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Faith and Fear in Flushing found this 9/11/2007 on sports.espn.go.com [flag]
Summary: Oliver Perez improved his record against the Braves to 4-1 this season, allowing five hits with seven strikeouts as the Mets pushed Atlanta further from the postseason. The Braves, fifth in the NL wild-card, fell to a season-high 9 ½ games behind New York in the division. Missing fire power: Chipper Jones (strained muscle) and Andruw Jones (illness) were scratched from Atlanta's ... [link]

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Youth and Age
Published 9/11/2007 by Jason at Faith and Fear in Flushing
... Along those lines, last night's game briefly threatened to turn into a horror movie, but in the sixth Oliver showed the grit needed to escape the most frightening action sequence (lineout to third, pickoff at second, strikeout) and Billy Wagner made his way across unholy ground (McCann and Teixeira and Francoeur, oh my!) not only intact but also unmolested. In the end, with Wright ("MVP! MVP!") and McCann trading two-run shots, the difference was that first-inning run scratched out on a Beltran groundout. ...

THT Daily: Comebacks
Published 9/11/2007 by Matthew Carruth at The Hardball Times
... NYN 3 ATL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 6 COL 5 ...

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