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Reyes’ HR helps Mets tie Phils for first

New York Mets' Jose Reyes, right, celebrates the Mets' victory with teammate Carlos Delgado, left, at the end of the Major League Baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at Shea Stadium in New York. The Mets defeated the Phillies 6-3.

For the second consecutive night, the New York Mets built a three-run lead going into the ninth inning against Philadelphia. This time, they had Billy Wagner ready to close it out — and that made all the difference. “He makes it easy,” Jose Reyes said. Reyes’ three-run homer snapped a sixth-inning tie and the Mets, with Wagner back from a sore shoulder, rebounded from a demoralizing defeat by…

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