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NEW YORK -- Dillon Gee is grateful for the recent spate of bad weather -- in more ways than one. Gee revealed he has tendinitis in his right elbow and was able to make his start Wednesday night because two rainouts last week in Washington pushed his turn back a couple of days. What a start it was, though. Gee pitched effectively into the seventh inning, Lucas Duda hit one of three Mets homers and New York scored the most runs allowed by Shelby Miller in his young career for a 5-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. "Luckily, the rainouts came at a great time for me personally," Gee said. The right-hander said hes had tendinitis since spring training and his elbow was checked out by a doctor. Now, its just a matter of managing the pain. David Wright and Marlon Byrd also connected for the Mets, who snapped a three-game skid and improved to 2-6 in June. Duda drove in two runs, including a first-inning single that scored Daniel Murphy from first base. With prized pitching prospect Zack Wheeler nearing his promotion to the big leagues, Gee (5-6) has done everything possible to protect his spot in the rotation. He has yielded only three earned runs over 21 innings in his past three starts -- all wins. The run of poor weather -- the Mets have been postponed six times this season -- also might help keep Gee in the rotation for at least another start or two. More rain is forecast for Thursday. "Were looking right now at a possibility of going with the sixth starter for a few days," manager Terry Collins said. New York needs an extra starter for a makeup doubleheader Tuesday in Atlanta. A day after being named NL captain for the Home Run Derby during All-Star week at Citi Field, Wright hit a long ball into the centre-field seats just to the right of the Big Apple in the sixth. "I simply didnt execute," Miller said. "A curveball right down the middle to Duda, a fastball right down the middle to Wright. I made mistakes and they capitalized on them." The NL Central-leading Cardinals entered with the leagues best batting average at .277 but could get little going against Gee, who is on a three-game run thats as good as Miller (7-4) has been all season. Gee scattered six hits and struck out seven in 6 2-3 innings. He gave up a one-out homer in the sixth to Allen Craig -- his second in two days against the Mets. The recent success could not have come at a better time for the crafty Gee, because the Mets plan to call up Wheeler to start one game of Tuesdays doubleheader. While Collins said everyone would get their turn through the rotation, a pitcher will likely be demoted to the bullpen after that to make room for Wheeler -- and it most likely will be Gee or Jeremy Hefner. "Youve got to weigh a lot of things, Collins said. "Youve got to weigh health. Youre going to weigh who could pitch out of the bullpen, whos got credentials out of the bullpen. It could be we cant afford to put somebody in the bullpen, were going to need a starter at another time." Miller, on the other hand, has solidified a spot in the Cardinals rotation with surprising consistency for a 22-year-old. The four runs the Mets scored were the most hes allowed in 19 big league appearances -- 13 starts this season. He had allowed three runs three times this year and his ERA is 2.21, up from 1.91 going into the game. "There are time that its not just selection (of pitches), but execution," St. Louis manager Mike Matheny said. "Sometimes young pitchers with early success in their careers fall into this. It is a tough league, good hitters -- they make adjustments. They call this a game of adjustments for a reason." Miller struck out 10 without a walk in six innings. The Mets did not score against him over 5 2-3 innings on May 15 but were able to go ahead in the first when Wright lined a two-out double to right-centre and scored on Murphys single. Running on a pitch to Duda, Murphy, not known for his speed, scored from first when right fielder Carlos Beltran played the line drive down the first base line lackadaisically and made his throw to second base. "What a great read. He never slowed down," Byrd said. "Thats what we need -- aggressive." With one out in the fourth, Duda homered into the Cardinals bullpen in right-centre to end a run of eight straight outs by Miller that began after Dudas RBI single in the first. Byrd homered off Seth Maness in the seventh. David Freese went 0 for 4 for the Cardinals, ending his career-best hitting streak at 20 games -- longest in the majors this season. NOTES: Cardinals RHP Jake Westbrook (elbow inflammation) is scheduled to come off the disabled list and start Friday night in Miami, but Matheny still has not said who will be sent to the minors to make room. ... Thursdays matinee features a marquee pitching matchup between St. Louis RHP Adam Wainwright (9-3) and Mets RHP Matt Harvey (5-0), but heavy rain is in the forecast. ... Mets SS Omar Quintanilla struck out four times. ... Yadier Molina had three hits for St. Louis. http://www.bearsrookiestore.com/Bears-Jim-Mcmahon-Jersey/ . Hargreaves began his career in 2008 with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and has played with the Edmonton Eskimos and last season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. http://www.bearsrookiestore.com/Bears-Josh-Sitton-Jersey/ . 