Sunday afternoon in Philadelphia, Lucas Duda launched a 2
run homer (8) to snap a 2 all tie in the top of the 11th, the Mets
beat the Phillies 4-3. The Mets and
Phils played their third straight extra inning affair. Jonathon Niese started for the Mets and gave
the Mets bullpen just what it needed, innings. Niese went 8 strong innings
holding the Phils to just 2 runs. The Mets
took the lead 1-0 in the top of the 4th when Chris Young’s sac-fly
scored Wright from third. In the bottom
of the 4th Ryan Howard hit a 2 run homer (11) off Niese to take a
2-1 lead. The Mets tied the game in the
top of the 6th on Curtis Granderson’s sac-fly. After Niese departed after 8 innings, the Met bullpen came up strong
again as Scott Rice, Vic Black, Josh Edgin all shutdown the Phils. Edgin who struck out the side in the bottom
of the 10th picks up his first win on the year he’s 1-0. Jenrry
Mejia pitched the bottom of the 11th and yielded a solo homer to Marlon Byrd (8),
but held on for this 6th save.
Niese went 8 innings allowed the 8 hits 2 runs (both earned) he walked 2
and struck out 6. Cole Hamels pitched a
strong 7 innings for the Phillies but both starters were not involved in the
decision. Phillippe Aumont took the loss . The Mets managed 8 hits on the day,
but they came when it counted. Eric Campbell had a pair of hits on the day. The
Mets now stand at 27-29 overall and 14-12 on the road and have now won 5 of 6
and have clinched this 5 games series with the Phillies now leading 3 games to
1. Monday is the final game of this series Bartolo Colon (4-5 4.73) goes for the Mets, Roberto Hernandez
(2-2 3.76) goes for Philadelphia
2 comments:
Every time we try and throw this (75 win) team in the garbage, mentally, they have a series like this.
Fine starting pitching, upgraded pen....but then when the fifth best batting average, in June, is Ruben Tejada's .224, hard to feel they have enough to contend.
Happy to see Eric Campbell do well (may he play more) and perhaps the arrival of more aggression at the plate from Duda who, at .240, is their 4th best hitter.
One more thought: I can never understand when a guy feels a ribcage tweak why he is not automatically benched for 2-3 days. Not doing so often seems to exacerbate the injury. And then the time off is a lot more.
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