When Abbott took the mound tonight he did not think his infield defense would fail him, but he was wrong.

With all of the stunning moves the Mets have made, they may make one more to enhance their infield defense.

We felt we needed to improve our infield defense.

"But we decided to keep Lowe, feeling he would benefit from our improved infield defense," he said.

He got groundballs that his infield defense converted to critical outs.

But this time the Mets' much-improved infield defense did not make the play.

Pitchers like Trachsel were supposed to benefit from the dynamic new infield defense, not have to compensate for it.

The pitchers are ably supported by a solid infield defense.

If the Mets have a weakness, it was supposed to be their infield defense.

Atlanta's infield defense helped ensure that last night.