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NEW YORK -- Cliff Pennington hit an RBI single with two outs in the 15th inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks, boosted early by Gerardo Parras bunt double, finally outlasted the New York Mets 5-4 in a back-and-forth classic Thursday to split an exhausting series at Citi Field. Arizona scored in the final three innings but couldnt close out the feisty Mets until Brad Ziegler retired Kirk Nieuwenhuis on an easy grounder with runners at second and third to end a game that lasted 5 hours, 46 minutes. Anthony Recker and Nieuwenhuis hit tying homers in consecutive extra innings for New York, which dropped its final home appearance before hosting the All-Star game July 16. In a span of four days, the teams played a 13-inning game, a 15-inning marathon and two others delayed by rain for a total of 3 1/2 hours. So it was only fitting that the finale went on and on throughout a humid afternoon as kids who lined up beyond the outfield wall in the eighth inning waited patiently to run the bases after the final out. Cody Ross drew a bases-loaded walk from New York reliever David Aardsma in the 13th, but the Diamondbacks squandered a great chance to add on. And of course, with two outs in the bottom half, Recker homered off ex-Met Heath Bell to tie it again. Arizona pushed across another run in the 14th on Martin Prados third hit, a bloop RBI single with two outs off Brandon Lyon. Moments later, Nieuwenhuis sent a one-out liner barely over the left-centre fence off Chaz Roe (1-0), who made his major league debut in the series opener Monday. Recker, who caught the entire game, and Nieuwenhuis were both batting .167 when they connected. Scott Rice (3-5) retired his first two batters in the 15th before Parra singled, Wil Nieves singled for his fourth hit and Pennington lined a single to left to make it 5-4. Ziegler walked two in the bottom half but hung on for his first save since 2011 with Oakland. And at last, it was over. The Mets are no stranger to long games -- especially on July 4. They lost a 20-inning marathon at home to Miami last month, won a 20-inning game in St. Louis three years ago and came out on top in an Independence Day thriller at Atlanta in 1985. That rain-delayed 16-13 victory is remembered best for Braves pitcher Rick Camps tying homer with two outs in the 18th and later the postgame fireworks that went off -- around 4 a.m. By pulling out this test of endurance, the NL West-leading Diamondbacks finished 3-7 on a long road trip against three NL East teams. Wearing alternate caps on the Fourth of July, the teams were back at it in 87-degree heat and humidity less than 13 hours after their rain-delayed game ended Wednesday night. Arizona put the leadoff batter on six times in the first eight innings but managed only Nieves two-run single in the fifth. Mets starter Dillon Gee and counterpart Ian Kennedy, who matched a season high with eight strikeouts, kept the sluggish offences in check for seven innings each. Kennedy, making his seventh consecutive start on the road, won his previous four outings against New York. He is winless in five starts overall since beating the Cubs on June 1 at Wrigley Field. This was his second time out since serving a 10-game suspension for his role in the June 11 brawl at Dodger Stadium. Gee, who entered with a .126 career batting average, lashed a two-out RBI single that tied it 2-all in the fifth. Omar Quintanilla scored after a one-out double. Ross drew a leadoff walk from Gee in the fifth and Parra dragged a hard bunt through the right side. With second baseman Daniel Murphy cheating toward the middle and first baseman Josh Satin breaking back to the bag, the ball rolled into shallow right field before Murphy could retrieve it. Ross scampered to third and Parra slid into second easily with a double. Nieves smacked the next pitch past shortstop for a two-run single. David Wright doubled in the Mets fourth and advanced on Kennedys wild pitch before scoring on an RBI groundout by Marlon Byrd. NOTES: Arizona will recall top prospect Tyler Skaggs from Triple-A Reno to start Friday night against Colorado in place of injured RHP Trevor Cahill (bruised right hip). The 21-year-old lefty went 1-1 with a 5.40 ERA in three starts for the Diamondbacks earlier this season. He was optioned to Reno on June 10. "He went back down there and got some more starts. Hell have a better understanding of what hes up against," manager Kirk Gibson said. ... Parra returned to the lineup in RF after sitting out two games. He was shaken up trying to make a diving catch on the warning track Monday, leaving him with scrapes and bruises on his face and arm. ... RHP Zack Wheeler (1-1, 5.06 ERA) makes his fourth major league start when the Mets open a nine-game road trip Friday night in Milwaukee. ... Mets pinch-hitter John Buck was ejected in the 12th by first base umpire Mike Everitt for protesting a checked-swing third strike. Cassius Marsh Jersey . Jacob Jacques, Andrew Ryan and Jonathan Drouin also scored for Halifax (37-18-3), who outshot the Islanders 40-26. Kevin Darveau stopped 25 shots. Bradley Kennedy had the lone goal for Charlottetown (18-33-5), which has nine losses in its last 10 games. Jimmy Garoppolo Jersey . Its been a successful Games for Canada, which will finish near the top of the medal standings again. 