August 10th 2014 -- Phillies 7, Mets 6

Sunday in Philadelphia the Phillies scored two runs in the bottom of the 9^th coming back from  5 runs down to beat the Mets 7-6. After one inning it was all tied at 1, but the Amazins had Kyle Kendrick’s number, scoring 1 in the 2^nd and 2 runs apiece in the 3^rd and 5^th innings to take at 6-1 lead.  But the Phillies weren’t done. They got a two run double off Met starter Zach Wheeler by Domonic Brown to make it 6-3 after 6, then in the 7^th Chase Utley hit a 2 run triple off Vic Black and it was 6-5.  Josh Edgin came in with 2 outs in the 7^th and Utley on third and struck out Ryan Howard and then struck out the side in the 8th to bridge the gap to the 9^th. Jenrry Mejia came in for the save in the 9^th and allowed a leadoff double to Cody Ashe.  Marlon Byrd then singled up the middle scoring Ashe to tie the game.  After Chase Utley was intentionally walked on a 3-2 count, Ryan Howard stroked a winning RBI single down the right field line to bring home Byrd with the game winner. For Mejia it’s his 3^rd blown save on the year and he takes the loss falling to 5-5.  Ken Giles gets the win he’s now 1-0. Wheeler went 6 innings allowing just 3 hits, 3 runs (all earned) he walked 3 and struck out 5. The Mets offense pounded out 13 hits on the day getting 2 hits apiece by Curtis Granderson, David Wright, Travis d’Arnaud,  Matt den Dekker and Juan Lagares.  Lagares added a big 2 run triple in the 3^rd.  Utley went 3 for 4 with 3 RBI to lead the Phils.  With the loss the Mets fall to 56-62 on the year and 28-35 on the road. The Mets now lead this 4 game set 2-1. Monday is the final game of the series.  Jon Niese (5-8  3.51) goes for the Mets. David Buchanan (6-5 4.39) goes for the Phillies