Tuesday night in rainy Philadelphia, Jonathon Niese out dueled fellow south paw Cole Hamels as the Mets beat the Phillies 6-1. The start of the game was delayed by a one hour and twenty-eight minute rain delay. It was worth the wait. Daniel Murphy extended his hitting streak to 10 straight going 3 for 5. He put the Mets ahead to stay in the top of the 2nd when his RBI single to right brought home Ruben Tejada to make in 1-0. In the 3rd the Mets scored twice, Josh Satin hit an RBI single up the middle to make it 2-0 and then with the bases loaded, Niese drew a walk scoring Curtis Granderson with the 3rd run. Former Met Marlon Byrd got the Phils on the board in the bottom of the 4th with a solo homer (4) off Niese. In the 5th Chris Young drove in Murphy with an opposite field single to make it 4-1. Ruben Tejada then knocked Hamels out of the game with a 2 run single to make it 6-1 Mets. On the mound Niese had his best outing of the year going 7, allowing 4 hits, the one run, he walked 1 and struck out 5. Niese gets the win improving to 2-2 on the year. Hamels took the loss falling to 0-2. Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched a scoreless 8th, Jose Valverde pitched the 9th and allowed a double to Ryan Howard, who was stranded on 2nd to close it out. The Mets continue to be road warriors. They start this 9 game road trip with a win and are now 7-3 on the road overall. On the season they are a season high 4 games over .500 standing at 15-11. Wednesday night, if the weather holds, it’s game two of the series. Bartolo Colon (2-3 4.50) coming off his best outing of the year goes for the Mets. Kyle Kendrick (0-2 3.52) goes for Philly.
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