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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Kansas City Chiefs have been a bit shaky against the run through three weeks, though in fairness much of that can be traced to a whos-who of running backs that theyve had to track down.Melvin Gordon. Lamar Miller. Matt Forte.Still, that puts the Chiefs uncharacteristlly in the bottom third of the NFL in run defense, and that isnt a good place to be considering the Pittsburgh Steelers -- with DeAngelo Williams and now getting LeVeon Bell from his three-game suspension -- are looming Sunday night.They have a couple good ones, Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Wednesday. I think weve got better from the first game, but again, every week is a different challenge.Oh, but that first game: The Chiefs gave up big chunks of yards to Gordon and teammate Danny Woodhead in falling into a 21-3 halftime lead.But something seemed to change in the second half, the defensive front closing down gaps and finally beating the San Diego offensive line off the ball.Kansas City shut down the Chargers on its way to the biggest comeback win in franchise history.The Chiefs (2-1) still wound up allowing 155 yards rushing to the Chargers, but they bounced back to hold Miller and the Texans to 97 yards a couple of weeks ago.And last Sunday, they held Forte and the New York Jets in check in a 24-3 victory that was fueled primarily by six picks and eight turnovers .We just played team defense, nose tackle Dontari Poe said. We feel like if we play team defense and our Ps and Qs, well be good. I feel like the only way we can lose is if we beat ourselves.The front was expected to be one of the strengths of the Chiefs defense.Poe is a two-time Pro Bowl pick who is finally healthy after dealing with back issues. Allen Bailey, Jaye Howard and Nick Williams are a veteran trio that combined with him to form a stout group that allowed 98 yards rushing a game last season, eighth-best in the league.Then the Chiefs added defensive lineman Chris Jones in the second round of the draft, resulting in a four-man rotation that allows Kansas City to keep fresh bodies on the field all game.dddddddddddd.Perhaps that is why they seem to be better against the run in the fourth quarter.I think the guys in the run defense have done a good job of meeting the challenges that we left the San Diego game with, defensive coordinator Bob Sutton said.We talked in here a week ago about executing and getting knocked off the ball. A lot of times, it was just that execution, where we were supposed to be, how we lined up and got off the block.The Chiefs have another tough task ahead of them this weekend.Williams is the leagues seventh-leading rusher through three weeks, and the Steelers pride themselves on pounding the ball.Now with Bell back in the mix, they can do it with a two-headed monster.Bell ran for 121 yards in the Steelers 23-13 loss to Kansas City last October.Youve got to be gap-sound against this crew or youve got problems, Reid said.Itll be a nice challenge for our defense front, the defensive line and linebackers. Everybody has to do their jobs. The safeties have to be involved in that, too.Game notes Chiefs CB Marcus Peters, who was sent home with the flu Wednesday, was voted AFC defensive player of the week after his two-pick game against New York . Sweet and sour pork here, Reid said with a guffaw. ... RB Jamaal Charles (right ACL) is expected to work more with the first-team offense this week, a sign hes closer to getting on the field. He has been splitting time with the scout team all season as he continues to rehab. Theres a chance, Reid said of playing this week. Well just see how he does, keep kind of progressing. If he can go, well give it a shot. ... RB Charcandrick West sat out practice with a sprained ankle. Tamba Hali also skipped practice to rest his knees.---Online: AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Wholesale Hoodies NFL Shirts Outlet Jerseys NFL Wholesale Cheap NFL Jerseys Free Shipping Wholesale Jerseys Cheap Cheap NFL Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '