New York Mets' power fades late in games  Jeremy D Cothran By
Jeremy D Cothran on August 27, 2008 at 7:46 PM, updated August
27, 2008 at 10:06 PM The Mets hope to see celebrations like this
one late in games down the stretch.   Sure, the Mets scored
seven runs. On most days that is more than enough. But not a
single run came across after the fourth inning. While the
Phillies kept mounting one threat after another, the Mets failed
to put runners in scoring position.  What irks interim manager
Jerry Manuel is that tack-on runs often serve as knockout
punches. Had the Mets been able to generate more runs over the
course of the game, they would have taken a considerable amount
of pressure off the bullpen.  It took 13 innings for Tuesday's
marathon to play out. The Mets finished with 14 hits. But from
the fifth inning on, they had only four more. Manuel wants to
give credit to the Phillies bullpen, but he's pinning the
problem on an internal issue.  "We are trying to address that,"
Manuel said. "That's kind of an