Note: Cancel is a Smart Player
With the game tied in the bottom of the eighth inning, Robinson Cancel reached first base on a single. He advanced to second on a sac-bunt. Endy Chavez lined out on a quick rip to the pitcher. David Wright was intentionally walked, and Carlos Delgado than ripped a double in to the left-field corner to drive in two runs. 
Manuel, on Cancel, and whether he is starting to take to being a pinch hitter:
“Cancel is a good baseball player. There are a number of positions he can play. I haven’t exposed him yet to those positions, but the one good thing about him is that I know when he comes to the plate it’s going to be a quality at bat. He’s a very, very professional hitter and he doesn’t run bad either.”
Including catcher, Cancel has played in the outfield, first and third base throughout his minor league career.
…i’ve been highly critical of the Mets need to carry three catchers, especially with their depleted outfield, but cancel has come up with clutch pinch-hits in his short tenure with the team…i’ll be interested to see if manuel ‘exposes’ cancel to those other positions as they move forward…
…added to by Matthew Cerrone…
…as i wrote yesterday, the heads up base running by cancel in that play in the ninth should not be understated…he’s a smart player…he could so easily have anticipated endy’s liner going by the pitcher, and leaning towards third, which would had led to him being picked off and ending the inning with a double play…instead, he stayed poised, paused and hopped right back to second allowing the inning to continue, so delgado could drive home the go-ahead runs…
