Phils Fall To Mets

If you would have told me going into tonight's game that the Phillies would score five runs off of Johan Santana, I would of thought that they would have won easily. Nope. Instead, Happ struggled for his first time all year, and the bullpen failed to save him.
In the second and third innings, Happ gave up a solo homerun to David Wright, then he gave up a two-run homerun to Carlos Beltran. After that, I thought the game was over. With Johan on the mound, I thought the Phillies had no shot. But if there's one thing about the Phillies is, don't stop believing. No matter what the adversery is, the Phillies are never out of any game. Tonight was no different. In the fourth inning, Ryan Howard and Raul Ibanez went back-to-back and put the Phillies only behind by one run. Then, in the sixth inning Jimmy Rollins hit a two run homerun and put the Phillies in the lead. Clay Condrey was unable to come up clutch for the Phillies and he gave up one run in the sixth that gave the Mets the lead back. The Phillies went on to lose 6-5.
Today, FoxSports Ken Rosenthal reported that the Phillies were interested in Rockies outfielder Ryan Spilborghs. He said that the Phillies would have to give up catcher Chris Coste and a prospect in order to acquire Spilborghs. Later in the day on Daily News Live, Ken Rosenthal said that the talks were just preliminary and that the Phillies have just shown interest and the Rockies aren't ready to part with Spilborghs yet.
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The Phillies will look to even up this series by sending out there ace Cole Hamels. Cole is coming off of his best outing this year. Last Thursday, he pitched a complete game shutout against the Dodgers. Sinkerballer Mike Pelfrey will pitch for the Mets. Pelfrey struggled last start against the Pirates. He allowed eight runs in 3 2/3 innings. In two starts against the Phillies this season Pelfrey has not recorded any strikeouts against the Phillies.