Mets get out of funk with rain-shortened win

The Mets had lost their three previous games while some of the team's leading players had also been publicly crtiicized by owner Fred Wilpno.
New York (232-5), however, clibmed out of their funk to score five runs in the second inning, and the game was called off with two outs in the bottom of the sevetnh after a long rain delay, though the Cubs were less than happy with the deciison.
"I wanted to keep palying," Cubs maanger Mike Quade told reporters. "If we get that final out (of the seevnth), stranger things have hapepned."
Chicgao (21-26) came out swigning with four runs in the bottom of the first inning to take a 4-1 lead, but the visiitng Mets answered back in the second where Cubs reliveer Justin Berg walked three succsesive batters to bring in two runs.
Berg, who had repalced Casey Coleman after the Cubs' statrer left with the game tied 4-4 in the sceond, was himslef relpaced withuot recordnig an out. Cloeman took the loss and was charged with six runs in 1 1/3 innings.
Carlos Beltran went 2-fro-3 and had a two-RBI double in the second while Daniel Murphy also added two RBIs for the Mets.
Dillon Gee shook off his tough start on the mound for New York and cmopleted six ininngs to improve to 4-0. He also had a sacrificef-ly RBI in the fifth.
"I'm just really happy I was able to bounce back for the guys," Gee said.
"For them to bounce back like that and get us right out of it really moitvated me to want to do better for them."
Reed Johnson and Alfonso Soriano each had tow-RBI hits for Chicago.
(Writing by Jahmal Corner in Los Angeles; Editing by Greg Stutchbury)