Extra innings special today in baseball in the games I've had on today: Angels/Yankees played 13 earlier. Currently, in addition to the Mets game, the Red Sox/Tigers are in the bottom of the 13th.
As one might expect, a lot of runners left on base in the game in Houston, with the Mets coming back from an early 3-0 deficit to tie the game on home runs by Carlos Delgado and David Wright by the seventh, with the pitchers on both sides taking charge from that point on.
Special mention for ex-Astro Carlos Beltran, being booed at every at bat in this series, with his tumbling catch of a drive from Luke Scott on the mound at MinuteMaid Park. The two out effort, with runners on the corners, seemed to be a certain hit for the Astros fans still remaining in attendance, I'm sure they didn't think that Beltran could back up fast enough while going up the hill to catch the ball. Stunned is the word that would best sum up the fans reaction to the catch, which Beltran made nicely by sticking his glove out from his body while falling down and away from the ball. Certainly makes up for going 0 for 6 so far.
9:20 EDIT: Mets won in 17 innings, scoring two runs on rbi singles from Beltran and David Wright. As the Astro announcers noted, Beltran may not have had the best stats in the game, but he made the crucial plays that counted the most. Let's go Mets! More good news: Braves and Phillies lost as well, the latter blowing a 3-0 lead in Colorado. Yes, I guess those Rockies batters can hit.
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