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NEW YORK — Harrison Bader put the Mets ahead in the eighth inning for the second day in a row, hitting a two-run double off an angry Aroldis Chapman that lifted New York over the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-3. New York has won eight of 11 following an 0-5 start and reached .500 for the first time since last June. The team reversal has coincided with a turnaround by Bader, who hit .192 with one run and no RBIs in the Mets' first nine games but is 9 for 20 with six runs and three RBIs since to raise his batting average to .304.
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