PHILLIES NEWS

Like J.D Durbin yesterday, J.A Happ had rough major league debut allowing 5 runs, including yet another homer By Carlos Beltran, in just 4 and 2/3rds innings of work. The Phils bullpen wasn't much better. Beltran homered for a second time in the 7th and wound up knocking in 3 runs on the day as the Mets road a 6-3 lead into the 9th inning, where they tacked on two more excruciating runs, on a throwing error and a sac fly for an 8-3 lead. The Phils meanwhile, managed just those 3 runs off starter Jorge Sosa, who wound up leaving the game in the 6th with a strained hamstring. The Phils only real highlight of the day was yet another towering upper deck blast by Ryan Howard, his 19th of th season, which briefly helped the Phils tie it at 3 in the 5th inning. The Mets bullpen then just blew them away in the final 4 innings and the Phils fell 8-3, for their 3rd straight loss to New York, dropping to 6 games behind the Mets for first, and 2 behind Atlanta for 2nd. Thus, life really sucks now. Hey wait a minute weren't we just talking about heartbreaking losses, I guess some things just never get old.