Ronny Cedeno News

Ronny Cedeno #13 of the New York Mets celebrates his eighth inning three run homwe run against the Cincinnati Reds with teammates at Citi Field on May 17, 2012 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.

New York Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy, rear, can't handle the toss from shortstop Ronny Cedeno allowing Pittsburgh Pirates' Casey McGhee to advance to second on a fielder's choice hit by Pirates' Yamaico Navarro during the second inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, May 23, 2012.

Contrasting pitching styles at PNC Park tonight at 7:05 as knuckleballer R.A. Dickey takes on the Pirates , while budding star James McDonald faces the Metropolitans.

Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Erik Bedard wipes his face after giving up a double to New York Mets' Ronny Cedeno that drove in one run in the second inning of the baseball game on Monday, May 21, 2012, in Pittsburgh.

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The Pittsburgh Pirates open a nine game homestand with a three game set against the New York Mets.A We reached out to Matt from Rising Apple to see what's going on with the surprising New York Mets.A A Ronny Cedeno and the Mets are 22-19, andA 3.5 games out of first place.A A The Bucs are 19-22, only 3 games behind the NL Central leading St.

David Wright lined his second double of the game, a tiebreaking drive in the eighth inning that raised his major league-leading average to .411 and sent the New York Mets past the Cincinnati Reds 9-4 Thursday.

David Wright crushed a go-ahead RBI double in the bottom of the eighth, lifting the Mets to a 9-4 victory over the Reds to salvage a split of a two-game series at Citi Field on Thursday.

The second week of May is no longer the "beginning" of the baseball season, nor can 100 plate appearances be considered a "small sample size".A No matter what baseball excuses people come up with to justify the woeful performance of Pirates starting shortstop Clint Barmes, the proof is in the pudding.

Ronny Cedeno has been taken off the disabled list and will be in the New York Mets ' lineup at shortstop when they begin a three-game series with the Miami Marlins , reports ESPN's Adam Rubin .

In the first Phillies game of the series, Jonathan Papelbon entered a tie game-much to the chagrin of Mets fans everywhere.

Ruben Tejada, the hot-hitting shortstop who crash-landed into the first base bag Sunday afternoon, will miss at least two weeks with a strained right quad.