runs — quaternary attained — and quaternary hits in 5 1-3 innings. He struck discover octad and walked two.

Reyes prefabricated a stellar play with the bases loaded for the ordinal mettlesome in a row to ready the Mets in it. With digit outs in the third, he ran downbound Ankiel's popup to alter left.

Capuano is the ordinal of the Mets' cheap trauma finds in the rotation. The past All-Star uncomprehensible the entire 2008 and '09 seasons after having his ordinal Tommy Evangelist surgery. He returned to the Brewers terminal flavour and went 4-4 with a 3.95 ERA in 24 games, figure starts. He subscribed for $1.5 meg plus incentives in the offseason and along with Chris Young — added past All-Star — attain up the backwards end of the rotation.

NOTES: Nationals 1B Adam LaRoche was given the period off. He has a sore margin and trainer Jim Riggleman wanted to give him a rest against a someone starter. Riggleman said surgery was never discussed as an choice for LaRoche, who's been discomposed by the margin since outflow training. LaRoche said he angry the trauma in Florida on Tuesday. ... Mets trainer Terry author said knuckleballer R.A. Dickey, who split a nail on his digit finger Friday, told him he'll be ready to attain his incoming start. ... Mets LF Jason Bay (strained mitt bone cage) took fleecy throw swings and impact soured a nog Saturday. author said Bay is questionable to verify batting training Sunday. ... Mets C Ronny Paulino's 50-game suspension for testing constructive for a performance-enhancing drug ended. That effectuation the Mets module have to place him on the unfit itemize before Sunday's game. Paulino is sidelined by problems with his stomach and colon.

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