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Friday, May 5 7:05pm ET
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MIAMI (AP) -- If only the Mets could use Al Leiter every night. Leiter stopped New York's losing streak at four, allowing four hits in seven innings and striking out nine Friday as the Mets beat the Florida Marlins 4-1. New York, which had lost seven of its previous nine, improved to 6-0 this season with Leiter (3-0) on the mound. After Pat Mahomes threw a hitless eighth, John Franco pitched a perfect ninth for his first save since last June 24, the 417th of his career. Following a bloop single by Mike Redmond in the second inning, Leiter retired the next 10 batters. Four Marlins struck out, four popped out and two grounded out. Luis Castillo stopped the streak with a bunt single leading off the sixth, although umpire Tony Randazzo missed the call. First baseman Todd Zeile fielded the grounder and lunged toward Castillo a few feet shy of the bag. Randazzo called him safe, but television replays clearly showed that Zeile tagged Castillo on the upper arm. Leiter walked two of the next three batters, loading the bases. But he struck out Mike Lowell and Derrek Lee to end the inning. Leiter, who pitched the first no-hitter in Marlins history, struck out the side in the sixth and got Alex Gonzalez to foul out to start the seventh before Redmond doubled to right-center. With runners on first and second in the seventh, Leiter escaped by fanning Mark Kotsay. Jesus Sanchez (3-1) allowed four hits and three runs in seven innings, striking out seven. Rickey Henderson led off the game with a walk and scored on Edgardo Alfonzo's sacrifice fly, and Rey Ordonez made it 2-0 with an RBI double in the second. Redmond singled home a run in the bottom half, but Mike Piazza's seventh homer made it 3-1 in the fourth. Armando Almanza walked Robin Ventura with the bases loaded in the eighth. Game notesLowell went 0-for-4, including a bases-loaded strikeout in the sixth inning, extending his hitless streak to 20 at-bats. ... NL strikeout leader Preston Wilson struck out three times, giving him 47 this season. ... Leiter was the first of three left-handed starters the Marlins will face in this series. ... The announced crowd of 30,229 was the second-largest at Pro Player Stadium this season. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard NY Mets Clubhouse Florida Clubhouse RECAPS Boston 5 Tampa Bay 3
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