August 28th - Phillies 6, Mets 2

Wednesday night in Flushing, The Phillies broke at 1 all tie with 3 runs in the top of the 5^th inning. They went on to beat the Mets  6-2. Diasuke Matsuzaka started for the Mets and danced through rain drops for the first 4 innings. The Mets grabbed him a 1-lead  in the 3^rd on an rbi single by Ike Davis. In the 4^th the Phils tied it on a Jimmy Rollins double to left. In 5^th Dice K tired, and Philly scored 3 times. Matsuzaka hit John Mayberry with a pitch with the bases loaded to make it 2-1, then Cole Hamels brought home a pair of runs on a single to left off reliever Robert Carson (the runs were charged to Matsuzaka). After that, the Phils never looked back.  The Mets made it 5-2 in the 7^th on an rbi double by Andrew Brown.  In the top of the 9^th, Kevin Frandsen made it to first on an error by Scott Atchison that brought home the last run for the Phillies. Dice K went 4 1/3 he allowed 6 hits 4 runs (all earned) he walked 4 and struck out 5. He gets the loss and falls to 0-2. Hamels allowed 9 hits, 2 runs and struck out 8 in 7 innings to pick up the win. He’s now 6-13. Not much offensively for the Mets, aside from the rbi’s Eric Young Jr. had a single and two stolen bases  on the evening. The loss drops the Mets to 27-38 at home on the season and 59-72 overall. Thursday afternoon is the finale of this 4 game series as the Mets look for a split.  Carlos Torres (2-2  2.96) goes for the Mets.  Ethan Martin (2-2  6.33) goes for Philadelphia. http://www.facebook.com/metsforum