May 29th 2014 -- Mets 4, Phillies 1

Thursday night in Philadelphia, Chris Young broke out of his funk and Zach Wheeler was throwing pellets as the Mets beat the Phillies 4-1. Behind Wheeler the Mets chipped away at Philly starter David Buchanan. In the 2^nd Lucas Duda defied the shift against him and bunted down the thirdbase line for a hit. Chris Young and Wilmer Flores then singled to load the bases and Duda came home with the first run when Travis d’Arnaud hit into a double play. In the 4^th after Curtis Granderson walked, Young clubbed a 2 run homer (4) to make it 3-0 Mets.  In 5^th the Mets had a chance to break the game open against Buchanan. They loaded the bases with 1 out.  Granderson walked to make it 4-0, but Duda struck out swinging and Young flew out to end the threat.  In the 7^th Wheeler was humming along and retired 13 straight, but former Met Marlon Byrd snapped that streak with one out with an homer to right field to make it 4-1. Wheeler went 6 1/3 allowing 4 hits, the one run (earned) he walked none and struck out 9. He picks up the win improving to 2-5. Scott Rice and Vic Black each retired a Phillie to end the 7^th. Black pitched a scoreless 8^th as well. Black went 1 1/3 innings striking out 3 of 4.  Jenrry Mejia threw the 9^th and recorded his 5^th save striking out the side as the Mets pitchers strike out 15 on the night. With the win the Mets stand at 25-28 and now 12-11 on the road. Friday night is game two of this five games series, Rafael Montero (0-2 4.96) goes for the Mets, A.J. Burnett (3-4  3.51) goes for the Phils.