NY Mets (73-59) at Philadelphia (72-59)

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Mets set for showdown with rival Phils

Samantha Newman / MLB.com
Every game is important, but some matchups take on extra meaning down the stretch. That will be the case when the Mets hit the road Tuesday to take on the Phillies in a two-game series with the top spot in the National League East standings at stake.
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Mets probable pitcher

Pedro Martinez

  • #45 RHP
  • (4-3) 4.97 ERA 55 SO
Mets: By the time Martinez handed the ball to manager Jerry Manuel with one on and no outs in the eighth inning Thursday, his veteran trickery had worn out against the Braves, who tacked on four runs in seven innings. Manuel doesn't foresee Martinez, whose fastball is consistently working in the mid-80s mph, to last more than a couple of rotations through an opponent's lineup. But Martinez seemingly surpassed those expectations, striking out six, taking the mound to start the eighth, and surpassing 100 pitches. In his last outing in Philadelphia, Martinez allowed two earned runs in 5 1/3 innings and won.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 213-96 2.86 2749.2 737 3085 .212
Season 4-3 4.97 76.0 29 55 .276
August 1-1 3.16 31.1 11 21 .239
Vs. Philadelphia 1-0 3.38 5.1 3 6 .238

Series at a Glance

Standings - 08/26/2008 W L PCT GB Home Away
New York Mets (NL East) 73 59 .553 - 41-25 32-34
Philadelphia Phillies (NL East) 72 59 .550 0.5 38-28 34-31
Stats - 08/26/2008 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
NYM .266 647 134 608 109 798 4.00 1193.2 1121 462 946
PHI .253 634 174 607 99 906 3.83 1172.2 1163 442 854
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Phillies look to leapfrog division rivals

Kevin Horan / MLB.com
Starting Tuesday night at Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia and New York will engage in a two-day battle for first place in the National League East.
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Phillies probable pitcher

Jamie Moyer

  • #50 LHP
  • (11-7) 3.54 ERA 99 SO
The 22-year veteran ran his streak of allowing three runs or fewer to 14 with a fine effort against Washington. In that game, he surrendered one earned run in 6 2/3 innings, but he received a no-decision. In 18 career starts against the Mets this season, the lefty is 7-4 with a 2.85 ERA. He has faced them four times this season, giving up three, two, two and one run in those outings.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 241-185 4.18 3708.0 1062 2224 .267
Season 11-7 3.54 157.2 50 99 .261
August 1-1 2.19 24.2 10 15 .231
Vs. NY Mets 1-1 2.81 25.2 9 12 .215

Mets hitters vs Jamie Moyer

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Beltran, Carlos .000 9 0 0 .135 37 0 1
Bowman, Shawn - - - - - - - -
Carter, Chris - - - - - - - -
Castillo, Luis .000 3 0 0 .100 10 0 0
Evans, Nick .000 2 0 0 .000 4 0 0
Francoeur, Jeff .000 3 0 0 .292 24 0 1
Green, Andy - - - - - - - -
Hernandez, Anderson .500 4 0 1 .571 7 0 2
Martinez, Fernando - - - - - - - -
Murphy, Daniel - - - - - - - -
Pagan, Angel .167 6 0 0 .167 6 0 0
Reed, Jeremy - - - - - - - -
Reyes, Jose .250 12 0 0 .289 38 0 2
Santos, Omir - - - - - - - -
Sullivan, Cory - - - - - - - -
Thole, Josh - - - - - - - -
Wright, David .417 12 0 3 .400 35 2 6

Phillies hitters vs Pedro Martinez

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Berry, Quintin - - - - - - - -
Dobbs, Greg .333 3 0 0 .375 8 1 3
Francisco, Ben - - - - - - - -
Howard, Ryan .500 2 0 0 .375 16 2 3
Ibanez, Raul - - - - .333 6 0 0
Mayberry, John - - - - - - - -
Rollins, Jimmy .333 3 0 0 .394 33 2 6
Ruiz, Carlos - - - - .429 7 0 1
Utley, Chase .333 3 1 1 .292 24 3 5
Victorino, Shane .000 3 0 0 .000 10 0 0
Werth, Jayson - 0 0 0 .385 13 1 2

Dramatic win vaults Phils into first (73-60) (73-59)

Phillies 8, Mets 7 (13)

Mets can't hang on

Marty Noble / MLB.com
The Mets built an early seven-run lead on the strength of home runs from Damion Easley, who had four hits, and Fernando Tatis, but Pedro Martinez gave five runs back and the bullpen was unable to close the door in the opener vs. the Phils.

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Series at a Glance

 

Coste the hero

Ken Mandel / MLB.com
A seven-run deficit after 3 1/2 innings? No problem for the Phillies, who stormed back to stun the Mets and take over first place. Jimmy Rollins led the charge with five hits, and Chris Coste's walk-off single in the 13th capped the stunning comeback.
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Phillies 8, Mets 7

NY MetsABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Reyes, J, SS6120101.304
Easley, 2B5342100.270
Wright, 3B6021014.294
Beltran, CF5110012.270
Delgado, 1B5110013.259
Tatis, LF5124110.300
Church, RF6000014.305
Castro, R, C3000003.242
  1-Schneider, PR-C3010010.255
Martinez, P, P3010021.156
  Stokes, P0000000.667
  a-Evans, PH0000000.264
  b-Murphy, PH1000000.333
  Sanchez, P0000000.000
  Feliciano, P, P0000000.000
  Smith, P0000000.000
  Ayala, P0000000.000
  c-Reyes, Ar, PH1000001.250
  Heilman, P0000000.000
  d-Chavez, PH1000000.270
  Schoeneweis, P0000000.000
Totals5071473819 

a-Batted for Stokes in the 8th. b-Grounded out for Evans in the 8th. c-Grounded into a double play for Ayala in the 10th. d-Grounded out for Heilman in the 13th.
1-Ran for Castro, R in the 5th.

