Phillies narrow gap on Mets after series sweep
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The Philadelphia Phillies completed a four-game sweep of the New York Mets with a thrilling 11-10 win in the series finale on Thursday.
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The Philadelphia Phillies rapped out 17 hits in a comfortable 9-2 victory over the New York Mets on Monday, taking the home opener of a pivotal four-game series between the National League East Division rivals.
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Behind contributions from Paul Lo Duca, Shawn Green and Guillermo Mota, the Mets stampeded to a victory against the Los Angeles Dodgers that completed a three-game sweep of their division series.
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Carlos Delgado homered for the fourth time in four games, and the New York Mets completed a three-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals with a 6-2 victory Thursday night that extended their winning streak to seven.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Chase Utley hit an RBI single off Billy Wagner in the ninth inning and the Philadelphia Phillies completed a huge sweep of the first-place New York Mets by rallying for an 11-10 victory Thursday in one of the wildest games of the season.
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Jimmy Rollins homered in the 10th inning, helping Philadelphia complete a three-game sweep of Florida with a 9-8 victory Thursday night.
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David Wright singled home the decisive run in the 11th inning, two shaky relievers finally protected the lead, and the New York Mets took a big step toward the playoffs by beating the Florida Marlins 7-6 on Sunday.
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The Philadelphia Phillies had their chances to move into a tie for the NL wild-card lead for the first time this season. They just couldn't close out Washington.
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Carlos Beltran misplayed Jimmy Rollins's line drive into a two-run triple and the Philadelphia Phillies rallied to beat host New York, 5-3, yesterday for their seventh straight victory over the Mets.
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Pinch-hitter Greg Dobbs hits a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, and the Phillies beat the Mets, 3-2, Friday night in the opener of a big weekend series.
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Vicente Padilla pitched 6 2-3 shutout innings in his best start since coming off the disabled list and led the Philadelphia Phillies over the New York Mets 4-2 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.
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This time, Jimmy Rollins let his bat do the talking. Rollins hit a go-ahead, three-run homer off Aaron Heilman in the seventh inning, rallying the Philadelphia Phillies and Mets nemesis Adam Eaton to a 4-2 victory over New York on Wednesday night.
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Even when Ryan Howard doesn't get the big hit, the Philadelphia Phillies are getting contributions from backups and role players. Carlos Ruiz and Jeff Conine each drove in three runs, Jon Lieber pitched seven solid innings and Philadelphia beat the Florida Marlins 8-6 Saturday to continue its playoff push.
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Jimmy Rollins and the Philadelphia Phillies have been playing catch-up all season, so it made sense they would overcome one more big deficit.
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A two-run homer in the seventh by Jason Michaels put Philadelphia in front Friday night and the Phillies went on to down the New York Mets, 9-5.
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Philadelphia picked up its major league-leading 44th come-from-behind win and cut the Metsâ lead in the N.L. East to 5 1/2 games.
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The Mets' Marlon Anderson was ruled out on a game-ending interference call at second base in the ninth inning, negating a possible tying run and giving the Philadelphia Phillies a 3-2 win over New York on Wednesday night.