August 30th 2014 -- Phillies 7, Mets 2

The Phillies scored 5 runs in the top of the 6^th inning knocking Bartolo Colon out of the box, the Phillie beat the Mets Saturday night in Flushing 7-2. The game was scoreless till the top of the 5^th when Marlon Byrd connected on a solo homer (25) off Colon to make it 1-0. In the 6^th the Phils pulled away with a 2 run single by Ryan Howard and RBI singles by Domonic Brown, Carlos Ruiz and Cody Asche and it was 6-0. The Mets scored their only 2 runs in the bottom of the 7^th on an RBI singles by Wilmer Flores and Dilson Herrera. For Herrera it was his first major league hit and RBI.  The Phillies scored their final run in the top of the 9^th on a sac-fly by Howard, who drove in 3 to pace the Phils.  Colon went 5 1/3 he allowed 9 hits 6 runs (all earned) He walked none and struck out 2.  He takes the loss falling to 12-11.  Colon was trying to tie a club mark for beating an opponent 4 times in a season, but fell short. Jerome Williams pitched 6 strong innings for Philadelphia notching the win; he’s now 5-5.  The Met offense continues to sputter, only managing 5 hits on the day. Matt den Dekker led the way going 2 for 4.  This three game series is tied at 1. Overall the Mets fall to 32-35 at home and 63-73 on the season. Sunday afternoon is the rubber game of the series.  Dillon Gee (5-6  3.77) goes for the Mets, A.J. Burnett (7-14  4.30) goes for Philly.