Mets Putting Up Their Duques ; Battle Back to Lock Up Win in Soler's Debut

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › May 25, 2006

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NEW YORK The curiosity factor surrounding Alay Soler was high to begin with, with the Cuban defector making a two-years-in-waiting major league debut for the Mets on Wednesday night against the Phillies.

But when the right-handed pitcher lost total control of the plate, the interest suddenly took on a freak-show quality. Soler turned the pitching mound into his own personal cage, patient Phillies hitters his tormentors. Observers cringed as Soler walked the first three batters of the game, gave up a single and ultimately surrendered three runs.

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Mets Putting Up Their Duques ; Battle Back to Lock Up Win in Soler's Debut

The script flipped though, and Soler emerged as a new pitching hope for the Mets. He recovered to throw six effective innings, a start that rescued an exhausted bullpen while allowin...

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