The Mets blow a lead late and lose the rubber game to the Phillies

The New York Mets were defeated by the Philadelphia Phillies by the score of 10-6 tonight. The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing,NY. Dillon Gee started for the Mets and pitched well. The Mets bullpen did not pitch well. They used five relievers and they all gave up at least one run. Cliff Lee started for the Phillies and pitched ok and the bullpen pitched well other then one pitcher. Lucas Duda led the Mets offense and Jimmy Rollins and Juan Pierre led the Phillies offense. 
Gee pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up six hits and two runs with a walk and five strikeouts. Bobby Parnell pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run, Jon Rauch took the loss pitching an inning and giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout. Rauch is now 3-4 on the season, Tim Byrdak pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a run and a walk and Ramon Ramirez didn’t record an out and gave up three hits and three runs. Chris Schwinden pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs. Lee pitched six innings for the Phillies giving up seven hits and three runs with two walks and seven strikeouts. Antonio Bastardo got his second win of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit with one strikeout.

Andres Torres had two hits and an RBI, Daniel Murphy had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and David Wright had a hit and an RBI. Scott Hairston had two hits, Vinny Rottino drew a walk and Duda had three hits and three RBI. Rob Johnson had a hit, Kirk Nieuwenhuis had a hit. Wright, Torres and Hairston each had a double. Duda hit two homeruns. The Mets were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and they left six men on base. Murphy committed an error.

Rollins had three hits and three RBI, Pierre had three hits and Hunter Pence had a hit. Ty Wigginton had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk, Shane Victorino had a hit and three RBI and Fontenot had a hit. Brian Schneider had a hit, Carlos Ruiz had a hit and two RBI and John Mayberry had a hit. Schneider, Pierre and Wigginton each had a double. Wigginton, Ruiz and Rollins each hit a homerun. The Phillies were 5-12 with runners in scoring position and they left six men on base. Rollins had a stolen base.

Wright hit an RBI double in the first to give the Mets a 1-0 lead. Wigginton hit a solo homerun in the second to tie the game at one. Duda hit a two run homerun in the sixth to make it 3-1 Mets. Ruiz hit a two run homerun in the seventh to tie the game at three. In the eighth Victorino hit a sacrifice fly to give the Phillies a 4-3 lead. In the ninth there was a lot of action. Rollins hit a three run homerun, Wigginton hit an RBI double and Victorino hit a two run single to make it 10-3 Phillies. Duda hit a solo homerun in the bottom of the ninth and Torres hit an RBI double. Murphy hit an RBI single and it was 10-6 Phillies, that is how the game ended.

The Mets record dropped to 28-23 and the Phillies improved their record to 27-25. The Phillies took two out of three in the series. The Mets will begin a four game series against the St. Louis Cardinals at home on Friday night.