METS, 4, RED SOX 1
Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Thursday, March 15
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Mets at the plate: Shawn Green hit his second home run of the spring, to center field against Beckett in the fourth. Green also had a single. The Mets scored twice in the second, when the Red Sox committed two errors, one run scoring on a broken-bat single by Jose Valentin.
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Mets on the mound: Perez made the most impressive start by a Mets pitcher this spring, shutting out the Sox on three hits in five innings. He was more pleased with the absence of walks than he was with the nine strikeouts. He tired somewhat in the fifth -- it was his first time pitching more than four innings -- after throwing 40 strikes in his first 60 pitches. Smith struck out two in the seventh after trowing his first pitch to Ramirez behind the Red Sox slugger.
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