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Mets blow big lead but outlast Nats to extend East gap

Associated Press

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

NEW YORK -- David Wright had an assortment of hits to choose from Wednesday night. There was the long two-run homer in the eighth inning. A sharp double down the left-field line in the first. A leadoff hit in the go-ahead seventh. Nope. None of those worked for him as the hit that might be the elixir for solving his hitting woes. Wright preferred the run-scoring blooper, a jammed shot to center in the third for his breakthrough at-bat in the New York Mets' 13-10 win over the pesky Washington N ...

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