July 30th 2014 -- Mets 11, Phils 2

Wednesday afternoon at Citi Field, the Mets offense broke out for 4 runs in the 5^th, 5 runs in the 7^th and 2 in the 8^th. The Mets topple the Phillies 11-2.  Zach Wheeler started for the Mets and his maturation continues. While not having his best stuff, Wheeler pitched out of jams and went 6 2/3 innings in holding the Phils at bay.  The Phils took a 1-0 lead in the 5^th on an RBI double by Ryan Howard. After that…it was pretty  much all Mets.  In the 5^th Juan Lagares scored on a wild pitch and then Daniel Murphy followed with a 3 run homer (8) to make it 4-1.  The Phils make it 4-2 on a pinch hit solo homer by Jimmy Rollins his 15^th and 2^nd in two days.  In the 7^th the Mets pulled away scoring 5 more times on RBI hits by Lucas Duda, Travis d’Arnaud, Ruben Tejada and Jeurrys Familia. The last two runs came in the 8^th on a 2 run homer by Duda, his 19^th on the year. The Mets exploded for 15 hits on the day. Murphy, Lagares and Tejada led the way with 3 hits apiece.  Wheeler allowed 7 hits while walking 2 and striking out 4 getting the win, he’s now 6-8. Kyle Kendrick gave up 4 runs in 6 innings pitched and takes the loss. Dana Eveland, Jeurys Familia and Carlos Torres finished up out of the pen. The Mets improve to 52-56 on the year and are now 27-24 at home and are now 14-7 in their last 21 games.  The Mets are off on Thursday. Friday night the Giants come to town for a three game weekend set. Friday night Jon Niese (5-6  3.23) goes for the Mets. Ryan Vogelsong  (5-8  3.94) goes for San Fran.