Mets Lose To Phils 8-7 In 13 Innings

The Mets blew a seven run lead to go to extra innings and lose to the Phillies. Pedro Martinez didn’t have a good game at all giving up five runs over five innings, all in the fourth and fifth innings. Scott Schoenweiss gave up the game in the 13th on a sacrifice fly by Chris Coste to score Shane Victorino, a devastating loss.

The Mets had monster offensive games by Damion Easley (4 hits) and Fernando Tatis (4 RBI’s).

So the Mets lose a five hour game and the NL East lead at the same time. Ugly.

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On Deck- August 26- Mets at Phillies [Game 1]

New York Mets (73-59 Road: 32-34) at Philadelphia Phillies (72-59 Home: 38-28) 7:05pm

Pedro Martinez (4-3 4.97) vs. Jamie Moyer  (11-7 3.54)

TV: SNY  Radio: WFAN

What to watch: The Mets go into Philly holding a tenuous lead in the NL East. This is only a two game series before an off day Thursday and then going to Florida. It’s still only August but it’s always a big series when these teams play now.

Visit The Mets Report Live Game Chat during the game to chat with other Mets fans.

Pelfrey CG Leads Mets Over Astros 9-1

It’s really amazing how Mike Pelfrey has progressed this season, going from 2-6 to start the season to 13-8 now. He threw his second consecutive complete game tonight, the first such occurance since Bret Saberhagen in 1995. He only gave up one run in the ninth inning on six hits with no walks and six strikeouts, another incredible performance.

The big offense came from Carlos Delgado hitting two 3-run homers in the game. Jose Reyes was 3 for 4 including a triple and a double with 2 runs and 2 RBI’s.Ryan Church was 2 for 4 in his third game back from the DL. And Luis Castillo took and o-fer in his return and heard about it from the crowd. Argenis Reyes and Damion Easley have become fan favorites here, so taking away their playing time is going to draw some boos for Castillo.

The Mets hold the NL East lead going into Philly tomorrow night with a great win.

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