August 11th 2014 -- Mets 5, Phillies 3

Monday afternoon in Philadelphia, Anthony Recker snapped a 2 all tie in the top of the 7^th inning with a long 3 run homer (4), the Mets beat the Phillies 5-3.  Jon Niese started for the Mets and went 7 strong innings for his 6^th win. The Mets took a 1-0 lead in the top of the 4^th off David Buchanan on an RBI single by David Wright. In the bottom of the inning Darin Ruf clubbed a long 2 run homer (2) to center field to make it 2-1.  In the 7^th, Juan Lagares walked and then scored on a RBI double by Matt den Dekker. After a single by Wilmer Flores, Recker hit his bomb to deep left-center, his 4^th on the year.  Niese went 7 allowing just 5 hits 2 runs (earned) walked 3 and struck out 6. Niese improves to 6-8. Buddy Carlyle got 2 outs in the 8^th, Jeurrys Familia came on and got the last out of the 8^th, but in the 9^th with two outs walked Cody Ashe and allowed a pinch hit RBI double by Chase Ultey,  but held on to notch a 4 out save,  his 3^rd save on the year. Buchanan takes the loss falling to 6-6.  With his RBI single in the 4^th Wright extends his hitting streak to 10 straight games. Daniel Murphy had 2 hits for another multiple hit game.  The Mets take 3 of 4 on the road from the Phillies. The Mets stand at 57-62 overall and 29-35 on the road. Tuesday night the Mets are back home for a 6 game home stand.  It’s the first of 3 against the Nats. Doug Fister (11-3  2.49) goes for Washington, Rafael Montero (0-2  5.40) goes for the Mets.