Fernando Tatis' body was laden with ice bags, Francisco Rodriguez's right arm was wrapped with towels. The weary New York Mets went through a lot to gain an improbable victory in an unwanted game. Two days after appearing to be in a freefall, the Mets pulled off the kind of victory that can turn a season around. Ryan Church singled in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning, and the Mets beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-8 on Thursday after trailing by five runs and wasting a ninth-inning lead.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Fri 5/8	NYM	PIT 3 at NYM 7	W: Parnell L: Yates
Sat 5/9	NYM	PIT 1 at NYM 10	W: Maine L: Maholm
Sun 5/10	NYM	PIT 4 at NYM 8	W: Hernandez L: Snell
Mon 6/1	Pit	NYM 5 at PIT 8	W: Gorzelanny L: Putz
Tue 6/2	Pit	NYM 1 at PIT 3	W: Duke L: Santana
Wed 6/3	Pit	PPD
Thu 6/4	Pit	NYM 6 at PIT 11	W: Jackson L: Pelfrey
Thu 7/2	Pit	NYM 9 at PIT 8	W: Rodriguez L: Capps

Box Scores

Mets (39 - 39) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Pirates (36 - 43) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. L Castillo, 2B 4 0 1 0 2 2. A Cora, SS 6 1 2 0 0 3. D Wright, 3B 5 2 1 0 1 4. G Sheffield, RF 4 0 1 1 1 4. F Martinez, CF 1 0 0 0 0 5. F Tatis, LF-1B 4 4 3 2 0 6. R Church, CF-RF 6 2 3 2 0 7. N Evans, 1B-LF 6 0 2 1 0 8. O Santos, C 4 0 1 0 1 9. T Redding, P 1 0 0 0 0 9. P Misch, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. D Murphy, PH 1 0 1 2 0 9. E Dessens, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. J Reed, PH 0 0 0 1 0 9. B Stokes, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. A Reyes, PH 0 0 0 0 1 9. P Feliciano, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. S Green, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. B Schneider, PH 1 0 0 0 0 9. F Rodriguez, P 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 43 9 15 9 6		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. A McCutchen, CF 5 0 1 1 0 2. J Wilson, SS 3 0 0 1 1 3. D Young, RF 3 0 0 0 0 3. S Jackson, P 0 0 0 0 0 3. J Chavez, P 0 0 0 0 0 3. F Sanchez, PH-2B 2 1 1 0 0 4. A LaRoche, 1B 5 2 2 2 0 5. G Jones, LF-RF 5 3 3 2 0 6. A LaRoche, 3B 4 1 0 0 1 7. R Diaz, C 4 1 3 2 0 8. R Vazquez, 2B 4 0 2 0 1 8. M Capps, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. P Maholm, P 2 0 0 0 0 9. J Karstens, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. J Salazar, PH 1 0 0 0 0 9. E Meek, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. B Moss, LF 1 0 0 0 1 Totals 39 8 12 8 4
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* T Redding 2.1 6 5 5 2 2 6.99 P Misch 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 E Dessens 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 3.86 B Stokes 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 3.78 P Feliciano (H, 15) 0.2 1 1 1 0 1 2.78 S Green (H, 8) 1.1 0 0 0 1 2 5.00 F Rodriguez (W, 2-2) (BS, 3) 2.0 4 2 2 0 1 1.59		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* P Maholm 4.1 11 6 6 1 1 4.69 J Karstens 1.2 1 2 2 2 0 4.80 E Meek 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 2.73 S Jackson 1.2 2 0 0 1 1 4.40 J Chavez 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 3.41 M Capps (L, 1-4) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 4.88
* = Season Stat
BATTING 2B: A Cora (9), F Tatis (8), O Santos (8) HR: F Tatis (3) BASERUNNING SB: A Cora (7), F Tatis (3), A Reyes (1)		BATTING 2B: A McCutchen (6), G Jones (1), R Diaz (6) 3B: G Jones (1) HR: A LaRoche (12), G Jones (1)

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Player News

Mets Brian Schneider (NYM) News: The Denver Post is reporting that the Rockies have shown some interest in catcher Brian Schneider. The team is looking for a backup to Chris Ianetta if Yorvit Torrealba leaves this winter.  (Fanball - Sun. Nov 22, 2009) Alex Cora (NYM) News: Cora, who is still rehabbing his surgically repaired thumbs, filed for free agency.  (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Elmer Dessens (NYM) News: Dessens filed for free agency.  (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009)

Pirates Ramon Aguero (PIT) News: Aguero has been added to the Pirates' 40-man roster.  (RotoWire - Nov 22, 2009) Shelby Ford (PIT) News: The Pirates didn't add Ford to their 40-man roster, exposing him to the Rule 5 draft.  (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Bryan Morris (PIT) News: Morris was added to Pittsburgh's 40-man roster on Friday.  (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009)