Phils Squash Mets In Extras

Yet again, who would of thought it. Or as Phillies announcer Chris Wheeler would say, "Who would have thunk it?" Who would have predicted that Cole Hamels would go five innings and give up four runs and the Phillies would still win. Not me. But as I said yesterday the Phillies are never out of any game.
Cole exited the game after five innings. The Phillies were down 4-1. It felt like they down 12-0. The Mets kept on getting cheap hit after cheap hit and things just weren't going the Phillies way. In the seventh inning the Phillies finally got to Mets pitcher Mike Pelfrey and tied the game up 4-4. The Phillies bullpen bounced back from a rough night last night and held up there end of the bargain. They pitched six scoreless innings and kept the Phils in the game. In the 11th inning Chase Utley hit a very clutch homerun off of Bobby Parnell to give the Phillies a 6-5 lead. Ryan Madson went to fulfill his new role and get a save. He was successful and the Phillies boosted there lead in the National League East to three games.
Jimm Rollins was back in the lead off spot tonight. J-Roll went 0-5. He was having success batting sixth in the order. As a lead off man, the pitcher is always pitching the lead off hitter his best pitcher. If you batting sixth, the pitcher doesn't seem to give that batter his best pitches because he's just done facing the 3-4-5 hitters, which are usually the best hitters. Maybe J-Roll would be better off batting sixth.
NEXT UP
The Phillies and Mets will play the rubber game of this three game series. Jamie Moyer will look to have more success at Citi Field than his first time. As of lately, Moyer has been throwing the ball a lot better and his pitching lines have been very good. He was even able to pitch seven quality innings against the Dodgers last Friday night. Tim Redding will be on the rubber for the Mets. Redding pitched well against his fomer team the Washington Nationals in his last start. Redding only gave up one run over six innings and 88 pitches.