PHILLIES NEWS

The Phils completed their series with the Mets tonight. Jamie Moyer got the start and like Hamels last night he too was hit around a bit, but he with stood the beating and allowed just 3 runs over 6 solid innings. Meanwhile the Phils again found themselves behind early despite Moyer's solid outing, and again they rallied back to force extra innings. In the bottom of the 1st Luis Castillo doubled and scored on a fielder's choice for a 1-0 lead. In the top of the 3rd Jimmy Rollins sac flyed in a run to tie it at 1. In the bottom of the inning Carlos Beltran answered with an RBI double for a 2-1 lead. In the bottom of the 5th Luis Castillo doubled and scored on a sac fly for a 3-1 lead. In the top of the 6th Chase Utley answered with a run scoring double to cut it to 3-2. In the top of the 7th Pedro Feliz singled, moved to 3rd on a double by Chris Coste, and scored on a fielder's choice to tie it at 3. From there the Phils bullpen strung together another 3 straight consecutive scoreless innings, until with 2 out and 2 on in top of the 10th Raul Ibanez crushed his 21st homer of the season for a stunning 6-3 Phils lead. Ryan Madson then rolled through a 4th consecutive scoreless inning and 10th overall for the Phils bullpen, to close out the win. So the Phils move to 35-23 overall and 4 games up in the NL East. It is hard to imagine a more exciting series between these two rivals, and it is only June. It should be one heck of a pennant race. You have to be impressed with the resiliency of the Phillies though. Even last year's team didn't win as many games in the late innings as this team has. I guess that just goes to show you what winning a world series can do for you.