Jerry Manuel's charges answered his call.
Moments after Carlos Beltran became the ninth player to join the Mets' phone-book sized disabled list yesterday afternoon, Manuel said it was time for those left behind to "step up to another level."
Boy, did they. Overlooked reliever Brian Stokes stepped higher than anyone, but Stokes was far from the only second-tier Met to take it up a notch in a tense 6-4 win over the Cardinals at Citi Field.
The Mets also shook off Beltran's trip to the DL and a no-injury car accident involving Jose Reyes with huge contributions from a host of unlikely characters, including Tim Redding, Omir Santos, Alex Cora, Daniel Murphy and Luis Castillo. Continue
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