Pinch hitter Justin Turner delivered a run-scoring double off Dan Jennings in the eighth.
Wigginton has two consecutive hits as a pinch hitter after a 1 for 12 start.
With two outs, pinch hitter Ben Francisco grounded out to third and stranded Nelson.
Karim Garcia, Edgar Gonzalez and pinch hitter Sebastian Valle started the inning with singles.
He slugged eight homers in 191 at-bats last season, including a franchise-record five as a pinch hitter.
Tulowitzki appeared as a pinch hitter in the eighth and was hit in the back by a pitch from Robertson.
Maicer Izturis struck out and pinch hitter Adam Lind walked before Rajai Davis grounded an RBI single up the middle.
Gardner struck out as a pinch hitter to end the fifth, then remained in the game in center as Suzuki shifted to right.
With one out, pinch hitter Jimmy Van Ostrand grounded to second.
This is the routine of a pinch hitter, a role Baxter has filled with distinction for the Mets over the first six weeks of this season.
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That distinction goes to Bernie Carbo, a pinch hitter who walloped a two-out, three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth to erase a 6-3 Cincinnati lead.
And, like a reliever who comes in with the bases loaded, a pinch hitter often replaces the pitcher when there is a chance to drive in a run.
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Marcum left the game with two on and two out in the seventh and Scott Rice's wild pitch to pinch hitter Ty Wigginton allowed Daniel Descalso to score the go-ahead run.
He left the game with two on and two out in the seventh and Scott Rice's wild pitch to pinch hitter Ty Wigginton allowed Daniel Descalso to score the go-ahead run.
Throw in a pair of key mid-season pickups like veteran pinch hitter Matt Stairs and pitcher Joe Blanton, who started and won game four, and the below-the-radar support system was fully in place.
With the Yankees trailing Orioles by a run in the ninth inning of a pivotal Game 3 of the ALDS, manager Joe Girardi called Alex Rodriguez back to the bench and inserted pinch hitter Raul Ibanez in his place.
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Jon Jay and Tony Cruz had an RBI apiece in the fourth and pinch hitter Yadier Molina added a pinch-hit RBI single in the eighth for the Cardinals, who have won 12 of 14 and handed the Mets their sixth straight loss.
Pinch-hitter Justin Turner led off the eighth with a single against Cory Gearrin (1-1).
Pinch-hitter Mike Baxter was hit by a pitch to load the bases for Davis.
"It's almost better, " Gonzalez said of using Gattis as a pinch-hitter as opposed to starting him.
In the bottom of the seventh, reliever Bryan Morris hit pinch-hitter Valdespin with his first pitch.
After an intentional walk to Jayson Nix to load the bases, pinch-hitter Travis Hafner struck out.
Collins then pulled Parnell and brought in pinch-hitter Mike Baxter in the middle of the at-bat.
The Braves took a 5-3 lead in the eighth on a two-run single by pinch-hitter Evan Gattis.
Pinch-hitter Mike Baxter lined an RBI single with one out in the 10th off Nate Jones (0-3).
In the bottom of the seventh, reliever Bryan Morris hit pinch-hitter Jordany Valdespin with his first pitch.
Pinch-hitter Kirk Nieuwenhuis singled to left-center and Tejada aggressively dashed to third against Juan Pierre's weak arm.
In fact, Brignac batted in place of Jordan Pacheco, who began the inning as a pinch-hitter for Garland.
But Masterson fanned pinch-hitter Vernon Wells for the final out as New York fell to 7-2 in one-run games.
Mets pinch-hitter Marlon Byrd singled in the eighth for his 1, 100 career hit.
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