Carlos Beltran and Ryan Church hit back-to-back homers in the fifth inning to support Oliver Perez and lead the New York Mets to an 8-3 victory Sunday over the bumbling Cincinnati Reds. The Reds batted out of order in the ninth after an earlier double switch, with backup catcher David Ross coming to the plate in the No.
Posted: May 11th, 2008.
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