The Phils continued their series with the hated Mets this afternoon. As was hoped Jamie Moyer did pitch well, but he flamed out after just 5 and 2/3rd's innings and when all was said and done, he'd been charged with 5 runs on 7 hits during those innings. Fortunately, those 5 and 2/3rd's innings were 3 and 1/3rd more innings than Mets starter Oliver Perez managed to go. So Moyer's performance was enough to keep the Phils in it and it would be up to them to take care of the rest. In the bottom of the 1st, "the Flyin Hawaiian" Shane Victorino tripled and scored on a sac fly and Jayson Werth walked and scored on a single by Jimmy Rollins for the early 2-0 lead. In the top of the 2nd the Mets came back with, yes you guessed it, a sac fly to cut the lead to 2-1. In the bottom of the 2nd Victorino doubled and scored again on a double by Werth for a 3-1 lead. In the top of the 3rd the Mets cut it to 3-2 with ,yes, a sac fly. In the bottom of the 3rd Moyer worked a bases loaded walk for a 4-2 lead, and the end of Perez's day. In the top of the 6th Moyer finally ran out of gas, surrendering back to back Homers to Daniel Murphy and Ramon Castro to tie it at 4. Alex Cora then slapped a triple and that was it for Moyer. Scott Eyre replaced Moyer and could only give up the go ahead run on a single by Luis Castillo. Fortunately Clay Condrey got out of the inning after that to keep it at 5-4 Mets. In the bottom of the 6th, Raul Ibanez crushed the first pitch he saw off Pedro Feliciano for a game tying homer, setting the stage for some late game heroics. Both Bullpens carried the game from there into the 10th inning. In the top of the 10th the Mets failed to capitalize on an opportunity to take back the lead with runners on first and third and 1 out. The Phils were not so merciful in the bottom of the 10th, as Sean Green walked the bases loaded with 2 outs, and then walked Victorino after a long at bat, as the Phils literally walked off with the 6-5 win. So the phils move to 12-10 overall and now just a game out of 1st in the NL East.
2 comments:
How bout that...a walk for the win. Now thats what I call clutch pitching.
-to ph1llysports
yes or lack there of for the Mets
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