The Phils welcomed the hated New York Mets to the Bank tonight to open a weekend series. Chan Ho Park took the mound for the Phils and struggled, allowing 7 runs on 8 hits in just 4 and 2/3rd's innings of work. Meanwhile, the Phils had a bit of an off day at the plate, stranding base runners on more than one occassion, while putting together really only one good inning. So it was a struggle all around for the Phils tonight and they'll need to be sharper the rest of the weekend. Anyway in the top of the 1st, Daniel Murphy lined a 2 run homer just over the fence for a 2-0 lead. In the top of the 2nd the Mets sac flyed in a couple of runs for a 4-0 lead. In the top of the 3rd, the Mets sac flyed in another run for a 5-0 lead. Finally in the bottom of the 3rd, the Phils answered with a 2 RBI single by Raul Ibanez and an RBI single by Pedro Feliz to cut the lead to 5-3. In the top of the 5th David Wright and Mike Pelfrey, the pitcher, each singled in a run for a 7-3 lead. In the bottom of the 7th Chase Utley crushed a solo homer to cut it to 7-4. Finally in the bottom of the 9th with one on and two out K-Rod got Ryan Howard to strike out swinging to preserve the 7-4 win. So the Phils drop to 11-10 overall and will look to rebound tomorrow with the veteran Jamie Moyer on the mound in place of Cole Hamels who remains day to day with the ankle sprain he suffered in his last start.
2 comments:
Well there goes the option of sweeping another NL East foe but I'd take a series win over no wins at all so I hope they bring the heat tomorrow.
-to ph1llysports
yeah same here
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