PHILLIES NEWS

The Phils continued their 4 game set with the Mets this afternoon with the 3rd of the 4. However, due to rain to delays and late Phils' heroics this finale went deep into the early evening. Kyle Kendrick got the start and pitched well, allowing just 1 run on 8 hits in 6 innings of work. Meanwhile, the Phils' bats were silenced by Oliver Perez for most of the night, but some 9th inning heroics saved the Phils. Now onto the game. In the top of the 3rd, Carlos Beltran slammed a solo homer for a 1-0 Met's lead. In the top of the 9th, Jose Reyes singled, stole second, and scored on a single by Beltran for a 2-0 Met's lead. In the bottom of the 9th, with two outs, and Jayson Werth down to his last strike he slugged a 2 run homer to knot it up at 2 dramatically. Sadly try as they might, the Phils couldn't push across the winning run and finally in the top of the 12th Fernando Tatis lined a 2 run homer for a 4-2 Met's lead. Jimmy Rollins gave the Phils a chance in the bottom of the inning with a leadoff single, but Ryan Howard, Geoff Jenkins, and Pedro Feliz went down in order from there to finish off a heartbreaking 4-2 loss to the Mets. So the Phils drop to 48-41 overall, and now lead the NL East by just 2.5 games.