The American League expanded from eight to 10 teams in 1961 when the Los Angeles Angels and Washington Senators were created. A year later, the National League added the Houston Colt .45s and the New York Mets.

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For the second straight Sunday and start, ace Johan Santana gave the Mets what they neededa huge lift in a must-win situation, as the Mets wanted to avoid getting swept four games to the Giants. Although the result showed that Santana was tremendous, he did have to fight trouble all game. From every inning from the first through the sixth, the Giants either had the leadoff man on or a runner in …

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Ike Davis doubled home the go-ahead run in 10th inning after the Mets wasted a two-run lead in the ninth, and New York beat the San Francisco Giants 4-3 Sunday to avoid a four-game sweep.

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SAN FRANCISCO Buster Posey and Andres Torres homered, and Matt Cain extended San Franciscos scoreless streak against the Mets to 24 innings before New York finally scored in an 8-4 loss to the Giants on Saturday night. The drives by Posey and Torres against Hisanori Takahashi (7-4) helped stake…

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Buster Posey continued his roll at the plate, extending his hitting streak to 11 games, and the Giants beat the Mets Saturday night.

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The San Francisco Giants devoured Hisanori Takahashi (7-4) Saturday night, scoring six runs in 2 2/3 innings in what eventually became an 8-4 defeat of the Mets – New York’s third straight loss to open the second half of the season.

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After flying from his home in Wichita, Kan., to San Francisco, Mike Pelfrey experienced neck stiffness. That resulted in the Mets pushing his start from Saturday night to Monday in Arizona. Hisanori Takahashi will pitch Saturday.

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With the All-Star Break over, the Mets head to San Francisco to start a four-game series with the Giants.

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Jose Reyes was scratched by the Mets, who welcomed back Carlos Beltran.

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GIANTS VS. NEW YORKSite: AT&T Park.About the Mets: A surprising starting staff has the Mets well-positioned at eight games over .

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Chipper Jones, in New York to play the Mets, said that hearing Bob Sheppard introduce him for the first time was a “career highlight.” “To have your name come out of those lips, you’re in the hallowed grounds of Yankee Stadium,” Jones said.

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New York Mets outfielder Carlos Beltran, who is making progress while recovering from surgery, addresses the media during a news conference prior to the Mets baseball game at Citi Field in New York, Sunday, July 11, 2010. Beltran is expected to return to the lineup this week when the Mets face the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco.

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My parents were avid baseball fans ( Boston Red Sox and New York Giants, now the Mets). They even spent their honeymoon to go to the World Series in 1925.

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NEW YORK (AP) New York’s ace pitcher Johan Santana hit his first major league homer, while pitching a shutout as the Mets blanked the Cincinnati Reds 3-0 in the National League on Tuesday.

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NEW YORK — Mat Latos outpitched Johan Santana, and the San Diego Padres stopped New York’s nine-game home winning streak by beating the Mets 4-2 on Thursday in the opener of a day-night doublehead

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When no one appeared to be looking, New York Giants rookie safety Chad Jones slyly picked up a bat leaning against the railing at the top of the Mets dugout steps and took a couple of half swings. Caught, a member of the Giants’ entourage at Citi Field on Wednesday told Jones to put it down.

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Hello again my friends! A Happy Mother’s Day too all of the mothers out there, and of course a Happy Stir-Up Sunday to all my fellow Mets fans! Well as I’m sure you know by now, in the opening 2 games to not only this series with the formidable San Francisco Giants, but to this 6 game homestand as well, the Mets have collected 2 walk-off victories, both via the long ball! These 2 games marked …

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