Mets fall to Marlins as lead dwindles

As Tom Glavine warmed up to start Thursday night's game against the Marlins, the Mets left-hander saw closer Billy Wagner trying a number of things to get loose -- to nullify the back spasms that suddenly had rendered him unable to pitch.

"He tried everything he could, but he couldn't do it," Glavine said in the somberness of the Mets clubhouse late Thursday, after the Mets couldn't protect a three-run lead without Wagner and wound up losing to the Marlins, 8-7, in 10 innings before 15,132 at Dolphin Stadium. "He feels as bad about it as anyone," Glavine said of Wagner. "It's just one more thing you pile on and can't believe it's happening." Continue