Ziegler hits Turner with pitch in 13th, Mets win

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NEW YORK (AP) - Brad Ziegler hit Justin Turner with a pitch with two outs in the 13th inning to force in the winning run and the New York Mets ended the Oakland Athletics' six-game winning streak, 3-2 Wednesday night.

Lucas Duda had a one-out single in the 13th off Ziegler (2-1). Daniel Murphy, who entered as a pinch-hitter in the 11th, singled to left. One out later, Jose Reyes was intentionally walked.

Turner then was grazed on the left thigh with Ziegler's first pitch. He turned to home plate umpire Alan Porter, looking for the call that gave the Mets their first walk-off win of the season.

Bobby Parnell (2-1) pitched one inning in a rain-delayed game that took 4 hours and ended after midnight.

Turner gave the Mets a lead in the eighth inning with an RBI single after Reyes hit his major league-leading 13th triple, but Francisco Rodriguez blew his second straight save opportunity in the ninth, giving up an RBI single to Conor Jackson with two outs to tie it.

Rodriguez gave up two runs in a loss to Atlanta last Thursday and he has allowed 11 runs in his last 9 2-3 innings.

The Mets had the bases loaded in the 12th but failed to capitalize against Ziegler.

Hideki Matsui made a tumbling shoestring catch in left field to end the 11th with a runner on first. The A's regular designated hitter has made several nice catches in two games against the Mets, his first two in the outfield since last September.

The Athletics had runners on first and second with one out in the 11th but Pedro Beato entered in a double-switch that removed Jason Bay from the game and held the A's.

Reyes' triple to right-center off Joey Devine was the first hit for one of the top four batters for either team in a game that was dominated by a duel between R.A. Dickey and Gio Gonzalez for seven innings.

Dickey's knuckleball was particularly effective on a sticky night that began with a downpour that delayed the start for 1 hour, 3 minutes. He went eight innings for the third time in four outings and allowed three hits and a homer to Kurt Suzuki.

The light-hitting Athletics mustered just three hits through eight innings while trying to match their longest winning streak since 2009, all while wearing their alternative brilliant gold jerseys.

Gonzalez allowed four hits and a second-inning run over seven innings. He was pinch-hit for in the eighth and Devine took over.

With one out, Reyes, the NL's leading hitter, snapped a 2-for-20 rut with a drive to right-center that appeared to go just under the glove of right fielder Ryan Sweeney as he crashed into the wall. Reyes scored on Turner's hit to left for a 2-1 lead.

Kurt Suzuki snapped an 0-for-13 skid with a one-out homer in the fifth to tie it.

Duda had given the Mets an early lead with an RBI single in the second.

After Duda's hit, Gonzalez retired 17 of 19 before being pinch-hit for by Mark Ellis in the eighth. Ellis was activated from the disabled list before the game only to find that surprising rookie Jemile Weeks has secured the second base job.

NOTES: Oakland's RHP Tyson Ross (oblique) pitched to minor leaguers Tuesday. Manager Bob Melvin said, "I heard it went well." ... Melvin said Ellis will work out at first, second and third base. ... Mets 3B David Wright (back) will be reevaluated by a doctor Thursday. He's been out since May 16. 1B Ike Davis (ankle) might face season-ending surgery if he does not show improvement over the next three weeks. ... David DeJesus stole his first base of the season in the 10th. ... Mets OF Willie Harris had a pinch-hit single in the ninth on his 33rd birthday. ... Matsui struck out four times and walked twice.

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