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One new Mets bails out another as 2006 continues to be a tremendous season. Billy Wagner allows two two-out singles to the moribund Pirates in the ninth to tie the game and cost Pedro Martinez a victory. It is already the third blown save for the team’s big free agent, and causer of controversy with the contrived “Whose Entrance Song Is It Anyway” hullabaloo. The Mets do nothing against the Bucs bullpen over the next three innings, while Duaner Sanchez and Chad Bradford hold the Pirates at bay. Leading off the bottom of the 12th, Carlos Delgado launches an opposite-field home run to send the Mets to the 4-3 victory. It is the second of three walkoff wins in five games. The 18-9 Mets lead the NL East by five games.