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Major League Baseball
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NY Mets 8, Arizona 4
When: 1:10 PM ET, Sunday, April 24, 2011
Where: Citi Field, New York, New York
Temperature: 75°
Umpires: Home - Gerry Davis, 1B - Sam Holbrook, 2B - Greg Gibson, 3B - Todd Tichenor
Attendance: 22232

David Wright belted two home runs as the New York Mets completed a sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks with an 8-4 victory on Sunday afternoon.

New York (9-13) has won a season-high four straight contests as its offense totaled 18 runs in the three-game series with Arizona (8-12). The Mets' total matched the amount scored in their previous two series combined.

Wright was a huge factor and clearly rebounded from last week’s 0-for-24 streak. His first-inning shot off Armando Galarraga gave the Mets a 2-0 lead, and he went deep again in the fourth to go up 7-1. The third baseman has already matched his career high with five April home runs.

Galarraga (3-1) allowed six runs – two earned – on four hits and four walks in just three innings.

Ike Davis stayed hot for New York, too. Davis failed to hit a home run for the fourth straight game but he did go 2-for-3 with two walks and an RBI.

It was more than enough for Jonathon Niese (1-3), who allowed three runs – two earned – on six hits with two walks in seven innings. Stephen Drew had three hits but RBI machine Chris Young ended the series without a hit for Arizona, which has dropped four straight.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Arizona   NY Mets
Armando Galarraga Player Jon Niese
Loss W/L Win
3.0 IP 7.0
5 Strikeouts 3
4 Hits 6
6.00 ERA 2.57
Hitting
Arizona   NY Mets
Stephen Drew Player Ike Davis
3 Hits 2
2 RBI 1
0 HR 0
5 TB 3
.750 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Arizona 8 0 11 .235 17 4 4 3 0 1
NY Mets 9 3 20 .273 16 7 8 7 1 0