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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
NY Mets 4, Oakland 1
When: 1:10 PM ET, Thursday, June 23, 2011
Where: Citi Field, New York, New York
Temperature: 70°
Umpires: Home - Fieldin Culbreth, 1B - Gary Cederstrom, 2B - Adrian Johnson, 3B - Alan Porter
Attendance: 30168

Chris Capuano pitched six scoreless innings before leaving with an injury and Jose Reyes drove in a pair of runs as the New York Mets waited out a lengthy rain delay to beat the Oakland Athletics, 4-1, on Thursday afternoon.

Reyes also scored his National League-leading 56th run for the Mets, who have won two in a row after losing four of five.

Capuano (6-7) held Oakland to five hits and struck out seven before exiting with discomfort on the right side of his abdomen. The lefthander, who improved to 3-4 at home this year, has allowed two earned runs or less in each of his last four starts and eight of his last 10 outings.
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Reyes gave New York a 2-0 lead with an RBI single off Graham Godfrey (1-1) in the second and capitalizing on first baseman Chris Carter's dropped foul pop for another run. Carter had entered the game as a defensive replacement earlier in the inning.

Francisco Rodriguez worked a perfect ninth for his 20th save in 23 opportunities

Coco Crisp lifted a sacrifice fly for Oakland, which has lost 17 of its last 21 road games.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Oakland   NY Mets
Graham Godfrey Player Chris Capuano
Loss W/L Win
5.2 IP 6.0
4 Strikeouts 7
6 Hits 5
3.18 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Oakland   NY Mets
Scott Sizemore Player Daniel Murphy
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 1
0 HR 0
3 TB 3
.667 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Oakland 5 0 6 .167 8 7 1 1 2 2
NY Mets 9 0 9 .290 15 6 3 3 0 0