...winning pitcher Jeff Nelson said. ''The ceiling collapsed, there was water everywhere. This green, gunky water.'' Mike Piazza's two-run homer pulled the Mets within 3-2 in the third inning, and there was no more scoring as both managers...

...home by Philadelphia from May 28-30, took two of three in its last series before the start of interleague play. Mike Piazza and Edgardo Alfonzo homered for the Mets, who came back on Shinjo's RBI grounder in the seventh and Alfonzo's sacrifice...

...car racing will zoom into America's living room faster than a Roger Clemens fastball and with the same fanfare as a Mike Piazza home run trot during the World Series. NASCAR's new $2.6 billion television contract has elevated the popular...

...contracts and six more contracts with free agents that were agreed to but not announced. Randy Johnson, Sammy Sosa, Mike Piazza, Kevin Brown, Barry Zito, Tim Hudson and Shawn Green all have been mentioned in trade talk, but there's been no...

...anything. I've never quit anything,'' Howe said. Howe and Duquette both said injuries had hurt the Mets. Stars Mike Piazza, Tom Glavine, Cliff Floyd and many others have been banged up. The Mets were only one game out of the NL East lead...

...Pirates substantially weaken their offense by losing Kendall. His .306 career average trails only Mickey Cochrane, Mike Piazza, Bill Dickey, Ernie Lombardi and Ivan Rodriguez among catchers who have caught more than 1,000 games. ''We'll...