The Phils continued their series with the Mets this afternoon. Roy Halladay got the start and was brilliant going the distance again while allowing just 3 hits and striking out 6. The Mets like most teams this season never really never figured him out. Meanwhile, Mike Pelfrey who came in riding a 27 inning scoreless streak, with and ERA under 1 for the season, saw everything come crashing down for him today as the Phils got to him in the 4th inning. Up until then it was a scoreless pitcher's duel but then NY opened that inning with 2 errors. Jayson Werth followed with an RBI single, Ramon Castro slapped a 2 run double and Shane Victorino crushed a 3 run homer to put 6-0. From there they never looked back.
Raul Ibanez crunched a 2 run triple in the 5th to make 8-0. Then Werth and Carlos Ruiz each collected RBI singles in the 7th for a 10-0 lead. Halladay took it from there retiring the last 4 batters in order for the win. Now that's all well and good with Roy on the mound but the real question is whether or not the Phils can play that consistently without Roy on the mound. Hopefully this win gets them going again. Certainly the lineup looked like itself again so that is a good a sign. Also the bullpen didn't have any work to do so they will be rested for tomorrow night with Jamie Moyer on the mound. I guess for now then all is good for the Phils. Right now at 13-10 overall they're back up to 2nd in the NL East .5 games behind NY, not a bad place to be at the beginning of the 2nd month of the season.
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