BATTING
3B: Reyes, J (16, Moyer), Easley (1, Condrey).
HR: Easley (6, 2nd inning off Moyer, 0 on, 2 out), Tatis (11, 3rd inning off Moyer, 2 on, 0 out).
TB: Reyes, J 4; Easley 9; Wright 2; Beltran; Delgado; Tatis 5; Schneider; Martinez, P.
RBI: Easley 2 (39), Tatis 4 (43), Wright (100).
2-out RBI: Easley.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Castro, R 2.
GIDP: Delgado; Wright; Reyes, Ar.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
SB: Reyes, J 2 (43, 2nd base off Durbin, C/Ruiz, 3rd base off Eyre/Ruiz), Beltran (18, 3rd base off Moyer/Ruiz).
 
PhiladelphiaABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Rollins, SS7153004.268
Utley, 2B4110223.289
Burrell, LF70000410.261
Howard, 1B6112124.227
Victorino, CF7210023.289
Werth, RF5130220.271
Feliz, 3B2001011.258
  Eyre, P0000000.000
  Durbin, C, P0000000.125
  b-Tracy, PH1000000.000
  Lidge, P0000000.000
  d-Bruntlett, PH-3B2021100.222
Ruiz, C-3B5110002.221
  Madson, P0000000.000
  e-Hamels, PH1000012.266
  Romero, P0000000.000
  Seanez, P0000000.000
  f-Myers, PH1000013.044
Moyer, P0000000.100
  a-Taguchi, PH1000010.202
  Condrey, P1110000.333
  Dobbs, 3B1000000.302
  c-Coste, PH-C4041000.284
Totals55819861632 

a-Struck out for Moyer in the 3rd. b-Flied out for Durbin, C in the 8th. c-Singled for Dobbs in the 8th. d-Doubled for Lidge in the 9th. e-Struck out for Madson in the 11th. f-Struck out for Seanez in the 13th.

BATTING
2B: Rollins (29, Martinez, P), Condrey (1, Martinez, P), Bruntlett (8, Ayala), Coste (16, Heilman).
3B: Victorino (7, Schoeneweis).
HR: Rollins (9, 5th inning off Martinez, P, 1 on, 0 out), Howard (35, 5th inning off Martinez, P, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Rollins 9; Utley; Howard 4; Victorino 3; Werth 3; Bruntlett 3; Ruiz; Condrey 2; Coste 5.
RBI: Feliz (51), Rollins 3 (47), Howard 2 (110), Bruntlett (14), Coste (34).
2-out RBI: Bruntlett.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Victorino 2; Burrell 4; Feliz; Ruiz; Howard; Rollins 2.
SF: Feliz.
Team LOB: 18.

BASERUNNING
SB: Rollins 3 (34, 2nd base off Smith/Schneider, 2nd base off Martinez, P/Castro, R, 3rd base off Martinez, P/Castro, R), Utley (11, 2nd base off Martinez, P/Castro, R), Werth (13, 2nd base off Martinez, P/Schneider), Victorino (29, 2nd base off Martinez, P/Castro, R).

FIELDING
E: Howard (15, missed catch).
Outfield assists: Werth (Wright at 2nd base).
DP: 3 (Rollins-Utley-Howard, Dobbs-Utley-Howard, Rollins-Howard).
 
NY MetsIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Martinez, P 5.07552825.22
Stokes (H, 1)2.02000203.38
Sanchez (H, 21)0.11110004.21
Feliciano, P (H, 17)0.12000103.99
Smith (H, 14)0.10000004.03
Ayala (BS, 5)1.02110005.46
Heilman 3.03002405.15
Schoeneweis (L, 2-3)0.12112103.10
 
PhiladelphiaIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Moyer 3.09660323.81
Condrey 2.13110103.49
Eyre 1.20000104.76
Durbin, C 1.00002001.95
Lidge 1.00000201.99
Madson 2.02000003.16
Romero 1.00001102.29
Seanez (W, 5-3)1.00000003.38

IBB: Utley (by Heilman), Werth (by Schoeneweis), Bruntlett (by Schoeneweis).
HBP: Utley (by Martinez, P), Delgado (by Moyer), Beltran (by Eyre).
Pitches-strikes: Martinez, P 110-69, Stokes 24-16, Sanchez 6-3, Feliciano, P 10-6, Smith 4-3, Ayala 13-10, Heilman 60-31, Schoeneweis 18-6, Moyer 72-48, Condrey 46-30, Eyre 23-14, Durbin, C 19-7, Lidge 14-10, Madson 27-16, Romero 22-12, Seanez 13-11.
Groundouts-flyouts: Martinez, P 4-3, Stokes 1-3, Sanchez 0-1, Feliciano, P 0-0, Smith 0-1, Ayala 2-1, Heilman 1-4, Schoeneweis 0-0, Moyer 3-3, Condrey 3-3, Eyre 3-1, Durbin, C 3-0, Lidge 1-0, Madson 5-0, Romero 2-0, Seanez 1-2.
Batters faced: Martinez, P 25, Stokes 8, Sanchez 2, Feliciano, P 3, Smith 1, Ayala 5, Heilman 14, Schoeneweis 5, Moyer 19, Condrey 11, Eyre 5, Durbin, C 4, Lidge 3, Madson 6, Romero 4, Seanez 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Feliciano, P 1-1, Smith 2-0, Eyre 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Mike Everitt. 1B: Mike DiMuro. 2B: Larry Vanover. 3B: Tim McClelland.
Weather: 78 degrees, clear.
Wind: 7 mph, Out to CF.
T: 5:17.
Att: 45,204.
August 26, 2008

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