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Collaros threw for 317 yards and a TD in his first game against his former team while a stingy Hamilton defence held Toronto to just 146 net yards as the Ticats edged the Argonauts 13-12 before an energetic Labour Day Monday gathering of 18,135. "I cant say enough about the fans," Collaros said. "They really carried us through that whole game and I think it helped us. "Anytime you can shut down a Hall of Fame quarterback like Ricky Ray holding him to 12 points and they play defence like that, we better win the game. We did just enough to do so." Collaros finished 27-of-38 passing against Toronto, the team he spent two seasons backing up Ray before signing with Hamilton this off-season as a free agent. The game was also Collaross first since suffering a concussion July 4 against Edmonton. Toronto (3-7) suffered its third straight loss yet remains atop the East Division. However Hamilton (2-6) and Montreal (2-7) are tied for second with Ottawa (1-8) just four points back. Although Hamiltons offence 22 first downs and 364 total yards, it was also its own worst enemy with untimely penalties and the inability to finish drives. Hamilton was flagged 17 times for 111 yards and receiver Bakari Grant and running back Moissis Madu both dropped first-half TD passes. Fortunately, Hamiltons defence was stellar, holding Toronto to just nine first downs. Ray finished 16-of-29 passing for 142 yards and became the youngest player in CFL history to reach 50,000 career passing yards, but didnt achieve the milestone until connecting with Jason Barnes on a 37-yard completion in the fourth quarter. Still, Toronto had two late shots to pull out the win. The offence took the ball at its 32-yard line after recovering Madus fumble with 32 seconds remaining but the Ticats tackled Mike Bradwell on the games final play to preserve the win. And earlier in the fourth, backup Jeremiah Masoli fumbled at the Toronto one-yard line, which Jamie Robinson recovered and lateralled to Vincent Agnew to give the Argos the ball at their 20-yard line. "Its about time we had something good happen to these men in this room and how hard they practised and played and prepared," said Ticats head coach/GM Kent Austin. "That being said, we dropped two touchdown passes, we fumbled on the one-yard line. "Thank goodness the defence played so well. They gave us an opportunity to win." Tim Hortons Field was impressive despite sections still remaining a construction zone as work continues there. As a result, the seating capacity for Mondays game was about 18,000 -- which included Canadian John Saunders and Chris Berman of ESPN-- roughly 6,000 short of capacity once the facility is finally completed. And that didnt take away from the party-like atmosphere as fans began their traditional "Argos Suck" chant shortly after the visitors came to the field, then broke out into a loud rendition of "Oskie Wee Wee," after Hamiltons Frederic Plesius recovered Trent Guys fumble on the opening kickoff to set up Justin Medlocks 29-yard field goal just 1:25 into the contest. Torontos issues were turnovers as twice they lost fumbles on special teams as well as a Ray interception. Swazye Waters was the clubs most potent weapon, averaging 53.5 yards on 13 punts. "Its very disappointing,," said Argos head coach Scott Milanovich.dddddddddddd "To waste such a good effort by our defence and the way they stood up and forced that turnover at the one-yard line to give us a chance and we couldnt take advantage of it. "Its a tough one to take. Its turnovers again. Thats the name of the game and weve got to find a way to hold on to the football." Toronto is off till Sept, 13 when it visits the Calgary Stampeders. The expectation is injured slotbacks Chad Owens and Andre Durie -- two key figures in the Argos offensive attack -- will both be back. "Im looking forward to getting Chad and Dre (Durie) back and getting back to work," Milanovich said. "They (Argos players) believe this will turn around for them and if you cant dream its not going to happen. "Give them credit, they were great on defence but I felt like we think we let one slip away. We had this game for the taking . . . nothing will take away from the fact we couldnt get a field goal in the fourth quarter to win the game." Ray said theres a simply solution to cure Torontos woes: Play better. "You cant feel sorry or wait for something good to happen," he said. "Were just not playing good enough to win right now. "Offensively thats sustaining drives and were not staying out there and putting good drives together. We turned the football over which hurt us. Weve just got to get back to playing good football, thats the bottom line." Hamilton improved to 27-13-1 all-time on Labour Day versus Toronto as both teams donned their signature third jerseys -- white and powder blue for Toronto, black with gold numbers for Hamilton. The second half featured precious little offence as Medlocks conceded safety at 2:34 of the third accounted for all the scoring. Grant had Hamiltons touchdown. Medlock had two field goals and a convert. Guy scored Torontos touchdown. Waters added the convert and single, with the other points coming on two safeties. Rays 20-yard TD strike to Guy at 14:38 cut Hamiltons half-time lead to 13-10, a score that flattered the Argos given they had just 89 total yards offensively the entire first half, 98 of which came on the Guy touchdown march. The Ticats did their part with two crucial penalties on the drive and were flagged 13 times for 87 yards in the first half alone. Waters was Torontos first-half star with an 80-yard punt single and twice putting Hamilton on its one-yard line with booming boots. Hamilton dominated play in the opening quarter, starting with Plesius fumble recovery on the opening kickoff then when Collaros hit Grant on a nine-yard TD strike at 7:06 to put the Ticats ahead 10-1. The Tim Hortons Field faithful celebrated the first-ever touchdown at the stadium by throwing the promotional mini footballs they received prior to the contest on to the field. Ray was 7-of-16 passing for 65 yards while Collaros completed 14-of-18 attempts for 189 yards. NOTES -- SDurie and quarterback Shane Herbert were Torontos scratches while defensive back Emanuel Davis and offensive lineman Carson Rockhill didnt dress for Hamilton . . . . The two teams didnt play on Labour Day last year due to scheduling issues at both the University of Guelph and Rogers Centre . . . A sign of the situation at Tim Hortons Field. Ticats owner Bob Young donned a suit Monday but also sported steel-toed shoes, appropriate given the work that remains at the facility. 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