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Gameday Live 99: Rockies at Mets

Tuesday July 28, 2009 6:51 PM By David Cassilo

Welcome everyone! I’m David Cassilo, and I will be taking you through tonight’s game between the Mets and the Rockies.With all that went on before the game at Citi Field yesterday, it almost went unnoticed that the Mets won their third straight game, defeating the Rockies 7-3. The game turned in the eighth inning when pinch-hitter Fernando Tatis clubbed a grand...

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