Florida Marlins defeat New York Mets, 6-1

Don't look now, but the Marlins are doing it again.

A year after crushing the Mets' playoff hopes and stamping New York's historical collapse, they picked up where they left off during last season's final weekend and handed the home team a 6-1 loss at Shea Stadium Friday night.

It pushed the Mets to brink of playoff elimination, a game behind the Brewers in the wild-card race with two to play.

"For us this is our playoffs and we're going to play it like the playof...

Doc Gooden, Tom Seaver and Mike Piazza might want to borrow some ear plugs from Bobby Bonilla for that Shea farewell Sunday. It could be a venomous atmosphere at the postgame sendoff to the stadium if Johan Santana and Oliver Perez can't save the Mets' season with starts on short rest.

For a second straight year, Florida arrived in Flushing for a season-ending series aiming to knock out the Mets. This time the Fish handed the not-so-Amazin's a 6-1 series-opening loss Fr...